February 8, 2021, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Research + TeachingJean Malaquais and the life of a novel by JULIA ELSKY This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Researching the life of a novel means uncovering the traces of how it was written—not only the edits, corrections, and additions made to a manuscript, but also the conversations in letters or in diaries that show… read more
February 5, 2021, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Featured1, Film, Research + TeachingThe women who made Selznick’s screenplays by ERIN MCGUIRL This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Research is part of the history of Hollywood’s Golden age. Eighty years ago, in the heyday of the studio system, little libraries on studio lots employed a handful of people who collaborated with writers, directors, producers,… read more
February 1, 2021, Filed Under: Authors, Featured1A lost work by Langston Hughes In 1933, the Harlem Renaissance star wrote a powerful essay about race, unpublished in English until 2019. It’s not every day that you come across an extraordinary unknown work by one of the nation’s greatest writers. But buried in an unrelated archive, I discovered a searing essay condemning racism in… read more
January 28, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + TeachingTIME TO REST: Rethinking disability and research by COYOTE SHOOK This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? “Just use this time to rest,” the doctor advised me as though he was delivering good news. Rest as a concept did not exist in my worldview. While melancholy and illness doubtlessly pranced rampantly through Appalachian… read more
January 15, 2021, Filed Under: Featured1, Research + TeachingWonder, depth, understanding: Scholarship in process by CELSO VIEIRA This essay is part of a slow research series, What is Research? Learn about the series and click here to add your voice to the conversation. Wonder: that is the starting point of philosophy, according to Plato. Myths capture our attention by telling wonderful stories. Philosophers, however, look for hidden wonders disguised… read more
December 31, 2020, Filed Under: UncategorizedHighlights from an unprecedented year It was not the year we anticipated, hoped for, or a year we would want to repeat. The first rumblings of the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, escalated in February, and eventually erupted in our community in March when the Center closed its doors to in-person visits and staff… read more
