(Erika Grumet on behalf of the Ivory Tower Boiler Room team) This episode (“Two Writers are Better Than One: Ula and Kathryn Klein talk LGBTQ+ Academic and Creative Writing”) is a true Stony Brook English department reunion. Adam and Andrew are joined by two PhD alums, Ula and Kathryn Klein who talk all things LGBTQ+Continue reading “(Podcast Episode) This Saturday is Seriously Sapphic”
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Some Thoughts on The Color Purple: A Postscript to Adam’s Big Think #2
By Adam Katz First of all, what an awesome book. I find it interesting when an author goes all in on accents and dialects, as if to demonstrate that it can be done without compromising the respect the reader owes the characters. As if to say: it’s not how a person speaks that should determineContinue reading “Some Thoughts on The Color Purple: A Postscript to Adam’s Big Think #2”
“Literally” has Legit been Replaced
By Adam Katz One of my two or three favorite professors in college was Barbara Jeanne Fields. I want to spend all of my time saying everything I know about her, because she amazing and has an amazing life-story, but suffice the subject of today’s musing is professor’s Fields’s conservative feelings about the written wordContinue reading ““Literally” has Legit been Replaced”
Writing Book as Writing Mentor: Reviewing “Every Day I Write the Book” by Amitava Kumar
By Guest Columnist Sophia Basaldua-Sun Today I’m thrilled to be publishing my review of Every Day I Write the Book by scholar and creative writer Amitava Kumar. Everyday I Write the Book is a text about academic writing for academic writers, which isn’t to say you need to be an academic writer to read theContinue reading “Writing Book as Writing Mentor: Reviewing “Every Day I Write the Book” by Amitava Kumar”
Midweek Teaser, June 6 2021
What a week it’s been here in the Boiler Room. And if you’re listening to our podcast, you’re extra lucky, because you get a double dose. (If you’re not already listening, fix that. We’re available all over the podcast universe, so you shouldn’t have any trouble finding us on your favorite platform, plus there areContinue reading “Midweek Teaser, June 6 2021”
Erika’s Big Think #1:Coming out of the Poetry Closet
By Erika Grumet It’s a little ironic, I was the one who proposed that the topic for this month’s Big Think… should be “writing about ourselves as writers.” Of all the members of the Ivory Tower team, I’m the one who really struggles to self-identify as “a writer” and in fact often actively resists theContinue reading “Erika’s Big Think #1:Coming out of the Poetry Closet”
(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)
I’m sure you’ve already listened to last week’s episode, Part I of our first Writers’ Round Table and this week we’ll be bringing you part II, where Andrew will answer Adam’s question and talk about writing for his younger self, and we’ll talk more about our audiences and even hear from some listeners. And AdamContinue reading “Podcast Preview: Inside the Ivory Tower Boiler Room-A Writers’ Round Table (Part II)”
Andrew’s Big Think #1:
Moving Back and Forth Between Writing Projects (or a lesson in overcoming writer’s block) As I write this, it’s currently 11:40 pm on a Friday, and I keep thinking about the next paragraph I’m adding to my dissertation chapter. I just ended by introducing Whitman’s comparison of his 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass toContinue reading “Andrew’s Big Think #1:”
(Podcast Release) Inside the Ivory TowerBoiler Room: A Writers’ Roundtable-Part I (S3 Ep4)
Mary, Adam, Andrew and Erika sit down and talk about what it means to each of them to be a writer. They spend a little time talking about audiences and analyzing one of Adam’s short stories. Adam doesn’t say “fuck” and Erika gets the giggles, too. Part 2 of this episode will be available nextContinue reading “(Podcast Release) Inside the Ivory TowerBoiler Room: A Writers’ Roundtable-Part I (S3 Ep4)”