Category: Writing

  • My Entries in The Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies

    My entries on Wole Soyinka and Grace Ogbot were recently published in Wiley-Blackwell’s The Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies.  The reference work is available in print or online (along with the publisher’s other encyclopedias).  Its online access is pretty cool because you can move between it and The Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature, The Encyclopedia of British Literature: 1660-1789, The…

  • Easy Bib and Google

    Easy Bib and Google

    Great news!  You can now use Easy Bib when composing a Google Drive document.  I used it today, and it’s very easy.  I love the way it updates the work cited page in MLA and how it’s easy to search for books and articles from the same screen.  It’s great to have an alternative to…

  • Teaching Grit

    I am currently working to update my teaching philosophy, and I’ve been reading about the most recent trends in educational practice.  Because I am particularly interested in how literary studies can pair with civic engagement, I’ve been reading a lot about community-based learning.  I’ve also been reading about “grit” and education.  This isn’t a brand…

  • Academic Coach Taylor

    This blog is awesome:  http://academiccoachtaylor.tumblr.com/image/17490782532

  • Good Advice from Zadie Smith

    Good Advice from Zadie Smith

    Zadie Smith’s rules for writers | Books | guardian.co.uk.