And now the complete list, all 108 1/2 movies this year, some of them short. As always, NYC is a great movie town. God bless…
Admin: In Spring 2023, I finished my year of serving as interim director of first-year composition. I also served on the committee that hired the…
“God forbid we say this was done without its being deserved.” — Augustine of Hippo[1] If death is punishment for sin, then why do babies…
Because my last book came out right before the pandemic, I felt as if I’d chucked it into a void. In the years since, I’ve…
This is my talk for Amélie Junqua’s “Seeds of Literature” seminar at University of Amiens. Here’s my abstract: To contribute to the seminar theme of…
Hello everyone. I’m so happy to be here, and so honored to have been invited. I apologize for my English. The text of my presentation…
My paper for the 58th Annual Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo 2023, Session 338, Medieval Ecocriticisms III — Hi everyone. Today I’m offering preliminary observations…
On Dec 23 of this year, the Burgon Society, founded in 2000 and devoted to the study of academic regalia, posted to Twitter, a microblogging…
Last night I attended a holiday ghost story party. Here’s the story I told: Earlier this year, I saw something odd at Dijon’s Museum of…
The other night, I saw the 2005 Pride and Prejudice for the first time, and its Mr Collins repulsed me just as much as I…