Author Archive for: Mr. Pogreba
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Literary Criticism Should Embrace Science
This article is almost certain to make some of you gloat malevolently and throw others of you into despair. From the piece: I think there is a clear solution to this problem. Literary studies should become more like the sciences. Literature professors should apply science’s research methods, its theories, its statistical tools, and its insistence […]
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Freedom
Congratulations on completing the test. I wouldn’t waste another minute thinking about it. Now, it’s time to begin thinking about how you would like to spend your last few weeks at Helena High.
Mildred Loving, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies
Mildren Loving, the incredibly appropriately named woman at the center of the Supreme Court decision that struck down anti-miscegenation laws, died last Friday. Hers is a pretty remarkable story, certainly worth remembering.