September 29, 2011
Read about her experiences in the United Nations Assocation Newsletter (page 5-6).
When we think about the end of slavery in America, it’s easy to picture a moment of triumph: the Emancipation Proclamation signed, chains broken, and justice finally delivered. But as Wilkinson College English Professor and historian Tom Zoellner reminds us in his powerful new book, The Road Was Full of Thorns: Running Toward Freedom in
The Voice of Wilkinson had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Kent Lehnhof (English), whose new book explores the ethical and emotional power of the voice in Shakespeare’s later works. Dr. Lehnhof examines how the sound of a voice—its pitch, timbre, tone, and rhythm—can carry meaning and moral force beyond words themselves. Our discussion touched