Author: James Rovira

Dr. James Rovira is higher education professional with eighteen years experience in the field in teaching, administration, and advising roles. He is also a multimodal, interdisciplinary scholar and writer. His books include Interpretation: Theory: History (forthcoming 2019), Rock and Romanticism: Blake, Wordsworth, and Rock from Dylan to U2 (Lexington Books, 2018); Rock and Romanticism: Post-Punk, Goth, and Metal as Dark Romanticisms (Palgrave Macmillan 2018); and Blake and Kierkegaard: Creation and Anxiety (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2010). See his website at jamesrovira.com for details.
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Writing for College and Beyond Now Available

James Rovira

I’m proud to announce that the first-year writing textbook Writing for College and Beyond is now available for order at the publisher’s website. The result of 18 years of teaching first year writing, I realized something many students need — … Continue reading Writing for College and Beyond Now Available

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“Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America”

James Rovira

“Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America” by James Rovira A revised version of this article now appears on Sequart.org. Disclaimer: this commentary includes major spoilers starting with the second sentence of the third paragraph, so I wouldn’t read too far … Continue reading “Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man, and America”

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Reading as Democracy in Crisis Now Available for Purchase

James Rovira

I’m pleased to announce that Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History is now available for order on Rowman & Littlefield’s website. The chapters in this book demonstrate how the variety of reading strategies represented by the figures and movements discussed … Continue reading Reading as Democracy in Crisis Now Available for Purchase

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Updates all around…

James Rovira

Some updates on recent publishing projects of mine for those who are following such things… Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History has gone through proof editing, the cover copy has been approved, and it is now waiting for one … Continue reading Updates all around…

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Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History

James Rovira

I’m pleased to announce that Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History was made available for purchase by Lexington Books, the academic imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, in April of 2019. The featured image above by photographer Rebekah Rovira is … Continue reading Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History

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