Month: February 2026

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+ Alex Pretti, george takei, jimmie lee jackson, Julie Otsuka, Renee Good, ta-nehisi coates, they called us enemy, Viola Liuzzo

We Cannot Keep the Shades Pulled Down and Claim Ignorance at Atrocities Surrounding Us

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As a result of Executive Order 9066, the United States government abducted George Takei and his family, taking them to a concentration camp in Rohwer, Arkansas. They took a train to Arkansas, and during the trip, whenever they entered a town, the soldiers guarding them on board the train would tell them to shut shades so that no one outside the train, walking through the … Read More We Cannot Keep the Shades Pulled Down and Claim Ignorance at Atrocities Surrounding Us

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, comics, ernest j gaines, n.k. jemisin, Pedagogy, pornsak pichetshote, R.F. Kuang, s.a. cosby, unessay project

The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

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At least once a year, I assign an unessay project and essay in my classes. I’ve written about this numerous times, and while I am always nervous about what the students will produce, because fear and apprehension keep them from really leaning into the project, I end up standing in awe at what the students end up producing for their unessay project. Last semester, I … Read More The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

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+ america, american dream, american history, american literature, frederick douglass, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, Pedagogy, syllabus

“What is an American?”: Early American Literature Course Syllabus

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It has been a few years since I have taught an American literature course from colonialism to 1865. This semester, I am doing just that, and I am again thinking about the ways that I structure this course. I have always organized this course, and others, around conversations, taking Kenneth Burke’s “parlor metaphor” to heart that conversations continue onwards, ceaselessly, even when participants leave. … Read More “What is an American?”: Early American Literature Course Syllabus

+ Danny Nedelko, immigration, music, The Idles, Thomas Paine

Fear Leads to Hate! Will You be a Sycophant or Resist?

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Over the past couple of weeks, starting with the news of Rachel Nicole Good’s murder and continuing to the current protests against ICE and the ruling of medical examiner in Texas that ruled that Gerald Lunas Campos, detained at an ICE facility in Texas, was murdered by a guard who performed a chokehold on him, I’ve been listening, on repeat, songs such as the Idles’ … Read More Fear Leads to Hate! Will You be a Sycophant or Resist?

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+ billy graham, black panther, comics, don mcgregor, jack kirby, marvel comics, stan lee, syllabus, t'challa, ta-nehisi coates, Uncategorized

Who is the Black Panther? Syllabus

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A few semesters back, I did a literature and composition course entitled “Who Watches Superheroes?” That course went really well, with students actively engaged in the texts and conversations surrounding them. This semester, I’m changing that course up a little, focusing specifically on Black Panther. This is something I have wanted to do for a while, but I have just never done it because … Read More Who is the Black Panther? Syllabus

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