Jessica ShealyLove in a Conditional WorldGeorge Saunders has described the question at the core of this book as, “How do we continue to love in a world in which the objects of our…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Jessica ShealyThe BardoWhat is the bardo, and how does it function in George Saunders’s book? In what way does the bardo apply to those who are living as well as…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Jessica ShealyThe History of LoveWhy might Krauss have given her novel the title The History of Love, the same as that of the fictional book around which her narrative…Apr 24, 2021Apr 24, 2021
Jessica ShealyWhy an English Major?You may often be asked why you are studying (majoring or minoring) or even why you’re taking courses in English. As we are approaching the…Apr 23, 2021Apr 23, 2021
Jessica Shealy(Fear to) Choose Your Own AdventureRead and Respond (however you would like) to “The Perils of Choose Your Own Adventure Books.”Apr 22, 2021Apr 22, 2021
Jessica ShealyFranchise HypertextualityHaas mentions that a wampum is “a hybridization of the oral tradition and symbolism is woven into the material rhetoric.” Where else do we…Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
Jessica ShealyThe Great Gatsby: The Alternative TitlesThe Great Gatsby’s title was not Fitzgerald’s choice and never his favorite. How would the book’s reception be changed if it were instead…Mar 8, 20211Mar 8, 20211
Jessica ShealyThe Great Gatsby: The Graphic NovelFour chapters in, just shy of the halfway point — finally, a fair bit behind schedule — and I am rather enjoying the experience of reading…Mar 6, 2021Mar 6, 2021
Jessica ShealyNick and I in The Great GatsbyWhat is your familiarity with The Great Gatsby? Have you read it before? More than once? At different times in your life? What adaptations…Feb 20, 2021Feb 20, 2021
Jessica ShealyPicturing Myself, or Trying to AnywayA reflection on Italo Calvino’s If on a winter’s night a traveler.Feb 14, 2021Feb 14, 2021
