[Written March 2023 & submitted to something that did not happen; it seems apropos now] What not to say to a sixty-ish woman whose university announced it will be closing the end of the academic year: Are you scared? I’d be an idiot if I weren’t. Will you be looking for another job? Do you…
Tag: academia
Chicago & PCA
I am woefully behind on news. I blame losing my job, way of life and all, but at least I am not under literal siege, so there’s that. PCA is always a much anticipated because there are so many people I only see there these days, including the always delightful Miss Wendy, my roommate in…
Judith’s Hybrid Elfin Beauty
I have recorded an abbreviated version of my talk at the International Society for the Study of Surrealism conference in Houston last November. It lacks all the digressions and asides that filled the 20 minute slot, and is probably the better for it. The focus is one of Leonora Carrington’s plays recently if belatedly published…
Out Now in Paperback!: Always Different, Always the Same #TheFall
Always Different, Always the Same Critical Essays on The Fall EDITED BY EOIN DEVEREUX AND MARTIN J. POWER – FOREWORD BY GAVIN FRIDAY With many incarnations, The Fall (1976-2018) were one of the most influential bands to emerge in the British Post-Punk Scene. Their unique sound and distinct iconography have had a lasting impact on music fans and…
Charlotte Brontë: The Professor
An impulse at the Oxfam Book Shop — AKA my local kryptonite dealer (must weed some more to donate)! Undoubtedly it’s due in part to the end of my career as a tenured professor (though in this story it is ‘professor’ in the French sense of teacher). Anyway, I always enjoy spending some time with…
‘We never took our foot off the gas…’
So that’s that. Maybe it’s just the way it’s hitting right now but ‘we never took our foot off the gas’ sounds like they went down burning money all the way, which is a good picture of what happened (Got a problem? Hire a consultant!). A colleague forwarded an email from the president of Russell…
EUPop2023 at Stirling
I will spare you most of my photos taken as notes but the campus itself was gorgeous and full of oystercatchers who nest between the buildings which are then closed to keep them safe. So lovely! I was planning to go up to the castle and cemetery during our free afternoon — mostly to think…
Out Now: Always Different, Always the Same #TheFall
Always Different, Always the Same Critical Essays on The Fall EDITED BY EOIN DEVEREUX AND MARTIN J. POWER – FOREWORD BY GAVIN FRIDAY With many incarnations, The Fall (1976-2018) were one of the most influential bands to emerge in the British Post-Punk Scene. Their unique sound and distinct iconography have had a lasting impact on music fans and…
Always Different, Always the Same
Always Different, Always the Same Critical Essays on The Fall EDITED BY EOIN DEVEREUX AND MARTIN J. POWER – FOREWORD BY GAVIN FRIDAY With many incarnations, The Fall (1976-2018) were one of the most influential bands to emerge in the British Post-Punk Scene. Their unique sound and distinct iconography have had a lasting impact on music fans and…
Cannibal Comfort
Is it weird that one of my comfort watches is a series about cannibalism? Considering how sad most of my other televisions choices are (Bleak House, Sense & Sensibility [2008], Jane Eyre [2006]) I suppose it’s not. Also it’s stunningly beautiful, a masterpiece of hapticity that makes you want to caress the screen. While Mads…