The Word from Porter Street, 2nd installment
Click below to listen to the latest installment of The Word from Porter Street. Topics in this installment include digital audio, the place of the spoken word in literary criticism, and a reading of...
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It’s been over a month, but the latest installment of The Word from Porter Street is finally here. I discuss research that I recently presented as a lecture at Lehigh University, as well as a project...
View ArticleThe Word from Porter Street, #5
This installment offers an “applied research” look at the end of the world, via Cotton Mather; I also read Isaac Watts’ “There Is a Land of Pure Delight.” Approximate length: 10 min.
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I’m back! Listen for my words on Ed Whitley’s new work on Bohemians, my work (and others’) on Longfellow’s late poetry, and a brief description of a new digital humanities project I’m working on. Plus...
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After a bit of a break, the podcast returns with news of the Literature of the Sea course I’m teaching this semester—including a way for you to “listen in” and join in our conversations (hint: it has a...
View ArticleThe Word from Porter Street, Installment #10
It’s been a long time coming, but the tenth installment of The Word from Porter Street is finally here! Hear about my work on the Easton Library Company, the history of children’s reading, and my new...
View ArticleThe Word from Porter Street, #13
In this installment, I go a bit “meta” in talking about my personal interest in hymns as a Christian and what it might mean to be not just a scholar who is a Christian but a “Christian scholar.”...
View ArticleThe Word from Porter Street, Installment #14
The new semester starts on Monday, and I’ve given a quick preview of my VaST (Values and Science & Technology) course in this podcast. The course focuses on book history and copyright, with blogs,...
View ArticleThe Word from Porter Street, #15
In this installment, I discuss a new project on the poetry of Whitman and Melville, and include a love poem by Melville (yes, they exist!), just in time for Valentine’s Day. Approx. 14 min.
View ArticleThe Word from Porter Street, Installment #17
http://sites.lafayette.edu/phillipc/files/2013/08/Word18.mp3 In this installment I discuss my new role as chair of the steering committee for Lafayette’s Mellon grant in digital humanities and the...
View ArticleWord from Porter Street #2 (new series): Brett Foster, pt. 1
This latest installment is the first part of a multi-installment tribute to the late Brett Foster, poet and Renaissance literature professor at Wheaton College, Illinois. I met Brett at a conference in...
View ArticleWord from Porter Street, #3 (new series): Brett Foster, pt. 2
This installment of The Word from Porter Street is the second and last part of my reading of the late Brett Foster’s poetry. Here’s the list of poems: “City Church at San Francisco” “Funny Hospital...
View ArticleWhy Study Emily Dickinson at a Time Like This? (audio lecture)
Last week, I was honored to give a lecture sponsored by the Friends of Goddard Library at Clark University in Worcester, MA. The friends and the library staff were gracious, congenial, and intelligent...
View ArticleWord from Porter Street, #4 (new series)
It’s been a very long time since I’ve recorded this podcast, but I’ve decided to restart it in preparation for my physical return to Porter Street in a few weeks. Featured poems on this episode: Paul...
View ArticleInterview with the American Antiquarian Society
I posted this on social media recently, but here is the link to my interview on the American Antiquarian Society’s Past Is Present blog. Many thanks to Ashley Cataldo for a fun interview and the great...
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