Gene Wolfe is the relative unknown whom all the famous fantasy and sci-fi authors like to venerate. Kinda like lots of famous bands all listen to relative unknowns King’s X (or did a decade ago, according to a VH1 countdown I watched as an undergrad…) Even the stars need to feel like fan-boys and -girls [...]
Archive for July, 2011
Gene Wolfe’s Wizard-Knight Duology
Posted in Book Reviews and Recommendations, Comics and Drawings, Norse Mythology on July 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Cameras and Agency in “Born into Brothels”
Posted in Film on July 25, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I finally saw the documentary “Born into Brothels”, a touching film in which a photographer documenting the lives of women in the red light district in Calcutta ends up befriending the children born there, teaching them the art of photography and attempting to get them away from the brothels and moved into boarding schools. OK, [...]
Introduction to Norse Mythology: Reading List
Posted in Book Reviews and Recommendations, Norse Mythology, Scandinavian Studies on July 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been teaching Norse mythology in various classes over the last 8 years or so– mostly during the first couple weeks of my Reading and Composition courses, but the last couple years I’ve been able to touch on it in my upper division Scandinavian Folklore, Viking and Medieval Scandinavian History, and Old Norse literature courses. [...]
What to expect
Posted in Comics and Drawings on July 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Welcome to my new creative outlet. What you will find here: 1) Links to poems and stories I manage to publish. The most recent one is here, and another is coming up in Ideomancer. 2) Viking stuff. Well, Old Norse literature stuff. I’m a Norse Mythologist, among other things 3) Book Reviews– from Vikings to [...]
