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    The Button Field

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    I’m currently reading a fascinating book called The Button Field: A Novel by Gail Husch (2014). It’s based on an actual unsolved mystery, the disappearance of student Bertha Mellish from Mount Holyoke College in 1897.
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    Teaching Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman (1951) by Amy H. Sturgis
    I’m happy to say that my “Teaching Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman (1951)” post, based on my experience of teaching Shirley Jackson in my graduate Dark Academia course in Fall 2022, is now online at Reading Shirley Jackson in the 21st Century.

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    I’m delighted to share that I’ll be giving a paper at the upcoming Realizing Resistance Episode III: The Expanding Universe conference on Star Wars.
    My talk will be “‘They Walked without Speaking’: GUARDIANS OF THE WHILLS, ANDOR, and Local Resistance.
    More on the conference is here: dcsco-op.org/rriii/
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    Now that Anna Torv’s great work on The Last of Us is encouraging some folks to (re)discover the brilliant series Fringe, I’m reminded what a delight and joy it was to contribute the essay “In Search of Fringe’s Literary Ancestors” to Kevin R. Grazier’s anthology about the show, Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists.
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    Escape Pod | The Original Science Fiction Podcast
    I was delighted to narrate the wonderful science fiction story “The Contrary Gardener” by Christopher Rowe. Both parts are now available from the Escape Pod podcast!

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    Happy Halloween, everyone!
    Song: “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
    Quote:
    The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
    Went envying her and me—
    Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
    In this kingdom by the sea)
    That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
    Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
    Read the complete poem.
    Listen to Joan Baez’s performance…

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    It’s Halloween Eve, and this is a favorite of mine! This quote, in particular, is one of my favorite lines from any song.
    Song: “Crazy Mary”
    Quote:
    That which you fear most could meet you halfway.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to the performance of Victoria Williams…

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    Song: “Ghost”
    Quote:
    In the wind, there’s a lonesome sound.
    In the night, there’s a cry from the hill country ground.
    It’s a hum from an ancient tone.
    It’s a presence. I can feel it in my bones.
    Somethin’ I can’t see has been surroundin’ me,
    There’s a ghost trying to talk through me.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to South Austin Jug Band’s performance…

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    Song: “Graveyard Blues”
    Quote:
    I got up this morning,
    With the blues all around my bed.
    I got up this morning,
    With blues all around my bed.
    I had a dream last night
    The one that I loved was dead.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to the performance of Roscoe Holcomb…

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    Song: “Down in the Willow Garden”
    Quote:
    My father often told me
    That money would set me free, If I’d but murder that dear little girl
    Whose name was Rose Connolly.
    Read the complete lyrics.
    Listen to the performance of Tim O'Brien & Paul Brady…

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    Song: “Darlin’ Cory”
    Quote:
    Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadows.
    Dig a hole in the cold, cold ground.
    Dig a hole, dig a hole in the meadows,
    Gonna lay darlin’ Cory down.
    There are many versions of this song. Read more here.
    Listen to Driftwood Company’s performance…

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    Song: “Callie Calling”
    Quote:
    I hear my Callie callin’, callin’ every night.
    She stirs around each evenin’, but never in the light.
    Haunts me and she taunts me and fills my heart with fright.
    I hear my Callie callin’, callin’ every night.
    Sometimes she whispers, other times she screams.
    It’s hard to tell the difference, if she’s real or in my dreams.
    She’s the creakin’ in the ceilin’, the knock upon the door,
    The wind outside the window, and the footsteps on the floor.
    Listen to Milan Miller’s performance…

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