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Hello, everyone. I am in the Philadelphia area today; tomorrow I am going to New York, and Tuesday flying out to England. I almost wish I were staying home for another week or so to catch my breath, but I love everything I'm doing, so I can't complain.

Meanwhile, I have reviews and recommendations!

Courtesy of nostre Chaucer: Margery Kempe goes to the MLA. (For those of you who aren't graduate students in English, the MLA (Modern Language Association annual conference) is the pit of alligators into which new English PhDs and near-PhDs descend in search of tenure-track jobs.)

And thys creatur knewe litel of thes wyse clerkes wyth whom sche travilid and she askid what maner ffolk thei weren. Oon the men was named Genderstudyes and the othir man was named Medievaliste and the woman was named Americaniste-but-really-Faulknerstudyes. And thei were from Bigresearchuniversitee.

You've surpassed yourself this time, oh Chaucer Blogger. There are going to be T-shirts based on this entry, aren't there?

In other news, I have fallen in love with Catherynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tales, Vol. 1: In the Night Garden. ( Review )