Good to return to a Chicago wrapped in good weather after having spent two days snowed in at O'Hare in November. This year I was locked in an interview suite for most of the conference, but that was like attending a two day symposium with brilliant younger scholars (by which I only mean younger than me) who work in African American literature and ethnic studies, centered in the ever-longer 19th century. But I did get to a few sessions, including one on teaching Williams and another on teaching theory courses. One highlight was seeing Jerome McGann again after quite a while, and seeing him work on early American materials.
Instead of my usual conference paper, this year I was enlisted in the "Humanities in Five" experiment. Here you can see me posed with my fellow five minute ravers. I'm proud to say I explained myself in a bit less than four minutes, one of which was given over entirely to my blues harp explaining itself.
[additional cell phone photos by Rosemary Feal and Janet Lyon]
1 comment:
Don't forget Buddy Guy! It was a pleasure to catch up with you, Aldon. I wish I were near you so I could audit all your courses!
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