The Mammoth
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The Mammoth

In the literary analysis world, the people are represented by two competing feelings [horror and determination] while reading The Count of Monte Cristo. These are their stories.

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Before the Readathon
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Before the Readathon

I have two dozen books on the go. This is an attempt to get through some of them.

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Annotation Nation
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Annotation Nation

On annotations, diaries, and the liminal space between grammar and poetry.

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Comp Comp
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Comp Comp

The quest to build a research statement continues.

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Little Miss Intellectually Promiscuous
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Little Miss Intellectually Promiscuous

Welcome to the world of research statements, where you have a list of buzzwords a mile long and the stamina of a sloth stuffed with soggy economics textbooks from 1986.

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