{"id":16742,"date":"2020-10-20T12:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T16:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2020-12-03T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T22:04:09","slug":"faculty-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/faculty-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>While virtual learning provides a myriad of obstacles, one thing we have been particularly missing here at #bsuenglish is our faculty-student connections. In attempt to strength the bonds between our students and their professors, we present Faculty Favorites! Here, our College of Sciences and Humanities professors will be sharing everything and anything that they&#8217;ve been loving lately.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16744 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112711\/Collier-Faculty-Square-2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112711\/Collier-Faculty-Square-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112711\/Collier-Faculty-Square-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112711\/Collier-Faculty-Square-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112711\/Collier-Faculty-Square-2-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112711\/Collier-Faculty-Square-2-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112711\/Collier-Faculty-Square-2.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\">English Department Playlist<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You read that right! We here at #bsuenglish have our own departmental Spotify playlist, currently curated by our Department Chair, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/english\/connect-with-us\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/collierpatrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Collier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4yaDmaI6sE9HT5nCtA1ngy?si=C1_mm27oTGGuRaFhzJfTZw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> these jams<\/a> as you write, read, and study!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Michael Begnal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <em>Assistant Teaching Professor of English<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Reading\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Edge of Necessary: An Anthology of Welsh Innovative Poetry 1966-2018<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (ed. John Goodby) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From #Blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noise\/Music: A History,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul Hegarty<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16745 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112714\/Begnal-Faculty-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112714\/Begnal-Faculty-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112714\/Begnal-Faculty-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112714\/Begnal-Faculty-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112714\/Begnal-Faculty-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112714\/Begnal-Faculty-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112714\/Begnal-Faculty-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Milkman,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anna Burns<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listening<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fun House,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Stooges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the Corner,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miles Davis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tago Mago,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Can<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Self-titled 1st LP, Funkadelic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Self-titled 1st LP, Betty Davis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Watching:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deutschland 83\/86 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(TV); <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Midsommar <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(film); Mets baseball<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Joys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keeping on writing<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Message to students:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hang in there, be safe, wear a mask, it\u2019s a collective effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16746 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112806\/Bosworth-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112806\/Bosworth-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112806\/Bosworth-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112806\/Bosworth-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112806\/Bosworth-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112806\/Bosworth-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06112806\/Bosworth-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Amy Bosworth,\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Assistant Teaching Professor of History<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Marcus Didius Falco<\/em> series, Lindsey Davis (mysteries set in Ancient Rome)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Chronicles of St. Mary\u2019s,\u00a0<\/em>Jodi Taylor (historians from the not-so-distant future travel back in time to experience the past as it happens &#8211; \u00a0 drama ensues)<\/li>\n<li><i>The Song of Achilles,<\/i>\u00a0Madeline Miller (a re-telling of the Trojan War through the eyes of women)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listening<\/b><b>: <\/b>a lot of podcasts &#8211; \u201cHow Did This Get Made\u201d and \u201cWe Hate Movies\u201d (both review \u201cbad\u201d movies); \u201cYou\u2019re Dead to Me\u201d (history podcast with a comical bent)<\/p>\n<p><b>Eating<\/b><b>: <\/b>olive oil cake, cuban black beans, potato and cheese taquitos, anything else with cheese, and cooking bbq short ribs (for the non-vegetarians in the house!)<\/p>\n<p><b>Joys: <\/b>crafts, LEGO, puzzles, walking Max (the dog) in the woods<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Sarah Drake Brown,\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Associate Teaching Professor of History<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>All the Days Past, All the Days to Come, <\/i>Mildred D. Taylor\u00a0(I read her first book about the Logan family in 5th grade and<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16781 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154508\/Brown-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154508\/Brown-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154508\/Brown-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154508\/Brown-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154508\/Brown-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154508\/Brown-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154508\/Brown-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/> I\u2019ve read all the others, so I had to finish)<\/li>\n<li><i>The New Yorker<\/i> (I start with the cartoons and look at them back to front &#8211; always &#8211; then I actually read)<\/li>\n<li><i>The Splendid and the Vile,\u00a0<\/i>Erik Larson<\/li>\n<li>I need another Maisie Dobbs book. I love that series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listening<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Norah Jones\u2019 new CD<\/li>\n<li>St. Paul and the Broken Bones<\/li>\n<li>Tedeschi Trucks Band (but I can never connect a song with the artist; I\u2019m always like, \u201cWho sings this? Oh yeah, I like them.