Monthly Archives: May 2014
What Makes a Literary Scholar? Sugar and Spice and Not Necessarily Moby Dick
At some point during the semester, Moby Dick comes up. A student might make a connection to Ahab or to the symbolism of the white whale. I pause, widen my eyes, and whisper through the room: “Don’t tell anyone, but I have never read Moby Dick. If they find out, they will take away my […]
My Year of Reading Arab Lit: Samar Yazbek’s A Woman in the Crossfire
I feel lucky to have been introduced to Samar Yazbek’s work, and am frankly embarrassed I knew nothing of her work until I started this project of reading Arab women’s work in translation in 2014. I am eager to read more of her work when the opportunity arises (and the lateness of this […]
Reflections on Gender and Postcolonial Issues 
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