As Lincoln might have said . . .
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 4:10 AM
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Gypsy Scholar
Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Friday, May 26, 2017
About Me
- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
2 Comments:
Hi Jeff, CPH here; reminds me, read "Lincoln in the Bardo" by George Saunders; his first novel, and a straight-up masterpiece in my book (so to speak). Truly great. A lot of people seem peeved/confused with its tone and style compared to his (superb for sure) short stories ("CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" and etc.), but, they are very very wrong. Anyhow, my "Lincoln" plug for today.--
I think you urged me several weeks ago to read it, and I did. Somewhat scary . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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