January 2016

TV Review: “The Shannara Chronicles”: “Reaper”

Warning: Spoilers for the episode follow. In the most recent episode of MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles, the three…
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: “The Road to Isengard,” “Flotsam and Jetsam,” “The Voice of Saruman,” and “The Palantir”

As we continue our meandering way through Tolkien’s masterwork, we at last come to the aftermath…
A Match Made in the Archive: Reading and Poaching Through Ngrams and Rare Books (22 January 2016)

Originally posted on Metathesis: On a hunch, I went home after the DH events last September…
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: “The White Rider,” “The King of the Golden Hall,” and “Helm’s Deep”

As we continue our way through The Lord of the Rings (and I apologize for the delay in…
TV Review: “The Shannara Chronicles”: “Changeling”

In the most recent episode of MTV’s fantasy drama, Amberle finally enters the Elcrys and overcomes…
Common Knowledge?: EEBO, #FrEEBO, and Public Domain Information (15 Jan. 2016)

Originally posted on Metathesis: If you work in the humanities and you’ve used a database, a…
Queer Classics: “The Boys in the Band”

Today in “Queer Classics,” we’re reaching back in time a bit, to what is considered to…
TV Review: “The Shannara Chronicles”: “Fury”

In this episode, Amberle and Wil find themselves captured by the Rovers, whose leader Cephelo is…
Why Do Gay Men Love Abs?

If you’ve ever spent a minute on the popular gay hookup app Grindr, you know it’s…
Reading “The Lord of the Rings”: “The Uruk-hai” and “Treebeard”

In these two chapters, we return to Merry and Pippin, who manage to escape from the…