Abigail Perkiss’s Hurricane Sandy: On New Jersey’s Forgotten Shore provides a vivid recount of New Jersey’s people and community in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Reflecting on my own upbringing in Florida (close enough to the coast to remember worry about the dangers of hurricanes but not close enough to live in fear of storm …
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Oral History Methodology Statement
This oral history methodology statement serves to outline and, in some relatively shallow depth, to expound on the methodology intended for use during the conduct of an interview with a selected subject pursuant to the oral history class. The statement attempts a modicum of synthesis of the readings covered during the class. It is structured …
That’s Not Right!
The theme of dancing about architecture abides in our oral history readings. Too, the theme of reconstructing memory and all its organic challenges. Perhaps a dozen years ago, I visited Rowan Oak in Oxford, MS, William Faulkner’s home and now a museum. I draw on that and other experiences in interpreting some of these themes. …