Simone Weil writes that "attention is the purest form of generosity." As a way to be more attentive to people around me, and in celebration of my daughter's college graduation, and as a way to recalibrate from teaching through three pandemic … [Read more]
Spring, 2021: Studies in Shakespeare, Focusing on Hamlet
I'm honored to be teaching alongside my friend Brian Kurlander this semester, approaching Hamlet from many perspectives. … [Read more]
Summer, 2020: Hamlet with Emeritus Faculty
As I followed my Emeritus College colleagues reading Hamlet, I was moved by their presence. Each of these colleagues personalized the play for me -- made the Ghost touchable, nuanced the personality of Hamlet, raised up the poignancy of Ophelia. … [Read more]
Spring, 2020: From Archives to Zoom
Our semester began in a familiar pattern of socratic classes, poetry readings, faculty meetings, writing, theater productions, and events -- with a special emphasis on transcribing early modern texts for my literature students in English 255. I'm … [Read more]
Fall, 2019: Human Rights and Human Dignity
Join us for a conversation with two Atlanta visionaries who have transformed their communities: October 3, 2019, 7:30 p.m. in Williams Hall. Special guest Judge Horace Johnson. Sandra Barnhill is an attorney, founder, and national president of … [Read more]
Spring, 2019: British Literature from Beowulf to David Mitchell
This semester I will be teaching the entire canon of British Literature, from about 900-2014. I cannot imagine a greater professional privilege. English 255 surveys medieval and early modern literature, covering Beowulf, Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury … [Read more]