April 20, 2019
On Slow Reading, Considering, and Consuming
It’s long been understood that going to an art museum doesn’t necessarily mean one desires to look at art, at least not for prolonged, potentially edifying periods. Articles like Artnet’s […]
March 8, 2016
Gender fluidity versus genre fluidity and hybridity’s hubris
In her amazing SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary Beard writes that “Greek and Roman intellectuals were fascinated by word derivations, which they were convinced gave the key not […]
June 10, 2015
Top 5 Reasons Oxford Graduates Should Vote for A. E. Stallings
This June, Oxford graduates around the world will be voting, in person and online, for the Oxford Professor of Poetry. It’s a big enough deal that Ladbrokes is charting […]