CUNY Academic Commons | Richard Salomon | Group Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/rsalomon/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Richard Salomon is a member. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2e7ae3caf3fa5c183742797498e4bc5a tiffany chapman started the topic In honor of Melville - A fascinating take on whaling... in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/in-honor-of-melville-a-fascinating-take-on-whaling/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:48:36 -0500 I came across this today in McSweeney’s and thought others may enjoy as well:

“I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t For These DEI Hires”
by Amanda Lehr

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/id-be-lead-harpooner-on-the-pequod-if-it-wasnt-for-these-dei-hires

]]> 37ff0e38b5ae8d099923077d2603679d Justin Vinitsky Delgado joined the group American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1036187/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:02:51 -0500 43c534c3d76ac23bd163b65df299c9c0 tiffany chapman (she/they) joined the group American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1035457/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:29:57 -0500 82dc0ae0da2208f57b9d0475a8a6621f assely etienne replied to the topic Obituary - BAM Class Comes in "Handy" ... in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=169175 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:21:34 -0400 Dear Dr. Victoria Phillips:

The late Dr. Elizabeth Brown, your dearly esteemed mother, was a remarkable Lady who broke an invisible glass ceiling for women in the field of higher education. She will be missed, but surely not forgotten. Her formidable presence will continue to be felt through her scholarly work.
May the Lord help you and your…[Read more]

]]> b086e31f0bd9036b15961997cbe0eef8 David S. Reynolds replied to the topic Obituary - BAM Class Comes in "Handy" ... in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 via email https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=169094 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:25:32 -0400 Dear Victoria,

My deep condolences for the loss of your mother. The obituary is so informative and well written. Your mother was clearly a pioneer in so many ways!

Warmly,
David

David S. Reynolds

Distinguished Professor

Programs in English, History, Comparative Literature, and Biography/Memoir

CUNY Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New…[Read more]

]]> 4ee89ab05123b005920d629f1ebe6fd0 Lucy Victoria Phillips - Victoria started the topic Obituary - BAM Class Comes in "Handy" ... in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/obituary-bam-class-comes-in-handy-2/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 05:42:12 -0400 Dear All, I write to share news of my loss, my mother, a CUNY professor. She wanted no obituary, but I had already written one with Sam Roberts. With the pre-write, we were able to re-craft it for the present. Thank you Sam and Sarah! It is shared below:

 
Elizabeth A.R. Brown, Historian Who Refuted the Existence of Feudalism, dies in New York…[Read more]

]]> 8ab9ff077681477581564d513adabebd Lauren J. Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS started the topic Happy Birthday John Brown! May 9, 1800 in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/happy-birthday-john-brown-may-9-1800/ Thu, 09 May 2024 14:23:22 -0400 Happy Birthday John Brown! May 9, 1800

Hi Everyone,

I went this morning to the scaffold site where John Brown was executed in Charles Town, West Virginia and the Kennedy Farm (Samples Manor) and was able to get picture. I drove through Harpers Ferry, but there’s no parking there, so I will have to go back. The Facebook Reel is me attempting to…[Read more]

]]> ef2a4ad1d6a88791999104ab481ea0a5 Lauren J. Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS started the topic Tenney review on Reynolds Explorations of the 19th Century Submitted Draft in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/tenney-review-on-reynolds-explorations-of-the-19th-century-submitted-draft/ Mon, 06 May 2024 16:34:39 -0400 Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a good break! Here is a draft submission of my review, “Reynolds Explorations of the 19th Century.”

I will be posting a presentation before tomorrow’s class, I hope.

I know time is short and I appreciate any feedback.

Kind regards,

Lauren

 

]]> a1f214919c4adad88e0a4308b29dc1b7 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Reynolds on Melville's Bartleby - Benito Cereno - Moby-Dick to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/991354/ Wed, 01 May 2024 14:27:35 -0400 Melville’s cultural backgrounds discussed in excerpts from “Beneath the American Renaissance” on “Bartleby,” “Benito Cereno,” and “Moby-Dick.”

