From a fellow English professor here at The Citadel comes this link to a wonderful little story from PBS’ NewsHour about teaching poetry at West Point. I think they do a good job of situating both the difficulty and the necessity of teaching poetry (or drama or the novel or…) …
It’s that time of year again, kids! Grading, grading, and more grading. I’m about 1/3 of the way through my research paper stacks, and then I’ll have finals to slog through over the next week. So I might be a bit sparse around here as a result. It won’t be …
The morning after our swamp walk in the dark, I awoke to crisp air and the rustling of fallen leaves. I rolled to my side, blinking bleary-eyed to see if anyone else was a-stir. The Colonel, of course. Standing not far away in the brisk air, peering right to left …
7/10 of a mile. Doesn’t sound like much, does it? Walk goal-line to goal-line on a football field 12 times, then head back and stop on the 32 yard line. Or walk three east-west blocks in New York City and pop into the Starbuck’s just past the corner. That’s it. …
Via the incomparable Mary Robinette Kowal’s blog, I found the “Which Major US City Are You?” quiz. As I’ve noted elsewhere, I don’t really care for these quiz thingies too much — due to my over-analyzation of each possible question and answer — but this one had matched Mary with …