Interview with the American Antiquarian Society
I posted this on social media recently, but here is the link to my interview on the American Antiquarian Society’s Past Is Present blog. Many thanks to Ashley Cataldo for a…
Read moreWhat I Did This Summer: A Report from Rare Book School
It’s been a while since I’ve written in this space, and I’m going to take the opportunity to talk about something I just did last week and have wanted to…
Read moreWhy Study Emily Dickinson at a Time Like This? (audio lecture)
Last week, I was honored to give a lecture sponsored by the Friends of Goddard Library at Clark University in Worcester, MA. The friends and the library staff were gracious,…
Read moreThe Embodied Life of the Mind: A Brief Improvisation
Between the time I finished my first book and came to the serious drafting stage of my second (note: I’m in that phase right now), I learned something vital about…
Read morePoetic Faith, 2016 edition: Introduction
Last summer, I devised an imaginary seminar titled “Poetic Faith” to guide myself through a mass of readings on topics related broadly to my research. I’ve found myself drawing on…
Read morePoetic Faith, Week Two: Practice, Practice, Practice (Theory)
This week has been very hot and humid in eastern PA, so I’ve been working in Lafayette’s Skillman Library (or, to borrow the great Michael Suarez’s phrasing, the Skillman) instead…
Read moreThe Poetic Faith “Seminar”: An Introduction
I am now officially eighteen days into my first sabbatical. The cycles of euphoria, lethargy, manic productivity, and hubristic goal-setting have been rapid and slightly dizzying thus far. When I…
Read moreThe Word from Porter Street, #13
In this installment, I go a bit “meta” in talking about my personal interest in hymns as a Christian and what it might mean to be not just a scholar…
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The Word from Porter Street, #5
This installment offers an “applied research” look at the end of the world, via Cotton Mather; I also read Isaac Watts’ “There Is a Land of Pure Delight.” Approximate length:…
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