Middles are hard. Mary Wroth’s Urania is hard.

After these past few months, I have 20+ pages of my thesis completed! Plenty of work lies ahead for next semester, but I’ll be able to get a head start over winter break.

Hey, Upper East Siders, Gossip Girl here. And I have the biggest news ever. One of my many sources sends us this:

I can’t sing the praises of the Folger Shakespeare Library loudly enough. I’ve just returned from a weeklong research visit there, and the trip renewed my excitement about my project.

The pun is awful, but the experience was great. This week, I had my first day of researching at Chicago’s Newberry Library. The staff was kind and helpful, and the library’s collection is incredible. They have almost every primary and critical literary source I need for my project at this stage, and it’s all accessible.…
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