Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Use and Abuse of Purple

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Work (I almost called it “the day job;” I follow too many writers on Twitter) has been kicking my ass, and I’ve been kicking it back. So you’re getting my half-baked thoughts on the colour purple, something I’ve been meditating … Continue reading →

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Fated Cats

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

A TOTALLY SELF-INDULGENT POST, TANGENTIALLY LINKED TO MIDDLEMARCH AND ROMANCE-READING, AND HAVING A DUBIOUS MORAL When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor will usually … Continue reading →

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A Couple of Austen-Inspired Novels

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Several years ago I taught a first-year Major Themes in Literature course I called “Transformations.” All the readings had transformations of various kinds in them, and I paired “classic” texts with later “transformations” by other writers. We started with fairy tales and ended … Continue reading →

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August Reading Retrospective

Posted on September 3, 2011 by

My whole family goes back to school on Tuesday, so the past week has been full of meetings, school-supply shopping, and frantic finishing up of work projects that need to be ready when the semester starts (ah, policy- and memo-writing, … Continue reading →

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