]]> b78cb6fbb6ae139104af9cf7d1fe97ca Lucy Victoria Phillips - Victoria started the topic Phillips PowerPoint in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/phillips-powerpoint/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:00:29 -0400 In PDF for easy download!

]]> 9425bcc7e54aaaf5be2d06e2728bc642 Lucy Victoria Phillips - Victoria started the topic Review: Conroy-Krutz, Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/review-conroy-krutz-missionary-diplomacy-religion-and-nineteenth-century/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:07:49 -0400 Dear All,

So I need editorial help because the review is still too long! Please consider which sections could be cut. I’m not sure if I will use a PowerPoint tomorrow. If I do, I will post it tomorrow before class. Thank you for your thoughts!

]]> 7be8658e23778d6ee37ee9e93f24d1d7 Destiny Desiree Rose (She/Her/) uploaded the file: Powerpoint for Tomorrow's Presentation to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/988284/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:40:59 -0400 36d6fd7a17a8b5d57b073e9d4ab4e42f Destiny Desiree Rose (She/Her/) uploaded the file: American Bloombury Review - DestIny Rose to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/988268/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:19:31 -0400 Hi all, here’s my non-academic review for tomorrows class. The powerpoint is also uploading.

]]> 616b7e29567e745077952429c2b9ba6c Destiny Desiree Rose (She/Her/) uploaded the file: American Bloombury Review - DestIny Rose to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/988267/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:19:00 -0400 Hi all, here’s my non-academic review for tomorrows class. The powerpoint is also uploading.

]]> 9e1c641e06ac3ee2edcb4cb116c85b47 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Reynolds, "'The Cask of Amontillado' in Its Cultural Contexts" to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/987692/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 01:06:33 -0400 Take note of my marignal comments re rhetorical devices I use in this essay.

]]> ff05dd9820ca88ddc7e7bccda380d166 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado" to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/987691/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 01:03:04 -0400 A short story first published in 1846.

]]> e059f552d755819013a921cbe8a45b9a Jiyun Kim replied to the topic Jiyun Kim's Book Review in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=165525 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 06:34:40 -0400 Powerpoint slides

]]> 0dd9c3619af31c979fcba75ddfcf5a6f Jiyun Kim started the topic Jiyun Kim's Book Review in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/jiyun-kims-book-review/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:56:32 -0400 Paul Hurh, American Terror: The Feeling of Thinking in Edwards, Poe, and Melville. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015. 298 pages.

]]> 077af3f083da68c8ffc80a678f967c4e David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Reynolds - Poe and Popular Sensationalism to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/986802/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 18:38:35 -0400 For Tuesday, along with the assignments on the syllabus, read these snippets from my book Beneath the American Renaissance about some of our Poe tales, followed by brief examples of poetic techniques he uses in “The Raven.”   -DSR

]]> d94bf05c80cd8bac49e3e31cf89c5c83 Lauren J. Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS replied to the topic My Oral Testimony at the Maryland House Finance Committee 3/27/2024 in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=165233 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:50:39 -0400 And that should be the Compromise of 1850 – Not the Missouri Compromise (of 1820)   . . . which I am hopeful I actually caught in the oral testimony.

]]> 82b5bd0a8cb9bd1ac6784d9125cfc793 Lauren J. Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS started the topic My Oral Testimony at the Maryland House Finance Committee 3/27/2024 in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/my-oral-testimony-at-the-maryland-house-finance-committee-3-27-2024/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:44:20 -0400 Hi Everyone,

Professor Reynolds I hope this post reflects how much my work has already benefited from your class, just halfway through. I thought you all might find this interesting. I, of course, am obsessed.

Here is my oral testimony that I did not get to finish as I was booted out of the zoom call. The 21st Rule is likely in effect in…[Read more]

]]> d73647f806a94dd1c23f3f2afdd7badd David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: New version of syllabus to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/985839/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:23:10 -0400 This is our slightly revised syllabus, as of March 25.

