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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

“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 →

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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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Protected: Radical Visions of Hector?

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Carolina On My Mind

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Twilight of the Demigods: Review of “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

This review originally appeared in the Classical Association of the Middle West and S oth (CAMWS) Newsletter, Spring 2010; I’m re-posting it in light of Rebecca Mead’s recent New Yorker article, “The Percy Jackson Problem,” of October 22, 2014 It … Continue reading →

Posted in Classics, Family, Mythology, Statues & Monuments, Tennessee | 2 Comments

A few Hrothgar stories

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

My brother posted this about your blog post: When I sang in the choir at Sewanee the procession — even on weekdays — went like this: Hrothgar; the Crucifer; the Choir; the Clergy; the Other Sewanee Dogs. I promise. When … Continue reading →

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Hunters, 5 a.m.

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

For no good reason, I’m up before dawn and go into the living room to look out the window. Through the clouds the stars can be made out here and there. My dogs stir but I don’t let them out. … Continue reading →

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Hrothgar’s Grave

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Go behind Bairnwick, toward a small stand of oaks and the swamp leading to Stirling’s, and you will see the gravestone of Hrothgar. Who was Hrothgar, you ask?  He was an English bulldog, much beloved in Sewanee over half a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Boston, Dogs, England, Mythology, Poetry, Sewanee, Trees & Flowers | 3 Comments