Why Judge Holden is One of Literature’s Greatest Villains

In the long list of literary villains, Judge Holden, from Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian, is among the most memorable. In this post derived from his article in our Postgraduate English journal, Ronan Hatfull explains how Judge Holden embodies the best (or worst) of antiheroes from literary and cinematic tradition. At the start of your...

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My Accent Changes with the Landscape: An Interview with Third Culture Kid Author, Abeer Hoque

For children who begin life in one culture before relocating to another, being a Third Culture Kid presents unique challenges of identity and belonging. Jessica Sanfilippo-Schulz, who wrote on Third Culture Literature in a recent article in our Postgraduate English journal, interviews the author Abeer Hoque, a Bangladeshi American who was born in Nigeria. At...

From Dalhousie to Durham: Kathleen Cawsey on a Medieval City, Medieval Literature, and…Misogynistic Dentists

Professor Kathleen Cawsey from Dalhouise University in Canada is a visiting scholar here in Durham, hosted by the Department of English Studies and St Cuthbert's Society. She chatted with READ about the research she is doing while she is here, the links between medieval literature and modern fantasy, and how the Wife of Bath's Tale connects...

Day of All Saints: An Interview with Patricia Grace King

Day of All Saints, a new novella by Durham-based author, Patricia Grace King, immerses readers within the experience of Guatemalan refugees and the challenges of integration in modern America. Yasmine Shamma interviewed Patricia ahead of her book launch in Empty Shop HQ on 1st December.  I was immediately entranced by your treatment of Martín, an...

Writing Across Languages: English and Chinese Poetry

Chinese and English are very different languages. But the forms and structures of English poetry provided a fertile ground for Chutian Xiao, a Durham PhD student researching English poetry who recently published his first collection of poems in China. READ held a conversation with him about crossing cultures in verse. Readers in English might not...