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===Acknowledgments and Appreciations for the Project Mailer Version=== | ===Acknowledgments and Appreciations for the Project Mailer Version=== | ||
During the spring semester of 2019, my graduate course, [[grl:Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2019|NMAC 5108 Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments]], helped publish this Digital Humanities project. Builders of “[[An American Dream Expanded|''An American Dream'' Expanded]] collected, edited, and posted artifacts from the years surrounding the publications of Norman Mailer’s 1965 novel ''[[An American Dream]]''. The major artifact and primary focus of our work was the 2004 collection [[AAD:Letters|''Norman Mailer’s Letters on ''An American Dream'', 1963–1969'']], edited by Mailer’s official biographer [[J. Michael Lennon]]. | During the spring semester of 2019, my graduate course, [[grl:Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments, Spring 2019|NMAC 5108 Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments]], helped publish this Digital Humanities project.<ref>See {{cite web |url=https://inside.mga.edu/mga-graduate-students-publish-digital-humanities-project-about-norman-mailer/ |title=MGA Graduate Students Publish Digital Humanities Project About Norman Mailer |last=Brooks |first=A. |date=April 25, 2019 |website=Inside MGA |publisher=Middle Georgia State University |access-date=2019-05-01 |quote= |ref=harv }}</ref> Builders of “[[An American Dream Expanded|''An American Dream'' Expanded]] collected, edited, and posted artifacts from the years surrounding the publications of Norman Mailer’s 1965 novel ''[[An American Dream]]''. The major artifact and primary focus of our work was the 2004 collection [[AAD:Letters|''Norman Mailer’s Letters on ''An American Dream'', 1963–1969'']], edited by Mailer’s official biographer [[J. Michael Lennon]]. | ||
Acting as editor, I gave students an overall format and organization, and they ''translated'' the book into a digital document using MediaWiki — the same software used by Wikipedia. This involved posting each letter (75 in all); editing, annotating, and linking each; formatting the overall project; and making the digital book work with the rest of the web site. In addition to the letters, students posted other documents and images that had to do with the publication and reception of ''An American Dream'', like full-text scholarly essays and reviews, advertisements, various book covers, and other snippets that give insight into Mailer’s artistic and logistical processes. | Acting as editor, I gave students an overall format and organization, and they ''translated'' the book into a digital document using MediaWiki — the same software used by Wikipedia. This involved posting each letter (75 in all); editing, annotating, and linking each; formatting the overall project; and making the digital book work with the rest of the web site. In addition to the letters, students posted other documents and images that had to do with the publication and reception of ''An American Dream'', like full-text scholarly essays and reviews, advertisements, various book covers, and other snippets that give insight into Mailer’s artistic and logistical processes. | ||