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- Writing Through Lacunae: Generative Erasures, Medieval Multiverses
- “When the Elves Are Gone” Part One now out at World of Myth Magazine
- essay, memoir, poetry, flash: un peu de tout from me to you
- “Weird Literature,” Third Graders, and Me-Now
- Some (What For Me Constitutes) Big News For Arthurian Things
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Author Archives: Melissa Ridley Elmes
Writing Through Lacunae: Generative Erasures, Medieval Multiverses
By actively turning attention to the erasures and lacunae left on, in, and by my subjects of study … allowing myself along the way to think and write deeply into them… I am continuously learning, re-learning, and helping my students and readers to learn, how to engage with my work.
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Posted in Academia, Arthurian Things, Conferences and Professional Development Opportunities, Research and Scholarship, Teaching, writing
Tagged adaptation, Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Things, Arthuriana, Arthurtime, Beowulf, creative writing, fantasy, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae, identity scholarship, King Arthur, literary reception, medieval literature, Medieval Studies, medievalism, poet, poetry, Representation in literature, representation in teaching, scholarship, teaching, Teaching medieval literature, translation, writer, writing
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“When the Elves Are Gone” Part One now out at World of Myth Magazine
I knew it was a weird little bird from the beginning, because it was designed that way–I never billed it as a traditional short story, because it’s just not. Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Publishing, writing
Tagged amwriting, amwritingfiction, Eco Fantasy, fantasy fiction, fantasy short story, fantasy writer, fiction, hybrid fiction, hybrid speculative fantasy, speculative fiction, speculative writer, When the Elves Are Gone, World of Myth Magazine, writer
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essay, memoir, poetry, flash: un peu de tout from me to you
I’m never going to be “Melissa, who writes X.” I’m always going to be “Melissa, who writes across the alphabet unapologetically and with great zest and vim and verve and joy.” Continue reading
Posted in fiction, poetry, Research and Scholarship, writing
Tagged amwriting, fiction, flash fiction, medieval literature, medieval women, medieval women's studies, memoir, poetry, scholarship, Speculative poetry, women in medieval literature, women's friendship in medieval literature, women's studies, writing
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“Weird Literature,” Third Graders, and Me-Now
Here’s a little story. When I was in third grade, we moved from Hawaii, where my father was stationed at Pearl Harbor, to Williamsburg, Virginia, in the middle of the academic year. I was put in Ms. Riddick’s class. Already … Continue reading
Some (What For Me Constitutes) Big News For Arthurian Things
Arthurian Things, A Collection of Poems, my first full-length book of poetry, published in 2020 by Dark Myth Publications, has been nominated for a 2022 Elgin Award by the international Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association. Continue reading
Posted in Arthurian Things, poetry, Publishing, writing
Tagged am writing, Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Things, Dark Myth Publications, Dwarf Star, Dwarf Star Awards, Elgin, Elgin Awards, Fantasy Poetry, Haven Speculative Magazine, King Arthur, poems, poet, poetry, poetry award, poetry writer, Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry association, SFPA, Star*Line
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A Professional Milestone
Six years ago to the day, I became the first person in my family to earn a PhD, (alongside my Academic Wonder Twin Matt Carter, First of His Name. ) This week, I received notification that my bid for promotion-in-rank … Continue reading
Posted in Academia
Tagged Academia, Associate Professor, professor life, Promotion in Rank, university professor
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A Brace of (Virtual) Presentations This Week: Celtic Studies and Poetry!
Hello there! Just a quick pitch for two upcoming events this week in which I am delighted to be participating: First, on Tuesday, April 19, from 3-4 p.m. CST, a roundtable on “Teaching Celtic Languages Without a Celtic Program” sponsored … Continue reading
A few brief updates: teaching, publications, a reading, and a corgi in the snow!
Hello All! January was one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it months. We’re back in session for the spring term, and I’m teaching some of my favorite things–History of the English Language, the Medieval Literature seminar, the senior capstone in English, and a … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, Teaching, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged amwritingpoetry, Capricon, Capricon42, corgi, poet, poetry, publication, snow, snowday, teaching, writing
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New Year’s Thoughts
It’s already 2022 in some parts of the world; here, it is still 2021 and I’ve just heard that Betty White died, after (on my part) a long day of difficult revision work on an essay that as of midnight … Continue reading
Microfiction “Crossing the Threshold” up at A Story in 100 Words
Hello World, and hope you’re doing well. I’m writing to you today from the confines of what professors sometimes jokingly, sometimes despairingly call “grading jail,” that period of time between the end of the academic semester and the due date … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, Publishing, writing
Tagged amwriting, fiction, micro fiction, microfiction, postcard fiction, publication, Publishing, short story, short-short story, writer, writing
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