The Use (and Disuse) of the Body (Lady Chatterley’s Lover)

Dear Amanda, I was absolutely delighted to see your post about Lady Chatterley’s Lover. You made so many brilliant observations, and after watching the 2022 Netflix adaptation myself, I appreciated them even more. My favorite points of yours included the following: All of your points were spot on, and I have nothing to add to

Times Change, but Does Lady Chatterly?

Dear Kelly, I finished grading late (for me) Thursday night. Did I spend the 5 days between then and Christmas travel being productive with my ongoing writing projects? Or doing a deep clean of my house? Or reading one of the many books on my to-be-read pile? Did I, hell. Instead, inspired by the recent

The Great Christmas Romance Experiment 2022

Dear Amanda, I can’t stand Christmas movies. The last one I watched was – I kid you not – that terrible Netflix film where the knight time travels from the 14th century and bakes bread while failing to learn how to drive. Even if the film isn’t a rom-com, there’s something about holiday flicks that