\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Eating<\/b><b>: <\/b>Whatever someone else makes for me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Suban Nur Cooley,\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Assistant Teaching Professor of English and Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16782 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154512\/Cooley-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154512\/Cooley-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154512\/Cooley-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154512\/Cooley-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154512\/Cooley-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154512\/Cooley-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154512\/Cooley-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The Blue Clerk,<\/em>\u00a0Dionne Brand<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>What Doesn\u2019t Kill You Makes You Blacker,\u00a0<\/em>Damon Young<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The Crunk Feminist Collection<\/em>, Cooper, Morris, Boylorn<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>There There,<\/em>\u00a0Tommy Orange<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Salvage The Bones,\u00a0<\/em>Jesmyn Ward<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The Hate Race,\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Maxine Beneba Clarke<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Eating: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/146035\/the-best-thai-coconut-soup\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thai coconut soup<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, I can\u2019t stop eating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instacart.com\/landing?product_id=533820&amp;retailer_id=5&amp;region_id=6619577722&amp;mrid=379291033&amp;utm_medium=sem_shopping&amp;utm_source=instacart_google&amp;utm_campaign=ad_demand_shopping_food_mi_lansing_newengen&amp;utm_content=accountid-8145171519_campaignid-1770350810_adgroupid-66406624302_device-c&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwqfz6BRD8ARIsAIXQCf2PU_OA-EeBjNcpP-zxXnBWArwrFVy-IzZEjzQd9YjOADwmWeECJ3UaAoeQEALw_wcB\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">these dark choc almonds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Listening: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/37i9dQZF1DWVLVzn60NyuA?si=xfOw3y-HRE-uhfnj0whcOQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Vibes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/37i9dQZF1DWVx3vT1QCKCV?si=F-0tEcQQR7i8aYL3swm1qg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is John Coltrane<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (for work),\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/18wkichjeaiRUzeZqEwpxe?si=cs4kedsWQwKYMMHGQCCmKQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Things We Left Behind<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (podcast).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Watching: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marcella, all of the cooking\/baking shows (Street Food, Chef\u2019s Table BBQ, Zumbo\u2019s Just Desserts) All on Netflix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Spooky Season Movies\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Death Becomes Her<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Craft<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hocus Pocus <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Witches of Eastwick<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Practical Magic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Digital Joys: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/majimb.o\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elsa Majimbo\u2019s hilarious Instagram account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/heeeeeeeey.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">heeeeeeeey.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizoogle.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gizoogle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/verzuztv\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">VERZUZ BATTLES<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IRL Joys: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My family, walks, funny audio\/video and GIFs in student discussion posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Message to students:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> There\u2019s a LOT going on in 2020. A lot. Remember that we\u2019re in this together, and we\u2019re here for you. Talk to us when you need to!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Rani Deighe Crowe,\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Assistant Teaching Professor of English<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Eating: <\/b>Couscous, Jeni\u2019s ice cream<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16783 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square--300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square--300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square--1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square--150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square--768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square--1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square--600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/23154516\/Crowe-Square-.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>So You Want to Talk About Race,\u00a0<\/em>Ijeoma Oluo<\/li>\n<li><em>White Rage,\u00a0<\/em>Carol Anderson<\/li>\n<li><em>Heavy,\u00a0<\/em>Roxane Gay<\/li>\n<li><em>Code Girls,\u00a0<\/em>Liza Mundy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Watching<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Girlfriends<\/em> on Netflix<\/li>\n<li><em>Never Have I Ever<\/em> on Netflix<\/li>\n<li><em>Pose<\/em> on Netflix<\/li>\n<li><em>Broadchurch<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Office<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Farewell<\/em> (Amazon Prime)<\/li>\n<li><em>37 Seconds<\/em>\u00a0on Netflix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>IRL Joys: <\/b>my animals, sparkling wine with elderflower syrup, listening to the classical station and NPR news, working with actors to make short films and monologues<\/p>\n<p><b>Digital Joys<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlvinAileyAmericanDanceTheater\/videos\/309522746925842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alvin Ailey Dance Facebook Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=89&amp;v=qukpj5q_iSk&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Princess Bride Home Movie <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortoftheweek.com\/2019\/10\/11\/girl-in-the-hallway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Girl in the Hallway short film<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000\"><b>Nicole Etcheson,\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Alexander M. Bracken Professor of History<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16788 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113311\/Etcheson-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113311\/Etcheson-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113311\/Etcheson-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113311\/Etcheson-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113311\/Etcheson-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113311\/Etcheson-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113311\/Etcheson-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/> Baking:<\/strong> an almond cake with raspberry jam and ricotta cream filling and a rhubarb pie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cane<\/em>, Jean Toomer<\/li>\n<li><em>The Civil War Letters of William T. Sherman <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Piles of magazines: <em>The Economist, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Watching:<\/strong> STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine. Not as good as the original series, but none of the sequels are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Max\u00a0Felker-Kantor,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Assistant Professor of History<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Reading:<\/b>\u00a0<i>Prison by Any Other Name,\u00a0<\/i>Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law\u00a0(a new book thinking about prison reform and the need to think beyond current popular reforms).