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How to Get Work Done in the Summer Without Hating Yourself (Maybe)
Daphnis’ Funeral Blues
I took a poetry course my freshman year in college that had a profound impact on the way I interact with the written word and with the world around me. Every Fall since that course, as I walk through piles of freshly fallen leaves, I recite Gerard Manley Hopkins in my head; I think of... Continue Reading →
PhD Comps, According to Parks & Rec
Life news for those of you who haven't been listening to me complain for the last several months: I just took my PhD comprehensive exam last Saturday. In my program, that means a six-hour essay exam on passages chosen at random from a massive reading list of the Greek and Latin canon. It was an... Continue Reading →
Teaching with Circe
Wright Barker, 1889. Circe (Wikimedia Commons) *This post originally appeared on https://camwsgrads.wordpress.com* Madeline Miller’s second novel, Circe, was released just under a year ago to well-deserved admiration and praise. Miller’s feminist twist on the myths surrounding Circe “never distorts their original shape; it only illuminates details we hadn’t noticed before,” as one reviewer puts it.... Continue Reading →
