{"id":667,"date":"2022-11-21T11:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T17:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janajm.com?p=667"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:52:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:52:53","slug":"deep-literacy-digital-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janajm.com\/deep-literacy-digital-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Forthcoming from Routledge: DEEP LITERACY, DIGITAL TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winslow Homer’s “Autograph letter to Louis Prang” (1895<\/a>)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now that the contracts are all signed, I\u2019m thrilled to be able to share that, together with the incomparable Miranda Dunham-Hickman<\/a>, I\u2019m co-authoring a book!<\/em> \ud83d\udcda<\/p>\n

DEEP LITERACY, DIGITAL TIME will be published by Routledge as part of their New Literary Theory<\/a> series. Our book addresses a wave of contemporary thought on a nexus of concepts connecting ideas of depth with both attention and a range of adjacent topics, including reading, literacy, and the nature and value of aesthetic experience. e.g., We respond to the concern that, in an increasingly digital world, we\u2019re facing a cultural diminishment in our ability to pay attention, read, and interpret in the sustained, immersive, and transformative ways traditionally associated with print-based literacies.<\/p>\n

In this line of thought, we examine linked modes of attention and cognitive styles conducive to empathic understanding, sensitive engagement with unfamiliar areas of experience, historical awareness, and capacities connected to the development of informed citizenship. Our book interweaves the present-day with the historical, highlighting especially early- to mid-twentieth century British and American commentators such as I. A. Richards, Q. D. Leavis, Louise Rosenblatt, and Kenneth Burke. Along the way, we suggest that looking to poetry in particular, such as through forms of what Lucy Alford calls \u201cpoetic attention,\u201d can enrich this cultural conversation on depth, reading, and cognitive modes.<\/p>\n

The NLT series<\/a> examines questions such as \u201cWhy does or should literature matter to us?\u201d and \u201cWhat is its value and significance for human existence in the twenty-first century?\u201d. I\u2019ve felt very much at home bringing this work there.<\/p>\n

So many folks to thank!\u2014<\/p>\n

– Above all, Miranda, for truly being the<\/em> most<\/em> amazing collaborator. Whether on this project or any other, every meeting, every milestone has been a source of forward momentum and verve. I always leave our discussions feeling energized and empowered.<\/p>\n

– The Poetry Matters<\/a> community, a focal point of my McGill University years. I\u2019ll never forget how strongly I felt, during my first encounter with the group in September of 2018, that what we had was something special. This project is in many ways a result of those exchanges.<\/p>\n

– Adriana X. Jacobs and Liesl Yamaguchi, for hosting the \u2018Turning-points\u2019 seminar at last year\u2019s ACLA conference. It was such an inviting and expansive space in which to present a version of this work in an official setting for the first time. I\u2019m grateful for that experience.<\/p>\n

– The editors of the NLT series, Andy Mousley and Jeff Wallace. Their involvement has been a game changer \u2014 I\u2019ve been heartened by their response to the project and appreciative of their advocacy in bringing it to bear.<\/p>\n

– Karen Raith at Routledge, for deftly navigating us through all things publishing-related.<\/p>\n

– The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, for their generous support over the years. They have afforded me time to focus my energies and my attention in ways that have allowed for the space needed for long-term projects and ideas like these to take shape.<\/p>\n

– My incredible parents, for their love and enthusiasm all throughout, including when this was just yet another project floating around the edges of my to-do list. They were among the first to really believe in this work, and they remain its biggest supporters.<\/p>\n

Working within the orbit of the academic sphere is a funny thing. It\u2019s a lot of proposals and possiblys, sending things out into the ether with little sense of when you might hear back and even less sense of the probability of success. It\u2019s rare that something you\u2019re genuinely invested in and excited about makes it out of the desk drawer and into the world. I\u2019m delighted that this gets to be one of them.<\/p>\n

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View the original announcement on Twitter here<\/a>, and a recent interview with my co-author, Miranda Dunham-Hickman, here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jana M. Perkins, PhD<\/strong>, is an award-winning scholar. Her research has garnered over a quarter of a million dollars in funding from leading institutions across North America and the UK, including the University of Cambridge and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). As a data scientist with a background in literary scholarship, her expertise extends across disciplines to yield the unique analytical frameworks which characterize her approach. Her forthcoming book<\/a>, co-authored with Miranda Dunham-Hickman, will be published by Routledge.<\/p>\n

Visit her online at janajm.com<\/a> or @janajm<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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