How It Looks From Here

What is it like for me as an adult and looking back at our family's experience with Vannie . . .

What it was like for me as a child to know Vannie . . .

How should we discuss--in public--racial realities in America? What should be said? Who should be heard?

Beloved (Part 2). The sixth session of the 6-part Video Talk Series entitled 'Toni Morrison's Fiction'

Beloved (Part 1). The fifth session of the 6-part Video Talk Series entitled 'Toni Morrison's Fiction'

Song of Solomon (Part 2). The fourth session of the 6-part Video Talk Series titled 'Toni Morrison's Fiction'

Song of Solomon (Part 1). The third session of the 6-part Video Talk Series titled 'Toni Morrison's Fiction'

Session Two: Sula. The second session of the 6-part Video Talk Series titled 'Toni Morrison's Fiction'

Session One: The Bluest Eye. The first session of the 6-part Video Talk Series titled 'Toni Morrison's Fiction'

Maybe everyone’s first blog post has a story behind it. Mine sure does: from literary criticism to How It Looks From Here.

The final session of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Absalom, Absalom!, Complete Novel

The eighth session of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Absalom, Absalom!, Chapters 5-8

Session Seven of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Absalom, Absalom!, Chapters 1-4

Session Six of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Light in August, Chapters 15-21

Session Five of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Light in August, Chapters 8-14

Session Four of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Light in August, Chapter 1-7

Session Three of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': The Sound and the Fury

Session Two of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Chapter 2 of The Sound and the Fury

Session One of the 9-part Video Talk Series titled 'Faulkner's Masterpieces': Chapter 1 of The Sound and the Fury

Read an excerpt below: “My title suggests something awry at our human core. The opening chapter of the same title (a phrase from the...