Jim Knowles

Medievalist, dad, Man U fan, real ale enthusiast. Managing Editor of Piers Plowman Electronic Archive.

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My 15 minutes, I guess. (More like 1.5!)

A nice TV spot on Fox8 WGHP in High Point about our beer hiking book.

https://t.co/CTBnlrUX39

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Jean Cocteau has some words for 2025. #labelleetlabete #cocteau #USA

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Dear Virginia and North Carolina Friends,
Today is publication day for our book, BEER HIKING VA, NC, AND DC. Here’s the pubisher’s URL: https://t.co/0ycSY8ZWYI....
From there you can buy from your choice of vendors.

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@TorilMoi Oh I must get this. We are reading Knausgaard in my grad seminar right now (along with some of your pieces on him).

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@TorilMoi Toril, I only took one class with Fred (Utopias in fall 2003), but it's hard to measure how much influence his work and his presence had on me when I was just starting out. My heart is with you and your colleagues at Duke and everyone whose lives were touched by Fred.

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@YalePevsner ... and one of the glorious aisled roof structure

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@YalePevsner Great Coxwell Barn, Oxfordshire

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@darren_dyck Not an essay, but highly recommend David Malouf's novel Ransom, a retelling of the end of Iliad.

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@ForwardCarolina geez i wonder why?

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@Emma_J_Wells Jim Knowles

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@kjavadizadeh Love this idea. Serious question, though: what counts as a "poetry collection"? Are you looking for only modern (say, 19th to 21st century) books? I'm a medievalist, but I can think of 16th and 17th c collections that would be perfect for this concept.

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@BrianGlavey @upstaterica @johannawinant @kjavadizadeh Love this idea. Are there any limits on period? (I am a medievalist)

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Does anyone know of examples of images of St Peter crucified (inverted), in any medium, that are of English provenance before, say, 1600? Below is the famous version by Masaccio, from the Pisa Altarpiece, ca. 1426 (now in Berlin). Thanks for any leads!

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@Beervana Here in NC, the most influential version is Burial's Skillet Donut Stout, which is a very well made beer. But gah, why? I really don't like this trend.

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@jennfrey Who peynted the leoun, telle me who?

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@SimoninSuffolk @YalePevsner An excellent problem to have, I'd say. #pevsnerproblems

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@Beervana @markdredge @JonnyGarrett @mpkiser On your way home, stop in Winston-Salem NC and try the pivo at Lesser-Known Beer Co. (svetle, polotmave, and tmave). It is the best Czech-style beer I've had in US.

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@PiersatPenn NOPE!

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Consider reading and, if you’re inspired, sharing. I’d love to see this idea go viral.

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@SimoninSuffolk Thank you that is very helpful!