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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Ave atque Vale, Michael

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

I often went over to watch election returns with Michael Hurst. He was a Republican, and I a Democrat; he a devoted Southerner, and I a “Massachusetts-American,” as he said. We disagreed on almost everything about national politics and agreed on … Continue reading →

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Belly Laugh, Belated

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

It’s good to know that something I once wrote about Ovid to be amusing can provoke a chuckle two decades later: https://www.tumblr.com/bellonanj73/44798945768/lucusantiquus-for-your-bowels-sake-ovid

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Protected: A Flavian Lady in Chattanooga

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Floridiana, December 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Uncomely and Broken

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Dido Nix et Trojanus

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

In an even more spectacular and embarrassing fiasco than the election, Nixon played Aeneas in a reenactment of Virgil’s Aeneid, which the school ambitiously staged on the two thousandth anniversary of the birth of Rome’s greatest poet. Nixon had an … Continue reading →

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Fulminating at Job

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Class assignment for Book of Job: “On Friday, we will spend the class thinking about God’s response from the whirlwind. In fact, I am going to ask you to imagine yourself as God— the all-powerful and all-knowing creator of the … Continue reading →

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Protected: Arabic letters as Rorschach test

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Solinus review

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

Bryn Mawr Classical Review published my review of Kai Brodersen’s edited collection, Solinus: New Studies. The editor and a few others have been in touch with kind remarks. http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-10-04.html

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Dead Armadillo

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

It was easier to see in the morning than it had been last night, when I swerved a little to avoid hitting it, the face-up dead armadillo on the street. The dogs and I walked by early today, and it … Continue reading →

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Panel on the Destruction of the Ancient City of Palmyra

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

This past Tuesday, my friend Jeff Thompson in the Art History department put together a panel entitled “Sewanee Responds: A Panel Discussion on the Destruction of the Ancient City of Palmyra.” Panelists included Sara Nimis (Mellon Globalization Fund), Nick Roberts … Continue reading →

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