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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post Expulsion: Who Gets to Make the Choice? in the group American Studies: 3 years, 11 months ago
Expulsion is worth thinking about. The novel A Mercy, by Toni Morrison, encourages much thought about the forces of expulsion, the position of individuals in relation to their available choices, h […]
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post Scope and Humble Comprehension: Why English Matters in the group American Studies: 3 years, 12 months ago
The Turner House and The Big Short are such drastically different works that it is difficult to compare them outright. In discussing if The Turner House is integral to understanding The Big Short, […]
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Andrew Weber edited the blog post A Deeper Understanding of King Lear in the group American Studies: 4 years, 1 month ago
Looking at the terms “liquid(ity)” and “swap(ping)” under the context of King Lear certainly opens a large area of possibility for writing. That said, I knew I needed to begin my answer to the prompt with a close […]
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Andrew Weber edited the blog post Through-Lines, Journeys, Poetry, Reflection in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
surely i am able to write poems
celebrating grass and how the blue
in the sky can flow green or red
and the waters lean against the
chesapeake shore like a familiar
poems about nature and landscape
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post Keep the Drafts! in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
Over the course of the semester, I have grown to really like the concept of blogging. It has allowed me to get thoughts out and into print. I’ve thought through things that I otherwise would not have, gaining […]
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post White Psychology…and Course Concepts? in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
In some further reading suggested by Dr. McCoy one a prior post of mine, titled “Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong”, written by Brian Resnick, I found more engaging content than I […]
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post Learning Without Knowing It in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
My last post was about Big Machine, by Victor LaValle, and I had written about my experience reading the novel as one that is very different from past novels I’ve read in aspects related to plot, theme, and […]
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Andrew Weber edited the blog post One Dimension of How ‘Big Machine’ is Unique in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
As I progress further into this text, I am constantly left wondering why it is that our narrator, Ricky Rice, lets the reader in on information or narration at each moment that he does. Why does it take so long to […]
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post WHY write a play? (Capitalization intended!) in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
I’ve been sitting on some thoughts for a week now from class discussion on 4/15 revolving around how the stage can be used in different ways. I am always fascinated by the ability that staged performances have to […]
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post More on Thee / The (or THUH), and a Cross Cultural Look in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
I am continuously fascinated by the English language. I truly enjoy thinking about what the words I’m speaking mean on a deeper level, thinking about how language transcends time and human bodies, and how we speak […]
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post Sustainability: Generational Impact Seen Through Literature Study in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
This post has been possible through the collaborative effort made by the following members: Nicole Fyvie, Ian Oxman, Neha Marolia, Molly Byrne, Melisha-Li Gatlin, Emily Tsoi, and myself, Andrew Weber.
The topic […]
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Andrew Weber wrote a new blog post Poetry Read vs Time Spent on it in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
Almost everyone has been exposed to poetry in some form or another. Some throughout middle and high school, some continuing in college for pleasure, others yet pursue it rigorously in a discipline. I think I […]
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Andrew Weber edited the blog post Recursion within Progress in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
The class discussions over the past few days have been exceedingly interesting to me. I find myself thinking over the same things over and over again (hooray for recursion!) and somewhat making headway (a score […]
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