@zhuphilia The keynote at The New Chaucer Society Congress in Pasadena this year, Stephanie Trigg, did some comparative work with Tony Birch's Ghost River
There should be something just for fun on the ballot, like voting for the best flavor of ice cream . I think that would get a lot of people really excited to get involved
@blgtylr Not like the Brits, but definitely more than Americans. When I lived in the US I offered tea to everyone who came over to the apartment, and I got the feeling that was not usual.
The three classic blunders: Never get involved in a land war in Asia, never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line, and never ask a man two questions in an email when you need both of them answered.
My book, The Reparative Impulse of Queer Young Adult Literature, is now available for pre-sale! Please let your your libraries know about this, and remember that the volume will be open source and freely available online on October 1. So excited for my book to be out soon!
One of my students wrote about a movie that she learned about from a coworker who likes to recommend really old movies that were popular back in his time.
The movie? Interstellar (2014).