A Verse Reaction
A Verse Reaction is a poetry podcast with Dr. Ann Beebe, Professor of English at The University of Texas at Tyler. Series One includes episodes on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, Lucille Clifton, and Mary Oliver. Episodes include interviews with subject-area experts in the fields of Civil War history, Puritanism, Economics, Jazz, Math & Meter, Portrait Painting, Civil Rights, and Birds.
A Verse Reaction
2 - Emily Dickinson & the Northern Civil War Homefront
Episode Summary: Dr. Beebe interviews Dr. Matt Stith about the Northern Home Front during the American Civil War. She then applies this context to four poems by Emily Dickinson: “When I was small, a Woman died—” (F518/J596), “It feels a shame to be Alive—” (F524/J444), “He gave away his Life—” (F530/J567), and “How many Flowers fail in Wood –“ (F534/J404).
Part 1 (Biography & Overview) Starts: 00.00
Part 2 (Interview with Dr. Matt Stith) Starts: 22:19
Part 3 (Four Poems) Starts: 35:46
Dr. Beebe’s LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-beebe
Emily Dickinson: A Companion: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/emily-dickinson/
5-Question Poll: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LCQZTGT
Dr. Matt Stith is Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Tyler where he has taught since 2011.
He teaches a range of courses on American history, including the Civil War & Reconstruction and American Environmental History
He is the author or editor of four published or forthcoming books and a dozen essays that explore military and environmental history in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Extreme Civil War: Guerrilla Warfare, Environment, and Race on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier (2016)
https://lsupress.org/books/detail/extreme-civil-war/
Beyond the Quagmire: New Interpretations of the Vietnam War (2019)
https://untpress.unt.edu/catalog/jensen-beyond-the-quagmire/
Resources:
Ackmann, Martha. These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of
Emily Dickinson. W. W. Norton, 2021.
Beebe, Ann. Emily Dickinson: A Companion. McFarland, 2022.
Emily Dickinson Lexicon: https://edl.byu.edu/
Emily Dickinson Museum. https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/
Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War. 2008
Gallman, Matthew. Northerners at War: Reflections on the Civil War Home Front. 2010.
Civil War Photographs - https://www.archives.gov/research/still-pictures/civil-war
