ATTW Sessions at College English Association 2010: Voices
March 25–27, 2010, San Antonio, Texas
Call for Papers
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
ATTW 2010 Call for Papers
ATTW conference Proposals Deadline extended to 10/19/2009!
ATTW 2010 13th Annual Conference
Synergies: The Intersections of Research and Teaching
March 17, 2010
Louisville, KY
ATTW 2010 13th Annual Conference
Synergies: The Intersections of Research and Teaching
March 17, 2010
Louisville, KY
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Honoring The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation - September 22, 2009
Although not officially signed into law until January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln formally announced on September 22, 1862 his intent to free all persons held as slaves in the Conferderate States. This announcement generally is referred to as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
A little-known fact is that the Emancipation Proclamation actually did not free all slaves, but only those in states in which "the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States." Be that as it may, the anniversary of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation seems to me to be a good time to reacquaint ourselves with the text of that document, a document that forever changed the face of our Nation.
God bless America. God bless Abraham Lincoln. God bless those who suffer and strive for freedom everywhere.
The transcript of the text herein is from the National Archives. http://is.gd/3AdIs or http://www.archives.gov
A little-known fact is that the Emancipation Proclamation actually did not free all slaves, but only those in states in which "the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States." Be that as it may, the anniversary of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation seems to me to be a good time to reacquaint ourselves with the text of that document, a document that forever changed the face of our Nation.
God bless America. God bless Abraham Lincoln. God bless those who suffer and strive for freedom everywhere.
The transcript of the text herein is from the National Archives. http://is.gd/3AdIs or http://www.archives.gov
Friday, September 18, 2009
Writer Humor & New Post on IATX
The Past, the Present, and the Future walk into a bar. Bartender looks at them & says, "Why so tense?" (via @willsansbury on Twitter)
Rather than repeat my IA post, here is a link to it: http://iatx.blogspot.com
Happy reading!
Rather than repeat my IA post, here is a link to it: http://iatx.blogspot.com
Happy reading!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
How Many Have You Read?
Everyone loves lists.
In the USA, we expediency-loving Americans like "top ten" lists. In England, they take a somewhat longer view.
In 2003 the BBC surveyed their audiences to compile a list of the top 200 "best-loved" novels in that nation. The BBC refers to this as "The Big Read."
Interestingly, the BBC lists The Big Read books on their website as the top 200, top 100, and top 21. Why 21, I wonder? In any case, 200 is too many to fool with for this expedient American and 21 too few.
There is a meme circulating on Facebook currently that supposedly lists the BBC "top 100" and also posits that the "average person" has read only six of the books on the list. However, the only BBC list appears to be the 2003 one. The list circulating on Facebook differs from this one. In any case, it's an interesting exercise.
How many of the books in the BBC's Top 100 Best-Loved Novels (2003 list) have you read? Take the Poll, at left, to record your results.
To whet your appetite for the larger list, here are the top 21. Go to the BBC site for Top 100 and Top 200 novels.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
Remember, the question is not whether this is a good or reasonable "top" list - only how many you have read.
In the USA, we expediency-loving Americans like "top ten" lists. In England, they take a somewhat longer view.
In 2003 the BBC surveyed their audiences to compile a list of the top 200 "best-loved" novels in that nation. The BBC refers to this as "The Big Read."
Interestingly, the BBC lists The Big Read books on their website as the top 200, top 100, and top 21. Why 21, I wonder? In any case, 200 is too many to fool with for this expedient American and 21 too few.
There is a meme circulating on Facebook currently that supposedly lists the BBC "top 100" and also posits that the "average person" has read only six of the books on the list. However, the only BBC list appears to be the 2003 one. The list circulating on Facebook differs from this one. In any case, it's an interesting exercise.
How many of the books in the BBC's Top 100 Best-Loved Novels (2003 list) have you read? Take the Poll, at left, to record your results.
To whet your appetite for the larger list, here are the top 21. Go to the BBC site for Top 100 and Top 200 novels.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
Remember, the question is not whether this is a good or reasonable "top" list - only how many you have read.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
My Twitter Peeps
I created a Word Cloud of the bios of the people who are following me on Twitter. Interestingly, "husband" shows up as a frequently-occurring word. More expectedly, these words pop up frequently: media, writer, technical, business, communication, marketing, social, blogger, author, speaker, professor, development, and, of course, twitter.
Curious? Use twittersheep.com to create your own.
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