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Living Literature
Living Literature illuminates great books, chapter by chapter. Uses the literature of the past to understand the present, with observation on how we teach literature in the classroom.

Living Literature
A weekly podcast that illuminates great books, chapter by chapter. These posts supplement the podcast. Season 1: A Christmas Carol.

Art In Its Place
Deep Dives into the settings for books, stories, poems, shows, movies, and songs. Understanding the work's time and place helps us see the familiar in a new light.

Unsentimental Humanities
Articles on the teaching of humanities and history. "Unsentimental Humanities" is homage to Professor Kevin Dettmar's 2014 article "Dead Poets Society Is a Terrible Defense of the Humanities," which helped me understand how Dead Poet's Society irreparably harmed the profession. Mr. Keating never actually read Robert Frost and owes J. Evans Pritchard, PhD an apology.
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