Christopher MetressChristopher Metress is University Professor and Associate Provost for Academics at Samford University, where teaches courses in literature, history, and the western intellectual tradition. His essays have appeared such journals as the Southern Review, Studies in the Novel, and the African American Review, and he serves on the editorial board of English Literature in Transition: 1880-1920. He has published three books, most recently Emmett Till in Literary Memory and Imagination (co-edited with Harriet Pollack). Read More Read Less