MUSINGS
Observations of a Culture Enthusiast

Here's a current collection of books, music, and media occupying my attention: ·         Paula Cole’s 1996 album This Fire ·        ...

(This presentation was delivered at the Northeast Modern Language Association’s panel “Re-engaging with the Old Myths: Contemporary...

Fear of Flying recently marked its fiftieth anniversary in November, boasting over 20 million copies sold since its initial publication....

Beowulf gets his ass beat by Grendel’s mother. He may have won the war, but she gave him one hell of a time with the battle! For a...

Jon Favreau’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s jungle portrays an ecosystem filled with lush, awe-inducing beauty and a place requiring...

Within the first few scenes of the 2022 horror film Smile, the audience encounters Laura, a Ph.D. student who witnesses the suicide of a...

History is repetitive when we are not mindful. Pieces of it move into our contemporary lives and hang like a lingering stench. I think of...

For a graduate course on American history and popular culture, I recently watched a C-SPAN video of author and legal scholar Cass...

Gil Scott Heron insisted the revolution would not be televised. Of course, he didn’t anticipate the birth and global take-over of social...