Monthly Archives: March 2026

J. Edgar Hoover’s Commencement Speech at Sewanee, 1941

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Uncomely and Broken

In June 1941, the University of the South in Sewanee conferred forty-six undergraduate degrees, five honorary degrees, and heard the Latin salutatory of Frank Dana, Jr, which was reprinted in full (as is meet and right) in the Sewanee Purple. … Continue reading →

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Ishi and the Algorithm

Posted on March 6, 2026 by Uncomely and Broken

In my Classical Reception class at Sewanee recently, I was teaching Beth Piatote’s Antíkoni, a brilliant Native American re-imagining of Sophocles’ Antigone which deals with the collections of human remains in institutions like the Smithsonian and the desire to see … Continue reading →

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