Some months ago, I published my first short fiction collection, Angels Among Other Things, as an Amazon Kindle e-book. I made no announcement of it at the time, primarily because I wanted to work the kinks out of the e-book. I have quite a bit of experience in digital publishing, …
I have no idea how I missed this, but Loreena McKennitt — whose music I fell in love with in college — gave a concert at the Alhambra a few years ago. Her music is magical, and so is that place. Indeed, when I visited it for the first time …
As many of my students are aware, I have a rather strange (for a medievalist) side interest in quantum mechanics. I dig me some Schrodinger’s Cat: (If you want a shorter and more amusing version, check out this scene from Big Bang Theory.) Anyhow, I bring this up to illustrate …
Looks like I wrote about a lecture break too early! As of today I’m lined up to give four more public lectures next semester: February 21: Every year our History Department hooks up with a visiting professor, and this year it’s Kelly DeVries of Loyola Marymount. Kelly is a medievalist, …
November 7, starting at noon, I’ll be talking at The Citadel library on the topic of Tolkien and Beowulf. It should be a low-key affair, but it should also be a fun one: I’ll mainly be presenting my current work on this subject, including my discoveries in the Tolkien Archive …