A new issue of the Journal of Transnational American Studies is out. From Miranda, Eve Bantam-Masum (Toulouse): Laughing at the United States; and Michelle Brattain (Georgia State): Forgetting the South and the Southern Strategy. From NeoAmericanist, Jesse Goldberg on how the Lost Cause allowed for reconciliation through cultural performances of surrogation; and why do vampires prefer Louisiana? From whoopensocker to upscuddle, strubbly to swivet, 50 years after it was first conceived the Dictionary of American Regional English is finally about to reach the end of the alphabet. A review of Speaking American: A History of English in the United States by Richard W. Bailey. Atomic Bread Baking at Home: The history of sliced bread in America provides a cautionary tale for equating food intake with societal health. From Common-place, a special issue on scientific Americans. Here is a map of the United States showing routes of principal explorers, from 1501 to 1844. The United States of 2012: Asked artists, architects, and designers recreate the U.S. map to reflect the state of things.
