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Molly Byrne edited the blog post Experience As a Tool in the group American Studies: 3 years, 11 months ago
When I originally sat down to map out my thinking for our class’s essay regarding Toni Morrison’s A Mercy, I really struggled. To pull some vocabulary from the prompt, I felt as if I wasn’t noticing anyth […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post Understanding the Root and Understanding Each Other in the group American Studies: 4 years ago
Given the recent reactions to the spread of Coronavirus in the state, the schools, and sports, it has been increasingly hard to concentrate on one specific thing, unless that thing is Coronavirus. To have to swap […]
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Molly Byrne wrote a new blog post Swapping Praise for Truth in the group American Studies: 4 years, 1 month ago
During the first day of class, Dr. McCoy gave the students of English 431 the chance to define and think about some of the course’s main vocabulary terms to begin familiarizing ourselves with the financial w […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post Looking Back to Notice More: Part 2 in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
When I was first asked to consider the main epigraphs for this course, one quote quickly stood out to me due to its repetitive nature. Dionne Brand’s quote, “My job is to notice…and to notice that you can n […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post In Spite of Everything in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
Despite all the bad that has happened to character Ricky Rice throughout his adventures as an unlikely scholar, at the end of Victor LaValle’s Big Machine, main character Rice reflects on his life and decides t […]
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Molly Byrne wrote a new blog post The Interdependence of Form and Content in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
In her work “Elements of Style,” writer Suzan-Lori Parks discusses the intricate relationship between form and content both in writing and in life. Parks states that “content determines form and form determ […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post The Silent Viewer in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
This semester in Dr. Fallon’s English class, I’ve read multiple pieces of literature involved with the concept on worldmaking. For instance, our class read works on early European exploration and famous tales of u […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post Deconstructing Mac and Cheese in the group American Studies: 4 years, 12 months ago
Over Thanksgiving break this year, I went home to visit my family, relax, and celebrate the holiday. While I was sitting on the couch lazily watching television, my mother called out to me to come help in the […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post Flying Back to Cornelius Eady in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
During class this past week, we were provided with a packet of some of Dr. McCoy’s favorite poems. As a class, we took the time to read the poems aloud and internally reflect on each of them. While all the c […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post Providence and the Unlikely Scholars in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
While scrolling through the (Im)Possibilities blog this past week, I came across a blog written for the Steve Prince class that had underlying connections to our course. In Claire Corbeaux’s recent blog post, “P […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post “Healing is not linear.” in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Walking into the library this morning, I decided to start crafting a new blog post. Unlike last semester, I’ve noticed that ideas for blogs haven’t been popping into my mind as easily for posts, yet I’ve rem […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post History Through Song in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
The first time I heard the song “Wade in the Water,” I was a freshman in high school scrolling through Spotify. I came across the artist Jamie N Commons, whose voice caught my attention, and so I looked around on […]
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Molly Byrne edited the blog post Looking Back to Notice More in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
After class the first week, I looked over the courses epigraphs, pondering which lucky quote I would choose to open my blogs with. While reading them over, one in specific jumped out at me. I had spotted a […]
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Molly Byrne joined the group American Studies 5 years, 1 month ago
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Molly Byrne joined the group Reader and Text 5 years, 7 months ago
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Molly Byrne became a registered member 5 years, 7 months ago