It’s t-2 days until I teach the last session of my spring semester, introductory fiction course. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere on this site, the course is geared towards non-majors of any class standing, although juniors and seniors far out number…
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Reading Rainbow Redux
Tagged with: American literature, book discussion, cannery row, john steinbeck, reading rainbow, teaching fiction, world war I
Posted in Books, Fiction, Life of the Mind
Posted in Books, Fiction, Life of the Mind
“The Hour of the Pearl,” or My Morning Cup of Coffee
John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row is one of my favorite books to teach, and students often remark highly of the novel, as well. This post is inspired by some re-reading I did in preparation for teaching the novel in my introduction…
Tagged with: American literature, cannery row, coffee, john steinbeck, liminal, ritual
Posted in Books, Cultural Phenomena, Everything in Between, Fiction
Posted in Books, Cultural Phenomena, Everything in Between, Fiction
The Ambulant Scholar 