<\/p>\n<p><b>Eating<\/b><b>: <\/b>Coffee<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16789 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113315\/Felker-Kantor-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113315\/Felker-Kantor-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113315\/Felker-Kantor-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113315\/Felker-Kantor-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113315\/Felker-Kantor-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113315\/Felker-Kantor-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113315\/Felker-Kantor-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Listening<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>RTJ4<\/em>, Run the Jewels<\/li>\n<li>Whatever new artists come up on NPR\u2019s New Music Friday podcast<\/li>\n<li>Nice White Parents (Podcast)<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re Wrong About (Podcast)<\/li>\n<li>Throughline (Podcast)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Watching<\/b><b>: <\/b>NBA playoffs mostly!<\/p>\n<p><b>Joys<\/b><b>: <\/b>Hanging out with our dog Dudley, who has really taken to online learning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Nidia Flis,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Associate\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\"><i>Lecturer of Spanish<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16790 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113318\/Flis-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113318\/Flis-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113318\/Flis-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113318\/Flis-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113318\/Flis-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113318\/Flis-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/27113318\/Flis-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Music:<\/strong>\u00a0Eclectic. I like a little bit of everything<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Watching:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Community<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Enola Holmes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arrested Development<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black Mirror<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One-Punch <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Man<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Office<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some books of the Bible <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>A Little <\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Princess,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frances Hodgson Burnett<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Big fan of articles related to teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Joys:<\/strong> Love TEDTalk lectures<\/p>\n<p><b>Message to students<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Remember that this pandemic is temporary. Stay close to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">family and friends even if it\u2019s virtually. Zoom has helped me do that. It\u2019s helped <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">me to reconnect with old friends, be part of an amazing book club, talk to my family, watch movies with friends, take dance lessons, teach some of my classes, workout with my lovely nephews, and so forth. I\u2019m also planning things I\u2019d love to do when things are back to normal. They will be. It\u2019s just a matter of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Silas Hansen,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Assistant Professor of English &amp; Director of Creative Writing<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Eating<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ve been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekitchn.com\/sourdough-beginners-guide-23004397\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">learning all about sourdough<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">have found the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/lindsayhunt\/ultimate-chocolate-chip-cookies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m also loving the recipes from Budget Bytes, especially her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budgetbytes.com\/slow-cooker-chicken-tikka-masala\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">slow-cooker chicken tikka masala<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.budgetbytes.com\/beef-kofta-meatballs-with-roasted-vegetables\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">beef kofta meatballs.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I don\u2019t feel like cooking, I get takeout from Maadi Grill, Sitara, and Savage\u2019s.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listening:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ve been doing podcasts, mostly, which feels like I\u2019m listening to my super smart friends have great conversations. My current favorites include&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You\u2019re Wrong About<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noble Blood<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16792 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30131741\/Silas-Hansen-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30131741\/Silas-Hansen-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30131741\/Silas-Hansen-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30131741\/Silas-Hansen-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30131741\/Silas-Hansen-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30131741\/Silas-Hansen-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30131741\/Silas-Hansen-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dolly Parton\u2019s America<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reply All<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why are dads?<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, thanks to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dolly Parton\u2019s America<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, I\u2019ve embraced my love of Dolly and more broadly of country and bluegrass.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Watching<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I fell in love with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> early in quarantine and it\u2019s helped me to feel more optimistic about the world. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m also trying to branch out and watch more movies&#8211;I discovered my love of Christopher Guest this summer (in part because I needed to watch everything that Eugene Levy &amp; Catherine O\u2019Hara have done after seeing them in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9 to 5<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mean Girls<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> never fail to cheer me up.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: This semester, we\u2019re reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heavy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Kiese Laymon, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Girls in My Town<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Angela Morales, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Men We Reaped<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Jesmyn Ward, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Midwestern Strange<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by B.J. Hollars in my advanced CNF class&#8211;highly recommend all four. Eula Biss also has a new book out, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having and Being Had<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211;can\u2019t wait to read, as she\u2019s one of my favorites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IRL Joys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Outdoor time with friends from a 6-foot distance. I\u2019ve gotten really into playing croquet with my friends (easier to stay six feet apart than euchre!) and my fire pit. Also, as always, my cat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Matthew Hartman,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Teaching Professor of English<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Eating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So many tomatoes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16793 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132029\/Hartman-Square.