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 moreDinand Library, a Feast of the Medium Rare
Being an ACLS Burkhardt Fellow means you have to choose a library to host you. And I’m fortunate enough to get to call the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA…
Read morePoetic Faith 2016: lectio divina
As my previous posts on the embodied life of the mind suggest, it’s been a bit tough getting work done lately. With my dominant hand out of commission for several…
Read morePoetic Faith 2016: Child Studies & Literacy
The first week of reading was intense, exciting—and random. I set a VERY ambitious goal for myself in trying to keep up my drafting of The Hymnal Before the Notes while…
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 more“You Will Live in Silence”: A Descent into Lent
This morning in Philadelphia, a light snow is falling over Mardi Gras. The rushers are still rushing, the panhandlers are still panhandling, the laughers are still laughing, and the honkers…
Read moreWord from Porter Street, #3 (new series): Brett Foster, pt. 2
This installment of The Word from Porter Street is the second and last part of my reading of the late Brett Foster’s poetry. Here’s the list of poems: “City Church…
Read moreWord from Porter Street #2 (new series): Brett Foster, pt. 1
This latest installment is the first part of a multi-installment tribute to the late Brett Foster, poet and Renaissance literature professor at Wheaton College, Illinois. I met Brett at a…
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