Month: January 2020

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+ american literature, georgia literature, georgia southern university, how to be an antiracist, ibram x. kendi, Jennine Capó crucet

Fears of Change and A More Equitable Society

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Last October, Jennine Capó Crucet gave a talk at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. The university chose her novel Make Your Home Among Strangers (2015) as the campus-wide first year experience book. Crucet’s novel chronicles a Cuban American woman’s experiences at an elite college as a first-gen student and daughter of Cuban immigrants. After her talk, some students went out to a grill … Read More Fears of Change and A More Equitable Society

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+ american literature, georgia literature, how to be an antiracist, ibram x. kendi, Jennine Capó crucet, killers of the dream, lillian e smith, lillian smith: breaking the silence, my time among the whites, social justice, southern literature, the journey

Lillian E. Smith Studies Course

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This semester, I am teaching the Lillian E. Smith Studies course for the first time. It is part of the LES Scholars’ program, and it is a course that focuses on Lillian Smith and social justice. The course looks historically at Smith and her work, but it also looks at the ways that her work and legacy resonate today. As such, I included works … Read More Lillian E. Smith Studies Course

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+ an age of license, blankets, craig thompson, george takei, graphic novels, graphic travelogue, imagine wanting only this, kristen radtke, lucy knisley, scott mccloud, the called us enemy

Literature and Composition Graphic Memoirs Syllabus

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This semester, I am teaching a literature and composition course. It has been a few years since I have taught a course like this, and this semester, I am approaching it a little bit differently. I have taught graphic nrratives in my courses before, but I have not used them exclusively. After hearing from a colleague who has done something similar, I thought I … Read More Literature and Composition Graphic Memoirs Syllabus

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