Attie's Music
The playlist for my mother’s birthday CD, entitled “Attie’s Music,” is dominated by American swing/jazz. I realize these are not the same, but since my mother was born and bred and lives in Holland, let’s start there in contrast to the...Oh, You Were There, Too? American War Films in Britain
Although the term special relationship traditionally defines a bond of friendship between the United States and Britain, I find it is much more appropriate in describing a long-standing bitterness. After all, the two nations were enemies for over 100 years: starting...A New Humanities Ph.D.
This article is reprinted here by permission of the author and the online publication, Inside Higher Ed. After Sidonie Smith, president of the Modern Language Association, took on the herculean task of asking the profession to rethink the shape of the dissertation,...
The Case for Literature
This essay was originally broadcast on Vermont Public Radio, April 29, 2010, and you can listen to it here. Recently I read [in Education Week] that the National Council of Teachers of English was looking for volunteers for an ad hoc task force to gather evidence...E-Edition
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