Diary, The Writing Life

Don’t Do a PhD Unless You Want to Do a PhD

From time to time, people contact me and ask what it’s like to be ...

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Learn from Great Authors

What The Style of Blood Meridian Makes Impossible

As part of my preparations for my PhD Comprehensive Exams, I read Cormac McCarthy’s ...

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Learn from Great Authors

What Went Wrong with British Literature?

I had two powerful reactions to Terry Eagleton’s introduction to the major authors of British Literature, The ...

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PhD

A new series: my PhD comprehensive reading exams

What am I doing this summer? Firstly, I’m writing the first draft of a ...

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