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Currently Reading: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Idiot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Elif Batuman<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read this summer: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Book of the New Sun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Gene Wolfe; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Vanishing Half<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Brit Bennett<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Listening: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carly Rae Jepsen, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dedicated Side B<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (don\u2019t judge me!); Waxahatchee, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Saint Cloud<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Watching<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Modern Love<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fleabag<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Amazon Prime)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Umbrella Academy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Netflix)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Movies<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knives Out<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parasite<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moonstruck<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (always good)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Internet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Not sparking much joy right now. Avoiding when possible. (Narrator: It\u2019s not possible).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IRL joys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">running, taking walks, phone calls with family\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><br \/>\nStephen Hessel,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Associate Professor of Spanish<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Recipe: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/recipe\/burst-cherry-tomato-pasta\">Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Listening:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spotify Playlist: This is Sigur R\u00f3s (perfect for getting work done)<\/li>\n<li>Conan Needs a Friend<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16794 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132408\/Hessel-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132408\/Hessel-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132408\/Hessel-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132408\/Hessel-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132408\/Hessel-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132408\/Hessel-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/30132408\/Hessel-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Armchair Expert<\/li>\n<li>Critical Role Podcast<\/li>\n<li>FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast<\/li>\n<li>Radio Ambulante<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Watching:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Cobra<\/em><i> Kai<\/i> (guilty pleasure), <i>Community<\/i>, <i>Street Food Latin America<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>2666,<\/i>\u00a0Roberto Bola\u00f1o<\/li>\n<li><i>How to Be an Antiracist,<\/i>\u00a0Ibram X. Kendi<\/li>\n<li><i>The Heart of the Buddha\u2019s Teaching,\u00a0<\/i>Thich Nhat Hanh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Joy: <\/b>Playing Dungeons and Dragons 5e on Roll20<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Emily Suzanne Johnson,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Assistant Professor of History<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Bunny,\u00a0<\/i>Mona Awad (a creepy, funny, magical novel about a woman in an MFA program)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Chief Inspector Gamache<\/em> series, Louise Penny (cozy murder mysteries in rural Quebec)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<i>If Beale Street Could Talk,<\/i>\u00a0James Baldwin (a classic novel that feels like it was written yesterday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16796 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123638\/Johnson-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123638\/Johnson-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123638\/Johnson-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123638\/Johnson-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123638\/Johnson-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123638\/Johnson-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123638\/Johnson-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>Baking<\/b><b>: <\/b>All of the recipes in <i>American Cake <\/i>by Anne Byrn, in chronological order. 12 down, 113 to go!<\/p>\n<p><b>Listening<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lots of Neko Case<\/li>\n<li>Arcade Fire<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re Wrong About (Podcast)<\/li>\n<li>We Hate Movies (Podcast)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Watching<\/b><b>: <\/b><em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em> and Season 2 of <em>Fargo<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Eating<\/b><b>: <\/b>Crackers and cheese and cold brew (those were Teddy Roosevelt\u2019s \u201cthree c\u2019s,\u201d right?)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Darolyn &#8220;Lyn&#8221; Jones,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Assistant Teaching Professor of English and an African American Studies Affiliate<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Eating<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fresh veggies from my garden turned into a new salad daily, fresh seafood that I love to prepare in my air fryer, herbalicious and light pastas with herbs from my garden, and lots of chicken, beef, and pork on my grill.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I LOVE to cook and create. My indoor and outdoor kitchens are my happy spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listening: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have been listening to Dolly Parton, the Carter Sisters, Johnny Cash, Black Panther musical score (amazing!), and lots of 90\u2019s music on Youtube on my tv while I food prep and cook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Watching:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Waiting for new episodes of Grace<em> and Frankie<\/em>, <em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel<\/em>, and <em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>Crown<\/em> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16797 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123642\/Jones-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123642\/Jones-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123642\/Jones-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123642\/Jones-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123642\/Jones-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123642\/Jones-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123642\/Jones-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daily dose of CNN, <em>Lakefront Bargain Hunt<\/em> on HGTV, and <em>Log Cabin Living<\/em> on HGTV. I own a cabin on a lake that we will start renovating next year so I\u2019m looking for ideas. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any cooking show- I love The Kitchen, Girl Meets Farm, Chopped, Guy\u2019s Grocery Games, Supermarket Stakeout, and Valerie\u2019s Home Cooking<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Because football season has started, my husband I will rewatch our very large collection of football movies&#8212; I own over 20! Marshall is my favorite!