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Status report: a terrible night. Sometimes I do all right with caffeine, so I forget the times that I don’t. Yesterday afternoon, I stopped in the Japanese bakery in downtown Lexington and bought myself an espresso jelly, which is basically … Continue reading →

Status report: I didn’t exactly take the day off today, but I accomplished much less than I had intended to. It’s because I’m so tired. I get to the end of a day working on the dissertation, and honestly, I … Continue reading →

Status report: Today, I’m working on revising Chapter 1 and the introduction. I took four long paragraphs out of Chapter 1. They were paragraphs about the history of gothic literature, as I see it, and they really should go in … Continue reading →

Status report: This morning, I read about the Great Exhibition of 1851. At noon, I had a conference call about the Secret Project, which I still can’t discuss. This afternoon, I worked on the introduction, making notes on the Great … Continue reading →

Status report: I’ve very tired. I drafted my abstract, and now I’m working on writing my introduction. I’m also in the middle of revising the first chapter. I’m doing quite a lot of reading, making sure I have all the … Continue reading →

“The Spartans on the sea-wet rock sat down and combed their hair.” That’s the last line of one of my favorite poems, “The Oracles” by A.E. Houseman. Do you know what it’s about? The Battle of Thermopylae, actually. I mean … Continue reading →

So, The New York Times is good for something after all. This morning I read an op-ed piece by A.E. Hotchner called “Hemingway, Hounded by the Feds.” Hotchner was Hemingway’s friend for more than a decade. He adapted many of … Continue reading →