Andersen and Aesthetics
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Hans Christian Andersen almost psychologically destroyed us. Let us explain. Lo these many years ago, we were but wee PhD students, staring down the barrel of our candidacy exams. At…
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May 17, 2022
It’s almost officially summer, and Sara is ready for the beach. She’s been dreaming of sand between her toes, hot temperatures, walking along the shore line, and – most of…
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May 10, 2022
Stories can change the world. And they also tell us about the world we live in now. We believe, profoundly, in the power of stories. But you know what else…
Read MoreOn Collaboration, Piano Bars, and Carterhaugh
May 3, 2022
It hit me during the second chorus of “Hotel California.” For the last hour, I’d been feeling a very weird sense of familiarity that, I cannot emphasize enough, did not…
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April 26, 2022
Once you’re an academic, you’re kinda always an academic. It basically goes with the territory. You never stop getting weirdly excited when you see a book or an article about…
Read MoreOCD and Sleeping Princesses
April 12, 2022
Here’s one of the things people usually don’t realize about anxiety and depression. It is so tiring. Like, REALLY tiring. It takes a huge amount of energy to be worried…
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