by Cyrus Patell | Sep 11, 2011 | Complete, History, This Day in New York History |
Halfway around the world from New York City, my 9/11/11 began in the most uncanny of ways. You can read about it over at patell.org. And you can read an alternative account of the same event over at mannahattamamma.com. How did you mark the day?...
by Cyrus Patell | Sep 7, 2011 | Complete, Writing New York
The “walk down Broadway” is one of the motifs that we introduce on the first day of Writing New York and trace throughout the term. During the opening lecture, we look at at early manifestations such as James Kirke Paulding’s “The Stranger at Home; or...
by Cyrus Patell | Sep 5, 2011 | Complete, Teaching, Writing New York
For many U.S. academics, Labor Day marks the end of summer: for my colleagues at NYU, tomorrow marks the beginning of the fall term. Today, therefore, seems like the right moment to announce Bryan’s and my new “course”: Virtual Writing New York, or vWNY for short. I’m...
by Bryan Waterman | Sep 2, 2011 | Books, Complete |
Rounding out the week’s posts on Lethem’s Chronic City is long-time friend-of-the-blog Sunny Stalter, an assistant professor in the English Department at Auburn University. Her research examines technology in American literature and culture. She’s...
by Bryan Waterman | Sep 1, 2011 | Books, Complete |
Today we’re pleased to welcome Fiona Anderson, a doctoral candidate in American Studies at King’s College London, as a guest contributor to our summer book club discussion of Jonathan Lethem’s Chronic City. Fiona’s dissertation deals with space and...
by Bryan Waterman | Aug 31, 2011 | Books, Complete
Today’s discussion of Jonathan Lethem’s Chronic City comes from guest blogger Martha Nadell, who teaches at Brooklyn College and is at work on a literary history of Brooklyn. She is also the author of the chapter “Writing Brooklyn” in our Cambridge...
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