I don’t want to presume that everyone here came in understanding that the first several chapters of Genesis comprise two separate creation stories. The first…
Wade has been solved, or at least has been a bit unmuddled. Who or what is “Wade”? If you don’t know, you’re in good company.…
Paper for the “Premodern Animal Emotions” conference at the Academy of Athens My paper today isn’t about animals as such. It’s about the relationship of…
Hi everyone. Jeff Stroyanoff’s paper reads the Miller’s Tale as queer horror, specifically, Alison as a queer monster, at least in relation to Absolon’s heterosexuality,…
Hi everyone. Caitlin Kelly’s paper reads Chaucer, especially, through the lens of veganism. There’s a lot to take on, and I’m happy to offer my…
(My MLA 2025 paper. Sat 11, 10:15-11:30, Royal, 3rd Floor Hilton, “Thing, Text, Human”) We were asked to talk today about changes to the idea…
For Teachin’ Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe J. M. Coetzee, Foe John Richetti, ed, The Cambridge Companion to ‘Robinson Crusoe’ Peter Hess, trans, Violent First Contact…
Maybe 100? It’s so good to live ~20 minutes train away from BAM and Metrograph. This is last year’s list. I wish I’d seen some…
Also, so long as I’m posting about Speculum, I was approached about pitching them something for their Speculations special issue, which I did. My proposal…
I am quoted twice in a recent issue of Speculum. In a Chaucerian mode, and so forth, here is me walking things back. I say…
