Word from Porter Street #11
It’s only been six months! The Word from Porter Street returns, with a report on a new assignment I used in my American literature course this fall. The prompt for…
Read moreThe Word from Porter Street, Installment #10
It’s been a long time coming, but the tenth installment of The Word from Porter Street is finally here! Hear about my work on the Easton Library Company, the history…
Read moreThe Word from Porter Street, Installment #9
And here’s the podcast! This gives background on my Easton Library Company project and discusses my future plans for it. Includes a reading from Susan Warner’s “The Wide, Wide World.”…
Read moreThe Word from Porter Street, Installment #8
It’s been a while! I’m back in the new semester, and this installment discusses my VaST (Values and Science & Technology) course on publishing technology and copyright, as well as…
Read moreLiterature of the Sea Website
Follow this link to the course website for my Literature of the Sea course this semester: http://scribe.lafayette.edu/eng276-fa11/
Read moreThe Word from Porter Street #7
After a bit of a break, the podcast returns with news of the Literature of the Sea course I’m teaching this semester—including a way for you to “listen in” and…
Read moreInstallment #6
I’m back! Listen for my words on Ed Whitley’s new work on Bohemians, my work (and others’) on Longfellow’s late poetry, and a brief description of a new digital humanities…
Read moreThe Word from Porter Street, Installment #4
The latest installment of The Word from Porter Street includes a brief review of the Society of Early Americanists conference in March 2011, a look at my work on Cotton…
Read moreThe Word from Porter Street, 3rd installment
It’s been over a month, but the latest installment of The Word from Porter Street is finally here. I discuss research that I recently presented as a lecture at Lehigh…
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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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