Theodor Adorno said it was barbaric to write poetry after Auschwitz. In a Michigan Quarterly Review symposium, several writers and critics--including Jay Ladin, Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, and Marjorie Perloff--take up Adorno's challenge. Not a topic for the faint of heart. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
Journalism
“Call Me Digital”
How new technology, paired with good old-fashioned textual scholarship, is reshaping what we know about Herman Melville. Among other discoveries: He entertained the idea of having Capt. Ahab kill off Moby-Dick at the end of the book. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Fantastic Voyage?”
What Herman Melville has in common with James Frey: His first, best-selling book might not be quite the unvarnished truth" he claimed it was. New archaeological and ethnographic evidence takes issue with some facts in Melville's 1846 debut, Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life." Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“State University Presses Create Regional Encyclopedias”
University presses discover the civic and monetary rewards of keeping it local, in print and online. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription only) »
“Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat”
Lighter fare, in every sense. Read More at AARP Magazine online »
