While my plan for the summer was to spend most of it researching and writing about Austen, probably I will not get to do as much of that as I had hoped. Don't you hate it when "life" (in my case, my health) gets in the way of all of the fun things you want…Read more Summer Research: Sociability

It must have been about five years ago that I took the picture shown above. I presented a talk at JASNA-Maine in Brunswick on teaching Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and staging Elizabeth Inchbald's Lovers Vows. Then I published a paper on it! Today I had the pleasure of returning to JASNA-Maine as presenter. This time…Read more JASNA-Maine Meeting: May 12, 2018

Over on my other blog site, What Professors Wear, I wrote a post about a t-shirt my mother-in-law gave me. It's an Austen shirt that plays with the 2015 Straight Outta Compton movie logo. Please check it out! I write about some overlaps between Austen's Pride and Prejudice and N.W.A.'s album, Straight Outta Compton. Go to:…Read more Straight Outta Pemberley

I am excited to begin work on my talk for the Maine regional chapter of JASNA. The talk takes place on May 12 at 1:30 p.m. and will feature an overview of and reflection on my time as International Visitor last summer. The image below shows the what, when, and where for this talk. I…Read more Presenting on My Experience as JASNA International Visitor: A Talk for the Maine JASNA Chapter

Tonight I took a quiz I found on Facebook about building a library and "classic literary wom[e]n." I had to answer thirty questions about my ideal library, and I would learn my fate. In my heart of hearts I already knew that I was going to be Jane Austen. I took the quiz to confirm…Read more Library Quiz

As a part of my duties as International Visitor (IV) last year, I agreed to write an article for JASNA News on my experience as the IV. Here's what I wrote: I love how the newsletter layout features my experience verbally and visually. The pictures include my visits to Winchester Cathedral and Basingstoke, as well…Read more JASNA Newsletter

Today is Jane Austen's birthday! Happy birthday, Jane! To celebrate this day, I reflect on how much joy Jane Austen's novels and life story have brought to my life and (likely) millions of other people's. To celebrate this day, I reflect on my wonderful summer as the 2017 JASNA IVP. To celebrate this day, I…Read more Sitting with Jane