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Interview with the American Antiquarian Society

By Christopher Phillips July 19, 2017 ELC, Epic, Hymns, News, reading No Comments

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…

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What I Did This Summer: A Report from Rare Book School

By Christopher Phillips June 22, 2017 Hymns, reading No Comments

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…

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Why Study Emily Dickinson at a Time Like This? (audio lecture)

By Christopher Phillips November 18, 2016 Faith, Hymns, reading No Comments

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,…

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Dinand Library, a Feast of the Medium Rare

By Christopher Phillips October 23, 2016 reading No Comments

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…

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Poetic Faith 2016: lectio divina

By Christopher Phillips August 3, 2016 Faith, Poetic Faith Seminar, reading, Uncategorized No Comments

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…

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Poetic Faith 2016: Child Studies & Literacy

By Christopher Phillips July 4, 2016 Pedagogy, Poetic Faith Seminar, reading No Comments

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…

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Poetic Faith, 2016 edition: Introduction

By Christopher Phillips June 27, 2016 Faith, Hymns, reading, Uncategorized No Comments

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…

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“You Will Live in Silence”: A Descent into Lent

By Christopher Phillips February 9, 2016 Faith, reading No Comments

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…

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Word from Porter Street, #3 (new series): Brett Foster, pt. 2

By Christopher Phillips December 30, 2015 Faith, Podcast, reading 2 Comments

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…

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Word from Porter Street #2 (new series): Brett Foster, pt. 1

By Christopher Phillips December 11, 2015 Faith, Podcast, reading No Comments

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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