Bell Jar Z.0
Published: Jul 11th, 2024
I’ve taught Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar many times in several courses: American literature, major authors, women’s literature, and the American 1950s. Most are brimming with English majors. During my… Read More
Articles Tagged “1950s” 
1950s Yearbook Highlights: Tapping Digital Archives for Student Projects
Published: Oct 28th, 2021
Do you remember how it felt to begin another full semester of remote learning in January 2021? While my students were scattered and attending class through their laptops or… Read More
Playboy and Postwar Masculinities
Published: Sep 28th, 2017
With Hugh Hefner’s passing, the sexual revolutions of the 1950s and 60s are trending again in the news. The fundamental revolution of Playboy wasn’t its nude female models, but its… Read More