Education
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The History of Literature #311 – Frederick Douglass Learns to Read
Jacke takes a look at adult literacy and continuing education, anti-literacy laws in nineteenth-century America, and two famous passages from the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), in which the young slave manages to overcome obstacles and teach himself to read and write. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, Continue reading
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The History of Literature #269 Shakespeare and the Generation of Genius (with Robin Lithgow)
Robin Lithgow spent her life immersed in the performing arts, including a childhood in the theater and decades spent as an educator and arts administrator. But it wasn’t until she read a little-known work by Erasmus that she fully realized the importance that performance had on Shakespeare and his generation–which mirrored the experiences she had Continue reading
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HoL 113 Special Episode – Introducing the Smart Awesome Show!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:37 — 44.0MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | RSS | More Are you frustrated by the news? Looking for inspiration? you’re not alone! On this special episode of the History of Literature, host Jacke Wilson introduces The Smart Awesome Show, a brand new podcast in which he talks to a series of guests about the work Continue reading
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100 Objects Special Interlude: The Music Teacher and the Artist
Okay, this is simply awesome. As regular readers know, I’ve been posting a series called A History of Jacke in 100 Objects. These short stories are fictional versions of things that have happened to me. Like most fiction, they’re based on real-life experiences and drawn from people I’ve known, though the characters are typically exaggerations, or composites, or Continue reading
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