A few days ago, Childish Gambino’s “This is America” dropped. Since then, people have been talking about the song and the video, either praising or questioning Gambino and Hiro Muria’s message and delivery. Initially, I landed on the side of utter praise for the song and the video. I’ve been a fan of Donald Glover since Community and of his music since Camp. With … Read More Identity in Childish Gambino’s “This is America”
+ bergen, Norway, fulbright, james baldwin, norway, pedagogy & american literary studies, propaganda, Uncategorized
As I get ready to head to the University of Bergen in August, I have started to think about ways to discuss issues of race in America’s history. Brianne Jaquette’s piece, “Fulbright Workshop: Black Lives Matter, Part One,” sparked these thoughts, and her discussions about how Europeans talk about race differently than we do here in America. This is important for me to consider, … Read More Getting Ready for Next Year in Norway
+ african american literature, american literature, bergen, Norway, caribbean literature, comics, deathlok, early american literature, frank yerby, fulbright, gothic literature, graphic novels, Hilary Jordan, image comics, Kristen Imani Kasai, Literature, louisiana literature, marvel comics, mississippi literature, mudbound, native american literature, Pedagogy, southern bastards, southern gothic, southern history, southern literature, southern studies, southern womanhood, The House of Erzulie, Uncategorized
Welcome to 2018! Back in August 2015, I started Interminable Rambling as a space for me to flesh out thoughts I had concerning texts I was reading, pedagogy, and culture. Since that first post, I have published 236 posts for this site on a myriad of topics such as Mary Rowlandson and Sarah Kemble Knight to Star Wars: The Force Awakens and court cases such … Read More What to Expect in 2018!
+ american literature, early american literature, edgar allan poe, enslaved, gothic literature, hop-frog, nat turner, slavery, solomon northup, southern gothic, Uncategorized
Ever since I first encountered Edgar Allan Poe’s “Hop-Frog, or the Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs,” I became intrigued by the issues Poe addressed through this Gothic story that takes place far away from American soil. The story first appeared in 1849, and we can read the story in an autobiographical manner, as some scholars have done. However, I would argue that we must also read … Read More Edgar Allan Poe’s “Hop-Frog” and Slave Rebellion
+ african american literature, american literature, civil rights memorial, going to meet the man, james baldwin, rosa parks museum, southern literature, southern poverty law center, todd robertson, troy university, Uncategorized
Last weekend, I took a trip to Montgomery to visit the SPLC’s Civil Rights Memorial and the Rosa Parks Museum and Library. While at the Civil Rights Memorial, I came across an image that made me think about a lot of the recent posts I have been writing. Specifically, it made me think about my last post that seeks to explain why the past … Read More “What are we teaching when __________?” Part II of “Why can’t we just move on? The past is the past.”
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