]]> fca67c6e1a024ec711a1c3853ac3b68c David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Reynolds, "Emily Dickinson and Popular Culture" to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/985536/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:02:38 -0400 A piece on Dikcinon I wrote for “The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson.” Read it an take note of my style mark-ups in the margins.

]]> cd30b5cb368d18ffac472e38a60529d1 Josh Millstein (he/him/his) uploaded the file: Josh MIllstein PowerPoint for Book Review March 18 to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/984825/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:17:55 -0400 6c4c9df75b0fa651fe1bbf6905079eb5 Josh Millstein (he/him/his) uploaded the file: Josh MIllstein PowerPoint for Book Review March 18 to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/984822/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:07:16 -0400 I am really sorry this took so long.

]]> 0355051f9bdd37f29ba17fd24cb19920 Josh Millstein (he/him/his) uploaded the file: Josh MIllstein Book Review March 18 to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/984725/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:03:30 -0400 This is my piece for tomorrow’s class. I will upload the power point in the morning.

]]> 6e5446aa4c0a95c9e31bdc14e6e59be9 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: "Clean" version of Whitman/journalism article--no marginal notes to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/984386/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 14:03:17 -0400 If you want to read the “clean” version of my Whitman/journalism piece, here it is. (Then youc could quickly glance at the marginal notes in the other version.)

]]> a42d1f846a3286d067162d635a24ae88 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Reynolds, Walth Whitman's Journalism: The Foreground of "Leaves of Grass" to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/984304/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:28:18 -0400 This is an article I wrote on the journalistic foreground of Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass.” Marginal notations are included to point out my stylistic techniques. Read this for our March 19 class.

]]> 1dcaee8c74062947fa159d0d0ffba1fb David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Emerson's Letter to Wltitma- 1855 to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/983734/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:40:02 -0400 Whitman carried this letter from Emerson around in his pocket, had it published in a newspaper, and quoted from it on the spine of the second edition of his poetry volume “Leaves of Grass.” When you read the letter, you’ll see why Whitman was so delighted with it!

]]> b6bb61e440ec6f8abcd96a832db4033f David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Thoreau, Emerson, and John Brown, by David S. Reynolds to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/983451/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 13:03:09 -0400 How the Transcendentalits helped tranform John Brown, who was widely viewed as a madman and criminal, into a saintly martyr.

]]> 555a6923c5084fbfabc8a80790a511c9 Lucy Victoria Phillips - Victoria started the topic Great Research Site! in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/great-research-site/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:30:09 -0500 http://archives-20973928.hs-sites.com/two-hundred-years-of-native-relations?ecid=ACsprvuFuJ08qE7E5DnkxMuYvAk5rKgtsYLrmu3x53XXY3U3CNmeCVCZlJ1tso6AetUulkme4f82

]]> 15d1e5a0daceaa580a7cb9ff324260aa Torrey Chin (She/Hers) uploaded the file: Dispossessing the Wilderness - Book Review Presentation to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/981889/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:44:50 -0500 2e0bca47fa6605d2c4d378883be88016 Torrey Chin (She/Hers) uploaded the file: Dispossessing the Wilderness - Book Review [Torrey Chin] to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/981887/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:31:08 -0500 2e16d5d24bacd39b4cac8ba72f2c9ab9 Lucy Victoria Phillips - Victoria started the topic Join GloBio! in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/join-globio-2/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:33:29 -0500 I wholeheartedly invite you to the next GloBio Reading Group session, to be convened on Monday 25 March 2024 at 3pm (CET) / 2pm (BST) / 9am (EST). This time, the readings will be introduced and the discussion guided by Christian Wicke (Utrecht University) under the umbrella theme of ‘Biography, Nationalism and Ideology’. Please find the following…[Read more]

]]> c5bfc73290ca7d927965009ab7b3e882 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: David S. Reynolds, “American Renaissance,” Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Literature to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/980794/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:54:54 -0500 Read this piece, along with the other readings. for our March 5 class. -DR

]]> 06909f1d46552f829f79c318ad21a84d Adrianna Rios (she/her) uploaded the file: Presentation for Feb 27, The Sisterhood Review to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/980470/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 23:15:45 -0500 Here’s the ppt I’ll be using tomorrow.

