Monthly Archives: June 2014

Jonah Withdraws to Nineveh Suburb; Exclusive Q&A

DAY FIVE – The prophet Jonah, after his remarkable success at converting Nineveh, spent two days outside the city thinking things over under a tree. On the first day he stayed cool in his hut and under the shade of … Continue reading

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Captured in Art

Time spent with my childhood family draws me back into that cartoon simplicity, the way my younger brother Walter’s caricatures draw people into their absurd (but all too true) versions. Mama takes the measure of my face, standing in the … Continue reading

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The Bipolar Synthesis: Journalism in the Academy

My latest column in Clio Among the Media, the newsletter of the history division of AEJMC. We have a relatively small journalism program here at Washington & Lee University, without grad students or professors of public relations, advertising or anything … Continue reading

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Music at Alone Mill

Pass me the can, lad; there’s an end of May. – A.E. Housman William knows traveling, so I let him be my teacher on how to spend the 300 miles of interstate from Knoxville on the last day of May. … Continue reading

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Gimme Shelter

A tornado can be a surgical scalpel. When a particularly ferocious one of these deadly blades sliced through downtown Tuscaloosa, Ala., on April 27, 2011, University of Alabama freshman Ashton Greer wondered at the injustice of it. Her building was unscathed, … Continue reading

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In the Ring with ‘Princess Cut’

The theater long ago was laid waste by the gods of big entertainment. Now, when we think of acting, we think Hollywood, celebrities, an HBO series. When we think of the stage, it’s Broadway musicals, or if “serious” theater, it’s … Continue reading

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Wading into ‘Riptide’

From my column in Clio Among the Media, the newsletter of the History Division of AEJMC, spring 2014. A year ago, some well-seasoned journalists were hanging around the Kennedy School at Harvard as Shorenstein Fellows. Having a few months to … Continue reading

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