When Books (or at least one) Mattered Mightily
The book is Boris Pasternak’s 1958 novel, Dr. Zhivago. In my 6/23/14 blog – a review of The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses – I wrote about one of the…
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Native & American & Unitedstatesian
Hi. I’m Dr. Jackie White, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of English Studies & World Languages, native Illinoisan, proud holder of a U.S. passport, child of the Americas, citizen of the world. I’m…
Need a Soccer Fix Between World Cup Games? : Read Aleksander Hemon
Just as I was experiencing the delirium tremens during the first day on which World Cup games weren’t scheduled, I found relief in the writings of Aleksander Hemon. Hemon is a Bosnian-American fiction writer…
The Most Important Literary Censorship Case
I began reading Kevin Birmingham’s The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses (2014) on Bloomsday (June 16). Bloomsday is a literary event celebrated around the world with parties, pub crawls and readings.…
A Valentine’s Day Reading Recommendation
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez….. A happily married early-thirties couple that I know make a practice of taking pictures of affectionate elderly couples they see on their vacations. Perhaps this…
Why Read Literature?
While you are waiting with Dr. Ray Klump (see Ray’s faculty blog titled “Software Goes Vroom!”) for the sock-sorting app for your digital phone, you might consider turning to literature to find some guidance…