'The Many Joans of Arc' is out in the world!!! If you are interested in the historical and/or imagined Jeanne d'Arc, women's histories, historical anachronism, the misuse of the medieval, or occult weirdness then this might be the book for you. Available now: www.arc-humanities.org/978180270007...

Ich do not knowe ynogh wayes to saye: support public higher ed. Even thrugh hard tymes, even thrugh low enrollementes. Do not destroye livelihoodes and gut programs yn the name of an illusory efficiencye. Supportinge educacioun ys a social goode for a free societye not a return on investment.

She finally arrived!! You can buy this wonderful collection of papers on the intersection of medievalism and Reception, edited by @ikax.bsky.social and me, here: boydellandbrewer.com/978184384730...

A little medieval mantra by Julian of Norwich for those furiously trying to get things done before the end of the year

…but all will be well, all will be well, and all manner of thing will be well

Like, who even am I?

I am chapter 9 in this lovely collection! I examine the overwriting of Elizabeth Siddall’s identity/agency by a medievalised persona constructed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Rossetti sought to position himself as a successor to Dante by creating a Beatrice for himself in his own wife and muse.

1. I find myself spending perhaps maybe a little bit too much time trying to figure out the lore of children’s tv shows. At the moment, I’m obsessed with Peppa Pig.

So, this is a stupid thread written in the hopes of cleansing my brain of this obsession.

What is your best student ‘hot take’ for an English lit essay, aka, a clear and funny ‘they did not read the book’? Mine is that Frankenstein is a heartwarming ‘enemies-to-friends-to-lovers’ tale. And let me tell you, they really went to town with their analysis. It was fucking great.

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

Little tip for lit lecturers wanting to deter the use of GenAi: set an obscure poem/extract studied in class for the take home exam and omit the poet’s name…

I played around with ChatGPT and it throws out the wildest guesses. Note: I wasn’t seeking to catch them out, this was a post hoc revelation.