Earlier this week, I gave a presentation to one of my literature classes on generations and genres of black women poets--from Margaret Walke...

On Tuesday, September 17, we had our first session of the semester. We completed opening surveys, and we took a look at East St. Louis po...

This semester, we extend our East St. Louis Digital Humanities Club--an extracurricular program for high school students. The participan...

[ The Best American Science and Nature Writing (2018) ] Ross Andersen’s “Pleistocene Park” follows the scientist Nikita Zimov and his att...

This semester, our Haley Reading Groups are covering The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018 edited by Sam Kean Group 1 - Best ...

Since 2011, I've been blogging about tensions and conflicts in poetry. Here's a roundup of some of the entries. 2018 • April 28: ...

Although I'm covering poems and lyrics here and there throughout the semester, next week I'll begin a full unit on black women&#...

Here's a checklist of dates and first issues of comic books and trade paperbacks by the writer Bryan Hill . 2009 April 15: Brok...