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Emily Williams

A taste of Northeastern Italian — in the American South

Apart from my other life as an academic writer, I’m also a foodie — but more as a hobby, not so much as an identification. Yes, I read Bon…

May 16, 2017

May 16, 2017

Emily Williams

No Shakespeare in African Schools?

Read David Aaronovitch’s recent take on the concept of eliminating Shakespeare off African school curriculum. Apparently, the Bard smacks…

Apr 10, 2017

Apr 10, 2017

Emily Williams

Booze, Broken Hearts, Adele and the Failure of Feminism

I have never liked the music of Adele. Mind you, I get a kick out of her flattering personal fashion style, her husky, Winehouse-esque…

Apr 6, 2017

Booze, Broken Hearts, Adele and the Failure of Feminism

Apr 6, 2017

Emily Williams

Austen’s Eyesight

I’m always amazed at how defensive scholars can be on these sorts of topics. Intellectual passion is one thing, but being emotionally…

Mar 25, 2017

Mar 25, 2017

Emily Williams

Professor leads students on mission trips for Christ

My latest short piece for the Charlotte, NC diocese’s newspaper. Mission trips that serve humanitarian (and spiritual) needs.

Mar 18, 2017

Mar 18, 2017

Emily Williams

Pass the Retro…[and the Heinz 57 while you’re at it…]

The concept of merging fantasy with reality, of blurring the lines so delicately, so finely that you don’t know which way is up and which…

Mar 16, 2017

Pass the Retro…[and the Heinz 57 while you’re at it…]

Mar 16, 2017

Emily Williams

Book Anxiety and a bit of Dickinson

I already have many unread books that I need to get to that cause great anxiety, because I am not reading them, despite reading a great…

Mar 12, 2017

Mar 12, 2017

Emily Williams

Hooped earrings are now considered dangerous…

It’s all gone damned insane in the name of invisible racism.

Mar 10, 2017

Mar 10, 2017

Emily Williams

Are you wanting to be taken seriously? Don’t destroy things. That may help.

I’m all for students protesting something they disagree with. Truly, I am. I have no issue with Charles Murray being booed. But sorry…

Mar 9, 2017

Mar 9, 2017

Emily Williams

Who I Am

I figured I’d initiate my blog with a smattering of my favorite things, with much more to follow. I could introduce myself, but until the…

Mar 9, 2017

Who I Am

Mar 9, 2017

Emily Williams

Emily Williams

Writer/Editor, Academic, Anglophile — Politics, History, Culture, Literature, with a bias towards Romanticism and a Crunchy-Con twist…

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