Whitman and Teddy Roosevelt: An Unpublished Whitman Prose Manuscript at Sagamore Hill

Transcribes a Whitman manuscript at Theodore Roosevelt\u27s Sagamore Hill home about the need for a "rough" and "very ample" new literature to capture the "genius of Democratic America"; goes on to discuss Roosevelt\u27s views of Whitman, and Whitman\u27s views of Roosevelt

Living Metal: Metal Scenes around the World

This edited volume expands the research in the field of metal studies by examining metal music communities around the world, from Dayton, Ohio, to Estonia to post-apartheid South Africa and beyond. The chapters are detailed, richly embedded in local histories and contexts, and provide important analyses of their respective scenes. The diversity of the chapters connects metal to other disciplines in the music field and a foreword by Henkka Seppälä, former bassist of the Finnish extreme metal band Children of Bodom, accompanies the essays. Living Metal is a groundbreaking contribution to the field, with much appeal for fans and scholars of metal music as well as those in the fields of anthropology, musicology, and history. Published under the Intellect Ltd imprint of University of Chicago Press.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/books/1117/thumbnail.jp

The Eugie Award Symposium for Speculative Fiction

Presented online October 2, 2020, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. via the BlueJeans Event platform.This year's symposium included a special video presentation of the 2020 award ceremony (including a mini-documentary on the making of the Eugie Award) and two roundtable discussions. The first roundtable was led by Georgia Tech professor and current Eugie juror Dr. Amanda Weiss as she discussed the past, present, and future of speculative fiction with authors Thoraiya Dyer, Siobhan Carroll, L Chan, Andy Dudak, and Jerome Stueart. The second roundtable featured past and present Eugie jurors, including critically-acclaimed author and educator Chesya Burke, as they explored the meaning and value of science fiction awards. The event concluded with a digital happy hour where symposium attendees had the opportunity to interact with symposium panelists.Runtime: 40:38 minutes (Awards Ceremony)Runtime: 61:16 minutes (Author's Roundtable)Runtime: 62:40 minutes (Juror's Roundtable)The Eugie Award Symposium for Speculative Fiction brings together science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors, editors, and scholars from around the world. The Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction (or Eugie Award), honors stories that are beautiful, thoughtful, passionate, and that change both individual readers and the field of speculative fiction as a whole. This annual award is presented at Dragon Con, the nation’s largest fan-run convention