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\n<\/p>\n

\n

[A Recap
\nof the month that was in AmericanStudying.]<\/p>\n

February
\n3: Inspiring Sports Stories: The Celestials<\/a>: For this year\u2019s Super Bowl
\nseries, I wanted to focus on the very needed topic of inspiring sports stories,
\nstarting with my recent podcast on my favorite one!<\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n4: Inspiring Sports Stories: Babe Didrikson Zaharias<\/a>: The series continues
\nwith two ways to parallel the pioneering athlete to legendary men, and one key
\nway not to. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n5: Inspiring Sports Stories: Chubbtown<\/a>: Two contrasting & equally
\nimportant ways to contextualize an inspiring family story, as the series cheers
\non. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n6: Inspiring Sports Stories: Jaylen Brown<\/a>: Two inspiring layers to the most
\nrecent NBA Finals MVP, way beyond the basketball court. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n7: Inspiring Sports Stories: FSU Student-Athletes<\/a>: The series concludes
\nwith a tribute to six of the amazing student-athletes I\u2019ve been able to teach
\nin my 20 years at FSU.<\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n8-9: Inspiring Sports Stories: Aidan and Kyle Railton<\/a>: But I couldn\u2019t write
\na series on inspiring sports stories without highlighting my two favorite athletes
\n& humans! <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n10: Love Letters to the Big Easy: New Orleans and America<\/a>: For this year\u2019s
\nValentine\u2019s Day series, I wanted to share love letters to my favorite American
\ncity, starting with how it helps us engage with America\u2019s defining identity. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n11: Love Letters to the Big Easy: The Battle of New Orleans<\/a>: The series
\ncontinues with three striking sides to one of America\u2019s most insignificant
\nvictories. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n12: Love Letters to the Big Easy: Treme<\/a>: Five characters through which the
\nwonderful HBO show charts New Orleans stories, as the series parades on. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n13: Love Letters to the Big Easy: Fats Domino<\/a>: A few iconic moments in the
\ncareer of the legendary New Orleans rock \u2018n roller. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n14: Love Letters to the Big Easy: Literary New Orleans<\/a>: The series
\nconcludes with five of the many books through which we can read New Orleans. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n15-16: One More Love Letter to the Big Easy<\/a>: & a special Valentine for
\nmy Valentine, a few magical moments my wife & I experienced during our
\nrecent trip to New Orleans!<\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n17: Places I Love and Hate: Cville<\/a>: For this year\u2019s installment of my
\npost-Valentine\u2019s non-favorites series, I focused on formative places that I have
\na love-hate relationship with, starting with my troubled hometown. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n18: Places I Love and Hate: CHS<\/a>: The series continues with prisons, pains,
\n& promises in a public school. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n19: Places I Love and Hate: Harvard<\/a>: Individuals who made my undergrad
\nexperience great and an institution that did not do so, as the series of mixed
\nemotions rolls on. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n20: Places I Love and Hate: Philly<\/a>: Frustrating attitudes, fantastic
\nacademics, and a secret third thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n21: Places I Love and Hate: Salem<\/a>: The series concludes with the
\nMassachusetts city that embodies the worst and best of American collective memories.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n24: AlaskaStudying: Seward\u2019s Folly<\/a>: For the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of
\nGlacier Bay becoming a National Monument, an Alaska series kicks off with the
\ncomplex reasons behind territorial expansion. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n25: AlaskaStudying: Mardy Murie<\/a>: The series continues with three factors
\nthat help explain the unique life & legacy of the \u201cGrandmother of the Conservation
\nMovement.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n26: AlaskaStudying: Glacier Bay<\/a>: For its 100th<\/sup> anniversary,
\nthree forces of nature who helped preserve Glacier Bay before it became a
\nNational Monument. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n27: AlaskaStudying: Nenana Ice Classic<\/a>: What a unique Alaskan tradition tells
\nus about both Alaska & tradition, as the series explores on. <\/span><\/p>\n

February
\n28: AlaskaStudying: McKinley or Denal<\/a>i?: The series concludes with
\nrevisiting a decade-old column to think about the recent re-renaming of Denali.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Next
\nseries starts Monday,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben<\/span><\/p>\n

PS. Topics
\nyou\u2019d like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you\u2019d like to contribute? <\/span>Lemme know<\/span><\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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