A Can of Ice-Cold Sunkist Soda by Van NewellAfter graduating college I couldn’t score a job interview so I ended up resuming my old gig as a lifeguard in Panama City Beach. Instead…Jun 13, 2019Jun 13, 2019
With apologies to Twain, the death of the English degree has been greatly exaggerated.Fear is a prime motivator. Just as disconcerting, or “bad”, news compels us to pay attention more than “good” news, it seems every year…Jul 12, 2017Jul 12, 2017
Why you should major in English: the elevator pitchI tell my students we all do research all the time and when we do, we never think it is boring. That Amazon wish list did not create…Jul 12, 2017Jul 12, 2017
How to survive your first year of college: a brief cheat sheetYou have not begun your higher education adventure and you might be wondering what it is really like. Maybe one of your teachers in high…Jul 12, 2017Jul 12, 2017
Published inApplaudienceLiving History : Olivia de Havilland turns 100The centennial of a Hollywood Legend.Jul 1, 2016Jul 1, 2016
After the TornadoAfter the tornado came through downtown Tuscaloosa I’Tavius saw the silver lining: the power was out everywhere and he had always enjoyed…Jun 21, 2016Jun 21, 2016
Strange Bedfellows — Go Set A Watchman and SEC Media DaysThere’s a delicious diversity to living in Alabama. Of the six states where I have resided, it is the only state whose spectrum of…Jul 19, 2015Jul 19, 2015
Noble Insanity: Opening a brick and mortar bookstore in the age of Kindle.For many years the affluent Birmingham suburb of Mountain Brook, Alabama did not allow franchises to be built in the municipality, save a…Aug 27, 2014Aug 27, 2014
