In the Middle

(See here for my first post on this book. Having taken the incredulous words of an anonymous poster at that thread seriously, I deliberatel...

We crave obscurity here at ITM , so without any explanation or context we note this blog: New Donestre Social Club Its subtitle: " It...

From the NYT: “I feel proud to be a duchess,” Ms. Janssens said from the tower, which is decorated with swords and animal-skin rugs. “If I h...

Since Karl (finally!) announced it [ below ], let me foreground it: the formerly grouchy medievalist has every reason to be a happy medieval...

I decided to give up on gumming my dissertation to death for a moment to offer our readers this, an inchoate version of my upcoming Kalamazo...

Thanks to John Walter, over at Machina Memorialis , In The Middle has been designated [or "tagged"] as a Thinking Blog. How cool ...

... whether it is by dipping parsley in salt water or attending Mass or munching chocolate fertility offerings rabbits and eggs or worshipi...

I finally viewed Children of Men last night, and first, I have to say, I loved the film while also being highly discomfited by it, on many ...

A new blog has launched: Profane . If like me you grumble that university dollars are better spent upon books than basketballs, check it out...

Yesterday, on Kingshighway South, I spotted the following bumper sticker: "I like children a lot; I just can't eat a whole one....

Don' read this, go there and add your own contribution to Whan That Aprill Weekend. The more cheesily celebratory, I am told, the bette...

Seven hours to Clinton NY on Thursday ... seven hours back to DC today. But certainly worth the exhaustion. I don't think I've ever ...

... travels to Hamilton College tomorrow. I even get to appear at Katherine Terrell's amazing looking seminar "Alterity and Identit...

From a "searing polemic" offering a "radically uncompromising new ethics" for queer theory, Lee Edelman's No Future:...

And is that loss perhaps a good thing? I was thinking this morning that in a different place, at a different time Michael O'Rourke's...