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A Moral Tale

Once there was a writer for one of America's biggest catalog companies. Perhaps because the young man was a veteran...

When Sentimentality Gets to Good Viewers

A film corollary to my last post, about bad books: The media always reports on how emotionally hard the holidays...

A Map of the Known Book World

One of the drawbacks of being in the English Department of a big research university is the climate of machismo...

Eponymous Me

Some experiences don’t last long enough for satisfaction. You know what I’m talking about—cream soda numbs the tongue to its...

Happy New Year!

And great good luck to all our friends looking for jobs on the academic market this year.

Validation

Yesterday I went to the session on Literary Studies in the Public Sphere. For two of the speakers, Amardeep Singh...

Philadelphia

Thanks to loyal readers who suggested things to do in Philadelphia while I’m here at the Modern Language Association Conference...

Hello and Welcome

My name is Oronte Churm, and I teach at a large state university. Over the last year, I’ve written about...