Alana Zimath (she/her)
@alana-zimath.bsky.social
PhD student in Religious Studies at Yale. Thinking about the Hebrew Bible, Garden of Eden, & Philosophy
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New pod! Mike talks to Maia Kotrosits about After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Late Antiquity
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New pod! Mike talks to Maia Kotrosits about After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Late Antiquity
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My best advice for other writers: read everything and anything you want!
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Author Ellen Muehlberger on Building a Book
Author Ellen Muehlberger on her path to writing THINGS UNSEEN.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My best advice for other writers: read everything and anything you want!
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Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
New: Braille Resources for Reading Ancient Languages
[Photo by me. Tactile graphic by Crystal Peng.] I recently created a new section of my website, which provides educational resources for anyone who wants to read ancient Middle Eastern and North …
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October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
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Is Mary Oliver embarrassing? Maggie Millner reckons with the poet's reputation as an unserious poet—and finds new meaning in her work.
Maggie Millner: “Is Mary Oliver Embarrassing?”
A reckoning with Mary Oliver’s reputation as an unserious poet explores how her best work has been misunderstood.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Is Mary Oliver embarrassing? Maggie Millner reckons with the poet's reputation as an unserious poet—and finds new meaning in her work.
Ideal setup
August 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Ideal setup
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First copies of the latest book:
August 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
First copies of the latest book:
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Are other fields still like biblical studies where you can read an article that makes a number of good points but "thinks the Bible is essentially history" keeps cropping up as a problem
July 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Are other fields still like biblical studies where you can read an article that makes a number of good points but "thinks the Bible is essentially history" keeps cropping up as a problem
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Okay, why not: one like, one verse from the Pentateuch that I think is a post-compilation secondary addition. Let’s get NUTS.
July 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Okay, why not: one like, one verse from the Pentateuch that I think is a post-compilation secondary addition. Let’s get NUTS.