Happy Wednesday, lovelies! We just want to inform you that this week’s podcast will be a round table on LGBTQ* themes (duh). We’ll be talking about the books and other media that were fundamental in the development of our respective relationships with queerness, whether as insiders or as an allies, and about the persistence ofContinue reading “Mid-Week Teaser”
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June Preview-Welcome to Pride Month 2021: The Ivory Tower Boiler Room Celebrates, Reflects, and Memorializes
Book spines with different LGBTQ* Pride Flags This month is a big deal for us. We are keeping to the established pattern–a big think every Monday, a podcast every Saturday, and shorter content in between. But leading up to this, the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, we will be using those established patterns toContinue reading “June Preview-Welcome to Pride Month 2021: The Ivory Tower Boiler Room Celebrates, Reflects, and Memorializes”
Mass-Grave found in Canada Dates from only about 45 Years Ago
By Adam Katz It gives me little pleasure to write this article, but I could not see failing to respond. Throughout most of the 20th century, Canada ran “Residential Schools” meant to deprive the aboriginal population of their culture. Yesterday, Friday, May 28, 2021, a mass grave was found beneath one of those schools. ThisContinue reading “Mass-Grave found in Canada Dates from only about 45 Years Ago”
Quick Note for our Readers
We have been watching the analytics with some amusement: -observing a spike in readership from Germany and a lesser one from India. -Es macht uns Freude, immer mehr Leser in Deutschland zu sehen. Wir hoffen, dass Sie unseren Blog mit Ihren Freunden teilen und weiterhin lesen und kommentieren. -a few readers here and there fromContinue reading “Quick Note for our Readers”
Whitman’s Thrush
Walt Whitman at 202 By Adam Katz I guess most school-age kids read “O Captain, my Captain” at some point. Looking back at it now, it’s a poem you have to read quickly, I think. The line “O heart! heart! heart! / O the bleeding drops of red” does not really admit slowing down andContinue reading “Whitman’s Thrush”
May Wrap Up: The month of May was come
By Erika Grumet when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit. -Thomas Malory Lusty for clicks and comments for sure… When I sat down to write this, I had a cat at my feet, a cat at my head, and one under my right elbow, who was also insisting on sharingContinue reading “May Wrap Up: The month of May was come”
(Podcast Episode) Inside the Ivory Tower Boiler Room-A Writers’ Round Table (Part II)
Our latest episode, where Adam’s question gets answered and we hear from some other writers. We’ve got a special celebration coming up next week, all about Walt Whitman’s birthday. You’ll hear from Andrew, of course, but also some reflections from others on their interaction with the poetry of Walt Whitman. Do you have a favoriteContinue reading “(Podcast Episode) Inside the Ivory Tower Boiler Room-A Writers’ Round Table (Part II)”
Podcast Preview: Inside the Ivory Tower Boiler Room-A Writers’ Round Table, Part II
Andrew Answers Adam’s Question I know you’ve been waiting excitedly to hear more about Andrew and who he was writing for, and here’s your chance in this week’s episode. And if that’s not enough excitement for you, you can see the both parts, all together, in our first YouTube video. To help you catch upContinue reading “Podcast Preview: Inside the Ivory Tower Boiler Room-A Writers’ Round Table, Part II”
Your Reading Homework
First, we’d like to thank you for the site-traffic. Our most recent post, Nikole Hannah-Jones gets a Seat at the Table. Maybe. For now., has had over 200 unique views since it went up last night. That’s unprecedented for us. Tomorrow, we are carrying on with the release of Part II of our Writing RoundtableContinue reading “Your Reading Homework”
Nikole Hannah-Jones gets a Seat at the Table. Maybe. For Now.
By Adam Katz When did we become a news site? We didn’t, but there will occasionally (read: no more than once every 10 minutes) be an item in the news that bothers us so much we have to talk about it (or boost the signal of people who are already talking about it). This willContinue reading “Nikole Hannah-Jones gets a Seat at the Table. Maybe. For Now.”