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Featured1A lost work by Langston Hughes In 1933, the Harlem Renaissance star wrote a powerful essay about race, unpublished in English until 2019.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
