Author Archives: Uncomely and Broken

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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

At Armfield’s Grave

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

This morning I went to the Beersheba Springs Assembly for the Posse Retreat, which had as its focus “Crime and Punishment.”  This was a great event, with many good conversations, impressive facilitating, lots to laugh and think about.  After lunch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, Education, Sewanee, Slavery, Statues & Monuments, The South | 1 Comment

Protected: An Ancient Source for the Winking Pizza Chef

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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The Butt-Millet Fountain, A Memorial Hidden in Plain Sight

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

I have written before about Major Archibald Butt, a notable alumnus of Sewanee who died heroically aboard the Titanic.  That’s him to the right, together with President Taft, from a stained glass window in All Saints’ Chapel which commemorates the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cemeteries & Funerals, Military, Nautical, Sewanee, Statues & Monuments, Tennessee | 6 Comments

Protected: Ave atque Vale, Treebeard

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Inde Ira et Lacrimae

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Uncomely and Broken

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Orwell against mistreatment of prisoners

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

My last post concernted St. George as an avenger for justice, and in this month, as we process the Senate’s release of the Torture Report, another English George with similar convictions comes to mind. From an unpublished letter of George Orwell … Continue reading →

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“My Friend George”

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Lou Reed, I read in the Times, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next April. Various questions arise, of course, chief among which are, Isn’t he already in there? (yes, as a member of the … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Music | 5 Comments

The Eroticism of the Gettysburg Address

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

The androgyne of Aristophanes’ speech in Plato’s Republic is a deeply comic myth on the nature of eros, one that has been put to music in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (see below). I have long wondered whether the strange … Continue reading →

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Sherwood, the Limestone Landscape

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Last August, as part of Sewanee’s Finding Your Place program, I took my students down the mountain to Sherwood to visit the quarry and the Epiphany Mission church. The community is a proud and lively one and the experience of the … Continue reading →

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Mine 21 documentary maybe?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

A letter I sent off for funding a documentary.  Something I have no training for whatsoever. We shall see … Prof. Linda Mayes & Prof. Karen Yu Directors, Collaborative for Southern Appalachian and Place-Based Studies December 4, 2014 Dear Linda … Continue reading →

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