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\n<\/p>\n

\n

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

May
\n5: The Works Progress Administration: EO 7034<\/a>: A series for the WPA\u2019s 90th<\/sup>
\nanniversary kicks off with three significant elements of the Executive Order
\nthat established it. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n6: The Works Progress Administration: My Column on Federal Workers<\/a>: I
\nwanted to make sure to include as part of this series one of my recent Saturday
\nEvening Post<\/i><\/span> Considering History columns on federal workers during
\nthe Depression. <\/p>\n

May
\n7: The Works Progress Administration: The Arts<\/a>: The series continues with
\nthree quotes that together help sum up the creation and arc of the WPA\u2019s vital
\nartistic & cultural programs. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n8: The Works Progress Administration: Iconic Individuals<\/a>: Three iconic
\n& inspiring individuals linked to the WPA, as the series labors on. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n9: The Works Progress Administration: Wartime Evolutions<\/a>: The series
\nconcludes with two distinct but interconnected ways the WPA evolved during
\nWWII, and what we can do with the combination. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n10-11: A Works Progress Administration for the 21st<\/sup> Century<\/a>:
\nUnlikely as the idea is in May 2025, a special follow-up post making the case
\nfor a new WPA! <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n12: Spring Semester Reflections: Major American Authors of the 20th<\/sup>
\nCentury<\/a>: For this year\u2019s Spring semester reflections series, I paid tribute
\nto my late Dad\u2019s presence in my courses, starting with a Langston Hughes poem I
\ntaught the day after he passed. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n13: Spring Semester Reflections: American Literature II<\/a>: I also taught Gatsby
\n<\/i>the day after Dad passed, so shared how a debate I had with him helped shape
\nmy teaching. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n14: Spring Semester Reflections: First-Year Writing II<\/a>: The series
\ncontinues with how I got to feature my Dad\u2019s work in my FYW courses. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n15: Spring Semester Reflections: Graduate Research Methods<\/a>: My Dad\u2019s focus
\non psychoanalytical theory isn\u2019t my own, but I found a way to include it in my
\nGrad course nonetheless. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n16: Spring Semester Reflections: Student Tributes to Dad<\/a>: The series
\nconcludes with a handful of moving tributes to my Dad as a teacher from former
\nstudents. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n17-18: What\u2019s Next<\/a>: And a weekend follow-up post highlighting three things
\nI\u2019m looking forward to in the Fall semester! <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n19: Malcolm X\u2019s 100th<\/sup>: The Autobiography<\/a>: For Malcolm Little\u2019s
\n100th<\/sup> birthday, a series on cultural representations of Malcolm kicks
\noff the complicated layers to his own text. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n20: Malcolm X\u2019s 100th<\/sup>: An Opera<\/a>: The series continues with two
\ndistinct and equally important ways to contextualize the opera X<\/i> (1986).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n21: Malcolm X\u2019s 100th<\/sup>: Lee\u2019s Film<\/a>: Three interesting contexts
\nfor Spike Lee\u2019s epic 1992 biopic, as the series marches on. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n22: Malcolm X\u2019s 100th<\/sup>: A Cameo in Selma<\/a>: Malcolm isn\u2019t a main
\nfocus of Ava DuVernay\u2019s film, but his powerful scene reflects the film\u2019s overall
\ngoals. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n23: Malcolm X\u2019s 100th<\/sup>: One Night in Miami<\/a>: The series concludes
\nwith a recent film adaptation that embodies the important goal of humanizing
\nour heroes. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n24-25: Malcolm X\u2019s 100th<\/sup>: Malcolm in 2025<\/a>: A special weekend
\nfollow-up post highlighting three lessons we can learn from Malcolm in 2025!<\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n26: 2020s Blockbusters: Top Gun: Maverick<\/a>: A Memorial Day series on recent
\nsummer blockbusters kicks off with a problem & a possibility with our
\ncultural moment of ubiquitous sequels. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n27: 2020s Blockbusters: Inside Out 2<\/a>: The series continues with two
\ndistinct ways to contextualize the highest-grossing film of 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n28: 2020s Blockbusters: Jurassic World<\/a>: What\u2019s not new in the recent Jurassic
\nPark<\/i> films and what is, as the series explodes on. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n29: 2020s Blockbusters: Barbie<\/a>: What I liked a lot about the recent mega-blockbuster,
\nand what I loved. <\/span><\/p>\n

May
\n30: 2020s Blockbusters: Live Action Disney<\/a>: The series and month conclude
\nwith three ways to explain the large and growing corpus of live-action remakes
\nof animated films. <\/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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