by Tynan Drake, Ball State University Dr. Vanessa Rapatz, Assistant Professor in the English Department at Ball State University, obtained her BA at San Francisco State University; her MA at the University of California, Santa Cruz; and her PhD at the University of California, Davis. Her area of expertise is Early Modern Literature with emphases […]

by Bailey Shrewsbury, Ball State University In the Digital Literature Review class, we have studied many different aspects of post-apocalyptic literature, including the way gender is depicted in post-apocalyptic media. Time and time again, we saw women being forced back into patriarchal roles after catastrophic events, and this idea was seldom challenged on the page […]

by Hannah Partridge, Ball State University In the DLR class, we have discussed our society’s fascination with images of post-apocalyptic destruction and desolation. Movies, TV shows, and books depict abandoned cities reclaimed by nature, and we find them to be hauntingly beautiful. Jackie Johnson is an educator and photographer living in St. Louis, Missouri. Jackie […]

Greetings readers!  We at the DLR have appreciated your commitment and interest in our journal and blog throughout the year.  As the academic year winds down and the team prepares for the journal’s next chapter, we thought we would bring all of you into the daily life of a DLR team member. In this blog […]