Welcome

My “currently reading” pile is a taste of what you’ll find on this blog.

 

I am starting this blog to keep track of my thoughts, writing, and research about the more academic topics I'm interested in. At the moment, these are:

19th-century British history, particularly:

• The Franklin Expedition, 1845-1848 (portrayed in AMC’s 2018 series The Terror)
• Queer culture, on land and at sea
  

Medieval literature, particularly:

• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century poem (which inspired the 2021 film The Green Knight)
• Anything and everything having to do with King Arthur and his court (Arthuriana)

If you're curious about what else I get up to, my personal blog is where I post about everything else, from book reviews (fiction) to my adventures with baking sourdough during the pandemic. I'm off to do some reading, but talk again soon!

My “currently reading” pile today:

• Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day, by Peter Ackroyd. London: Chatto & Windus, 2017.
• Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance, edited and translated by Sarah Roche Mahdi. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1999.
• Lieut. John Irving, R.N. of H.M.S. Terror in Sir John Franklin's Last Expedition to the Arctic Regions: a Memorial Sketch With Letters, edited by Benjamin Bell. Legare Street Press, 2021. Microform.