Category Archives: historical-rhetorics

Fall 2011 Reading Lists

Posted on July 25, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I was doing so well posting here. I even got a comment from Dave Weinberger. And then last week happened. I spent most of today finishing my syllabi for the fall and submitting my book orders. Here’s how my two … Continue reading →

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Reading Cicero Otherwise

Posted on October 5, 2009 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

So I am more and more coming to the realization that I will likely have to learn at least Latin, if not Greek, in the coming years. My Latin is tolerable enough to work through small passages, but I admit … Continue reading →

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A Great Page from Everything is Miscellaneous

Posted on June 15, 2009 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I’m finishing up another read of David Weinberger’s Everything is Miscellaneous–wow do I enjoy this book. I wanted to post this passage to my living memory since I think it would make a nice opening to my Historical Rhetorics seminar … Continue reading →

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