Happy Birthday, OEE!
Today is the day! Old English Ecotheology: the Exeter Book is officially out in the world. I don’t have the words to fully express what the release of this book means to me, but I’m going to try. I have loved writing and reading for as long as I can remember, so I’m incredibly proud…
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Academic inspirations
Happy Friday! Today’s post is an early one because I’m taking a weekend road trip to Monterey and Santa Barbara, partially to support my partner as he plays in the USGA Mid-Am qualifier, but mostly to celebrate the book release. I’m only spending a few more weeks in California, and we’re trying to make every…
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Happy Thursday! Today is a very exciting day because I just got a notification that my author copies of Old English Ecotheology: the Exeter Book have been shipped! If you’re interested in buying your own copy, you can save 20% when you order directly from Amsterdam University Press and use code Pub_OEE. The final chapter…
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Welcome back! It’s Wednesday, which means Old English Ecotheology: the Exeter Book is five days away! Don’t forget that my amazing publishers at AUP have offered 20% of the cost off the book through October 16th, 2021: use code Pub_OEE. Later this week, I’ll be sharing information on how to encourage your librarian to order…
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Welcome back! It’s hard to believe that Old English Ecotheology is less than one week away! There have been times over the last few years where I doubted whether this project would come to fruition, so to be less than a week away is truly surreal. Today, I’m excited to share a preview of my…
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Happy Monday, everyone! Old English Ecotheology: the Exeter Book will be released one week from today! I’m so excited to share a discount code (valid through 10/16/21) courtesy of my publishers at Amsterdam University Press. Use code Pub_OEE to save 20% when you order through AUP. After a much-needed break last weekend, I’m back on…
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Happy Friday! Today is day five of my two-week countdown to the publication of Old English Ecotheology, and to celebrate the weekend I’m sharing a discount code!! Use the discount code Pub_OEE to save 20% on Old English Ecotheology through October 16th! I’m so excited to share a sneak peak of the first chapter today.…
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Old English Ecotheology: the Playlist
I was recently told that musical theater was cheugy, so today’s post will not be about my idea for a Hamilton-style musical about Ælfric and Wulfstan. Instead, I wanted to share some of the playlists I listened to while writing, revising, and copy-editing Old English Ecotheology. The first was created by an anonymous genius at…
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Welcome to day three of the promotional extravaganza! Today’s post will introduce you to the three primary medieval voices that inform Old English Ecotheology: Wulfstan, archbishop of York (?-1023), Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955-1010, and the Exeter Book itself. The introduction to my book offers an in-depth explanation of my reliance on Wulfstan and Ælfric…
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Inspiring spaces
One of the central arguments of Old English Ecotheology is that the poetry of the Exeter Book reflects the material and environmental conditions of the culture that produced it. I like to think that Old English Ecotheology is similarly reflective of the landscapes and environmental forces I encountered while writing the book. For day two…
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In the beginning…
Today is the first day of my two-week promotional extravaganza! I’m excited to share more about this project, and nothing ensures I’ll blog about it daily like publicly announcing I’ll blog about it daily. To kick off the series, I thought I’d share a bit about the genesis of this book project. I fell in…
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It’s August 1st, which means that Old English Ecotheology will be published two weeks from tomorrow! I’ve been working on this book project for almost five years, and I’m so excited (albeit a bit nervous) for it to be out in the world on August 16th. In preparation for publication, I’ve updated my website with…
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Today is the first day of class at Whitworth, so I thought I’d share my first day activities. This year, I adapted Liv Mariah Yarrow’s opening day questionnaire as a way of getting to know my students. They answered the following questions on a handout and shared their responses to the bolded prompts: Preferred name Pronunciation…
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It’s been a minute, but I’m back to blogging! My first semester as a tenure-track Assistant Professor starts on September 5th, and it can’t come soon enough! I’ll be taking part in a number of back-to-school activities in the coming weeks, including a new faculty dedication ceremony in the University Chapel which will almost certainly…
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Yesterday was last day of the Spring semester (for me, at least), which means that today is the first day of SUMMER. It’s hard to believe another academic year has come and gone; it’s especially hard to believe that it’s been almost a year and a half since I began work on my dissertation. My second chapter has been…
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