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All my academic obligations have been fulfilled, so maybe I can focus some of my energies on blogging again. This next month figures to be pretty low-key for me, I'm going to be getting my act together on the job front and working on a couple of creative projects.

A couple things I didn't get to post on last week: a fascinating article about vitriolic American literary critic Dale Peck and negative reviews more generally; and apropos of BigOldGeek's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings, this long look (pre-Peter Jackson) at whether the book should be considered a masterpiece of 20th century literature.