Before the Living Room: The Common Room in Colonial and Early American Homes
Recent conversations about the “death of the living room” tend to frame the space as a modern luxury—something invented, popularized, and now potentially lost under pressure from housing costs and … Continue reading
Is Google Making Us Shallow? Reflections on Nicholas Carr and the Value of Deep Reading
This past week in class, I revisited Nicholas Carr’s now-famous 2008 essay, Is Google Making Us Stupid?, alongside portions of his follow-up book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing … Continue reading
The Future of Work Isn’t Just About Jobs—It’s About Justice
The headlines promise us an efficient, automated future powered by artificial intelligence. But the real question isn’t what jobs A.I. will replace—it’s who gets to decide, who profits, and who … Continue reading
Reimagining Education in the Age of A.I.: From Rigor to Resonance
We’ve taught students to answer questions. Now we must teach them how to ask the right ones. As artificial intelligence transforms the landscape of work and knowledge, education stands at … Continue reading
Celebrating Władysław Reymont’s The Peasants and Its Cinematic Adaptation: Join the Conversation
Baltimore film enthusiasts and literature lovers alike are invited to an engaging and thought-provoking event celebrating Władysław Reymont‘’s Nobel Prize-winning novel The Peasants and its stunning modern adaptation. This Saturday, … Continue reading
Rediscovering Jutta Hipp: A Jazz Pioneer
My last post shared It’s a Long Commute a fun weekly listening project I’ve been sharing for the past 8-9 months via social media. It’s been wonderful to listen to … Continue reading
It’s a Long Commute: A Journey through Music History
As someone who has long relied on radio news to accompany my weekly commute, I recently decided to embark on a project that combines my love for music with a … Continue reading
An Introduction to Polish Poetry
Polish poetry holds a unique and powerful place in the global literary canon. Rooted in a history marked by upheaval, resilience, and an enduring search for identity, Polish poets have … Continue reading
The Best, Free Word Cloud Generators
Word clouds, data clouds, tag clouds, text clouds . . . Regardless of you call them, everyone seems to like these visual representations of text data. First popularized over a … Continue reading
Announcement: Textshop Experiments 5 Flash Reason Released
This week, I am pleased to announce the release of the next issue of Textshop Experiments. This is especially noteworthy because it’s the first issue featuring guest editors, and–in addition … Continue reading
365
A few days ago, on New Year’s Eve, I completed my #365DayChallenge of posting one image a day on Instagram. So, for now, I’m taking a little break from social … Continue reading
Paper Infographics
Walter Ong’s classic Orality and Literacy will be one of the first texts we’ll read in my “History of Paper” course this fall. Attached to this reading/discussion, I’ll ask each … Continue reading
Student Projects from Spring ’17, Part 2
This is Part 2 of the series on student projects from this past semester. The last post featured videos of place-based historical studies. This post shares some images from a … Continue reading
Electracy is spreading . . .
Electracy is spreading . . . We are mixing and we were going to (re)mix. One month left to submit to Textshop Experiments‘s Tours & Detours issue. Visit our website … Continue reading
Calypso Editions: Catalog, News & Book Tours
In December, Calypso Editions published Lullaby for a Hanged Man by Hubert Klimko-Dobrzaniecki (and translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood). Calypso is happy to report that Hubert and Julia are … Continue reading
A Short List of Word Cloud Generators
In the last post, I shared four word cloud silhouettes of texts from revolutionary America. And at the end of 2015, I shared a list DH journals. I thought it … Continue reading
Bon Anniv, Roland Barthes!
How should we best celebrate the 100th birthday of French critic Roland Barthes (1915-1980)? How do we read the man who read anything as text? I was first dawn to … Continue reading
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