The Walt Whitman Archive recently published a new digital edition of Whitman’s short fiction. Most people know Whitman as America’s poet and the author of Leaves of Grass, but in the early 1840s, he was a journalist, a newspaper editor, and the author of numerous short stories. Whitman wrote at least twenty-six (and likely more)Continue reading “Co-Editing a Digital Edition of Walt Whitman’s Short Fiction”
Author Archives: Connor Hood
A Lapse in Time, Similarity in Action
This past week I had the opportunity to attend a lecture at the Englert Theatre featuring Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. Cullors’ activism was, in part, fueled by the final verdict of the State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman case. The controversial trial ended with George Zimmerman being found not guilty on all counts of second degreeContinue reading “A Lapse in Time, Similarity in Action”