]]> dc176c27b4951e5f1f5e757df932da1b Adrianna Rios (she/her) uploaded the file: Adrianna Rios Book Review to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/980287/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:02:04 -0500 Here’s my review of The Sisterhood by Courtney Thorsson. I’ll upload a short presentation later today.

]]> 6eff3997a77460880723f0d8dbf90da3 Lauren J. Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, BPS (She/They) joined the group American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/978029/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:10:59 -0500 b40f6a50d5ee70e5b12e49f56d6174de David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Example of a mixed review - 3 - in current issue of NYRB to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/975216/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 15:00:11 -0500 My review of a book on anti-semitism in American iterature and society; it appears in the current issue of the New York Review of Books (2-22-24). If you’re interested, take a look!

]]> 26bee4f6c2fee645ca3ee50b76d9cc49 Maks Bondarenko joined the group American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/974848/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 21:24:37 -0500 b243b9793bce2d44e1ce40455a4a301b Lucy Victoria Phillips - Victoria started the topic We’ve all heard about it, but what is Scrivener? A BAM Lesson in Software in the forum American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/foundations-of-american-literature-english-75000/forum/topic/weve-all-heard-about-it-but-what-is-scrivener-a-bam-lesson-in-software-2/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 21:08:56 -0500 We’ve all heard about it, but what is Scrivener? A BAM Lesson in Software for Writers of Non-Fiction, History, Memoir, Autobiography, and even Fiction
Please join BAM student Victoria Phillips and Scrivener expert Gwen Hernandez, author of Scrivener for Dummies, for an interactive workshop for BAM students and alumni. Gwen will give an i…[Read more]

]]> 158cf93917d0f6b082e09dd188bed40c David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Bios2 of class members--a slight revision here! to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/974271/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:09:20 -0500 This incoporates a small revision.

]]> 79faae0a5f818550d5f246bf2aa30201 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Bios of class members - spring 2024 to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/974122/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:21:16 -0500 Have funlearning about each other!

]]> 3809bc2b6090686104867085860dc2f3 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Syllabus and Book Review Schedule - American Cultural Voices to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/974114/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:59:50 -0500 Here’s the revised syllabus, with Edwards’ “Personal Narrative” (c. 1740) added to Feb. 6’s reading, and the schedule for book reviews, including three classes in which We’ll discuss examples reviews I’ve written, now uploaded on the Commons.

]]> ace9638f1f1a166c0eaec2a673a952ca David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Example of a mixed review - 2" to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/974111/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:45:51 -0500 A mixed review of two books–one by Joyce Carol Oates, the other by Chritopher Benfey–that I wrote for “The “Kenyon Review”

]]> ae016983b954fdaeddfc177805b02c25 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Example of a mixed review - 1" to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/974110/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:43:02 -0500 Here’s a mixed review of Hershel Parker’s biograpy of Hermn Melville that I wrote for a scholarly journal.

]]> a44c85493a8bb51580e43fdca40ab1b1 David S. Reynolds uploaded the file: Example of a negative review to American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/974109/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:38:55 -0500 A review in which I find fault with an anti-Lincoln book by Elizabeth Pryor.

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]]> 3613243f8eb9a9eed9cbdf4f9327f501 Adrianna Rios (she/her) joined the group American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/973830/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:17:24 -0500 68ec22df883122dd76d1bb793cdb6246 Lucy Victoria Phillips - Victoria (she/her) joined the group American Cultural Voices, 1620-1865 ENG 75100; ASCP 81500 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/973643/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:49:01 -0500