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I gots mine, Jaroslav's Pen! (quarter for scale)

Let’s go, @adhaardesai!

"Thus all Art is propaganda and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. ... I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda. But I do care when propaganda is confined to one side while the other is stripped and silent." -W.E.B. DuBois

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Transformers (2007) Footloose (1984) West Side Story (1961)

Oh, yes, yes, yes! I collect magazines for two reasons: 1.) for me and my students to make collages, and 2.) to do this. nytimes.com/2023/06/13/mag…

A plug for Adhaar Noor Desai’s excellent book “Blotted Lines.” A serious study about cultures of composition in the Renaissance but also a phenomenal and erudite reflection on and guide for pedagogy today.

My and Dori Coblentz's article, "The Swamp and the Scaffold: Ethics and Professional Practice in the Writing Classroom" is in the latest issue of the WAC Journal! My thanks to the journal and my co-author for all their work and help on getting this out.

Summer sewing project complete!

Early modernists, our time is now. nytimes.com/2023/07/10/t-m…

Forever props to Common Good Atlanta for introducing me to higher education in prison work and advocacy! Much deserved coverage.

Take my Shakespeare class in the spring!

04.08.2024

I’ll be there!

Amused at how Shakespeare pervades this “Plain English Handbook” from 1959 that is otherwise about things like sentence completeness and cover letters.

The 1 July deadline for proposed papers for the Southeastern Renaissance Conference's annual meeting in beautiful Charleston, SC, is just two weeks away! Come join us on Sept. 21-22 for the gathering! For the call for papers, just follow this link: southeasternrenaissance.org/.../call-for-p… .

Deadline extended! If you were thinking of submitting a paper for consideration for the SRC's annual meeting in beautiful Charleston, SC, this September, please do so! The deadline has been extended until July 21. We'd love to have you join us! southeasternrenaissance.org/src-2019/call-…

This is a really welcoming community of scholars. Do consider sending something in! The SRC is an affiliate member of RSA and one of the oldest regional scholarly orgs in the field. The conferences are always rewarding!