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reading all of the wonderful and new collections of YA Black Lit &#8212;just finished Draper\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blended<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, am currently reading Hoose\u2019s Indiana Author Award YA nonfiction winner <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m reading the latest and my favorite edition of Creative Nonfiction on memoir and of course, getting through several monthly journals I receive.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Writing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I am revising two articles that were accepted for publication- a case study on counter narrative and a duoethnography in disability studies. And I\u2019m revising the 4th edition of my education book. Sadly, I typically take on a writing project every semester, but because teaching online is more work, I won\u2019t be doing that this summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Digital Joys:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Recipe hunting online &#8211; I follow several Food Network blogs, a few Paleo blogs, my friend Terry\u2019s write up\u2019s with Indianapolis Monthly, and shopping online!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0IRL Joys:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 Sitting down for dinner and conversation daily with my husband, reading my son\u2019s favorite stories and watching him smile, weight lifting, daily walks, and again&#8212;coming up with new recipes and cooking!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Message to Students: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay the course. Finish the semester strong. Stay in school and work through this difficult time; Ball State needs you. We, in the English department, need you and want you to succeed. And the world needs your thinking and contributions.\u00a0 Reach out for help- it\u2019s there for you.\u00a0 We are here for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Kathryn Ludwig,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Assistant Teaching Professor of English <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16798 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/03123645\/Ludwig-Square.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Listening<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As my oldest son dives deep into 90s grunge, I\u2019ve been revisiting some of my faves from high school days, including Wilco, Paul Westerberg and Tori Amos. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also loving \u201cOut of the Game\u201d by Rufus Wainwright (the music video has Helena Bonham-Carter as a librarian)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWagon Wheel\u201d by Old Crow Medicine Show <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most songs on XM radio\u2019s First Wave channel<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I love audiobooks for leisure reads and that includes all the things by Neil Gaiman (he reads his own books) and <i>A Discovery of Witches <\/i>by Deborah Harkness (shout out to Mary Clark-Flynn for getting me into this series).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alif the Unseen,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0G. Willow Wilson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Normal People,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Sally Rooney<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Book of Salt,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Monique Truong<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Book of Joan,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Lidia Yuknavitch <\/span><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Power,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Naomi Alderman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also recommend <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is Not Yours is Not Yours,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Helen Oyeyemi (I recommend this book a lot).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Watching<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jane the Virgin<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Never Have I Ever<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Good Place<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Great British Baking Show<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0(for the illusion of a tranquil existence).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Kevin Smith,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Associate Dean of the College of Sciences and Humanities<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy, <\/i>Sheryll Cashin. Contextualizes the Loving v. Virginia case within the history of interracial intimacy and law.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16804 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142920\/Smith-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142920\/Smith-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142920\/Smith-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142920\/Smith-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142920\/Smith-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142920\/Smith-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142920\/Smith-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><i>Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, <\/i>Larrie D. Ferreiro<i>.<\/i>\u00a0Emphasizes the dependence of American independence upon foreign aid (money, munitions, ships, and men)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>T<\/em><i>he Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church\u2019s Complicity in Racism,\u00a0<\/i>Jemar Tisby.\u00a0Current best-seller discusses the sobering history of American Christianity\u2019s interaction with white supremacy.<\/li>\n<li><i>Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitani<\/i>a, Erik Larson. Grim reading in vignettes aboard the doomed ship and the U-20 that sank her.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0Joys<\/b><b>: <\/b>Our granddaughter celebrated her first birthday, and her aunt, our youngest daughter got married in July with COVID precautions and no infections reported afterward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span style=\"color: #800000\">Andrea Wolfe,<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>\u00a0Assistant Teaching Professor of English<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16805 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142923\/Wolfe-Square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142923\/Wolfe-Square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142923\/Wolfe-Square-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142923\/Wolfe-Square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142923\/Wolfe-Square-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142923\/Wolfe-Square-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/06142923\/Wolfe-Square.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/b><b>Reading Recommendations<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Trust Exercise,<\/em>\u00a0Susan Choi<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The Great Believers,<\/em>\u00a0Rebecca Makkai<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>There There,<\/em>\u00a0Tommy Orange<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The Nickel Boys,<\/em>\u00a0Colson Whitehead<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>American Dirt,\u00a0<\/em>Jeanine Cummins (controversial but still good, I think)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>We know this\u00a0<\/em><i>doesn&#8217;t make up for valuable in-person class time with your favorite professors, but we hope that you have enjoyed our Faculty Favorites and picked up a few\u00a0recommendations along the way!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While virtual learning provides a myriad of obstacles, one thing we have been particularly missing here at #bsuenglish is our faculty-student connections. 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