FANTASY AND THE LITERARY LEGACY OF ROBERT JORDAN A speech written for the occasion of the induction of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. into the South Carolina Academy of Authors on 8 March 2008. (A write-up of the event can be found here .) Listen: [audio:jordan.mp3] Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, …
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Last year — my first here at The Citadel — I was unceremoniously handed the faculty advisorship to The Shako, the campus “literary” magazine. There are many reasons for this, not all of them kind. One nefarious reason in particular stands out at the moment, though: the Powers That Be …
Spent most of the day writing the speech I’ll give in about a week for the induction of Robert Jordan into The South Carolina Academy of Authors. It isn’t long — just 1600 words — but it was rather difficult to say all that I wanted to say, how I …
I needed something to smile about this evening: Dr. Livingston is one of the best professors that I have ever had. He is very helpful and very understanding — not to mention super intelligent. He really cares about his students, and you can tell this as soon as you meet …