English @ SUNY Geneseo | Emily Peterson | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/emilypeterson/activity/ Activity feed for Emily Peterson. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 2f374276080a87e3631c32077ba8ffae Emily Peterson edited the blog post "Now is the time to go to work" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7609/ Sun, 13 Nov 2016 20:25:05 -0500 I’d like to share an incredibly prescient article written by Toni Morrison in 2015 in which she expresses her belief that art is a form of defiance and healing. Considering the outcome of the presidential election last week, I think we might benefit from reading Morrison’s thoughts on using art to fight back. She concludes her article by w…[Read more]

]]> 0 ac0f4a6a81295c409bdb2d412a1be434 Emily Peterson edited the blog post Make me/Remake me in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7563/ Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:02:29 -0500 Allow me to preface this post by mentioning that is was mostly inspired by Alpha’s post from last week, “Humanities for the Hood,” where he discussed Morrison’s purpose in writing alongside Dante.

Reading Dante beside Morrison has focused my attention on the collaborative nature of writing. As I discovered connections between Morrison and Dan…[Read more]

]]> 0 9a1680ee5cbc73beff205a24544a0588 Emily Peterson edited the blog post Rochester: A City of Quality & Poverty (thoughts on contradiction) in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7439/ Tue, 18 Oct 2016 04:38:21 -0500 In class today we spent some time discussing contradictions and dichotomies, and how the concept of “both/and” subverts the concept of “either/or.” The short film, “Rochester: A City of Quality” that Professor McCoy showed us in class today was filled with contradictions. Here are the links to the specific ones I noticed in the short film:

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]]> 0 76a0873a841e126649a6abcdfab07794 Emily Peterson wrote a new blog post Banned Books in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7299/ Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:52:22 -0500 Earlier this week, Professor McCoy mentioned that Beloved often makes appearances on banned books lists. Though Professor McCoy only made brief mention of this, I think its worthy of further discussion. As such, I […]

]]> 0 30268c09d688879ccadd819381389e06 Emily Peterson wrote a new blog post On Structure and Interpretation in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7228/ Sun, 18 Sep 2016 19:25:34 -0500 In class this week we discussed the interpretations made by characters within the text. While working in small groups on Wednesday, we tried to find instances wherein these interpretations were either supported or […]

]]> 0 505cd78183d0d9759d4eb27beb30fb44 Emily Peterson edited the blog post How to Read Texts Not Written for You? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/7056/ Mon, 12 Sep 2016 01:07:12 -0500 I thought I’d use my first blog post to express my hopes and concerns for this course for the upcoming semester. Normally, I would go into a new course thinking about what I will “gain” from it, or how my study of the various assigned texts will be “useful” to myself.  But something feels wrong about this method of thinking with this course.