Category Archives: Classics

Introduction for Charles Martin

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Introduction to the Stacy Allen Haines Memorial Lecture Convocation Hall, University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee April 9, 2014 Perhaps it is true, as Auden says in memory of Yeats, that “poetry makes nothing happen,” but all I know is … Continue reading →

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Protected: Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Skyhook

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Two Ways About It

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

This is a talk I was asked to give for new student orientation way back in 2005 here at Sewanee. Two Ways About It New Student Orientation Talk Guerry Auditorium Sunday, August 21, 2005 Good afternoon. Let me be among … Continue reading →

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Protected: Guys as Grapes

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Quamvis Se Tyrio Superbus Ostro

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Another translation from  the poetry of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy (3.4 metrum), on the worthlessness of worldly office, if it it bestowed by worthless people. Quamvis se Tyrio superbus ostro Comeret et niveis lapillis, Invisus tamen omnibus vigebat Luxuriae Nero … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog! M. K. Hammond, Turnings with Tennessee Williams

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

A little over two years ago, I published an essay called “Property of Tennessee Williams” in Humanities, the journal of the National Endowment of the Humanities.  My friend, the author M. K. Hammond, sent me her thoughts on the poem, … Continue reading →

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Date on the Cornerstone of Walsh-Ellett, Sewanee

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

Perhaps the most charming spot on the Sewanee campus is Guerry Garth, the green space between Convocation Hall, Guerry Auditorium, and Walsh-Ellett Hall–I have often taught classes here, near the large gingko in the middle, while Breslin Tower chimed away … Continue reading →

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Protected: Like a Modern-Day Agrippa

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Plumbing the Depths

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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