The Joys of Teaching Literature, started in September 2010 and with a Spanish version since July 2021, is a blog for ranting and raving about (teaching and researching) English Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies, and other aspects of the Anglophone world. I publish a post once a week, usually on Monday. Please, download the yearly volumes from https://ddd.uab.cat/record/116328, or read the volume collecting some of the entries (Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, Sara.Martin@uab.cat. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)).

  • THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2024: SOME NOTES

    The GoodReads Choice Awards for 2024 were published three days ago and this is, then, the right time to take a look and see what they say about the platform and its readers. The most obvious implicit statement is that this is a heavily biased platform, with a very high presence of US readers and…

  • LOS GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2024: ALGUNAS NOTAS

    Los GoodReads Choice Awards de este año que ya acaba, 2024, se publicaron hace tres días y este es, así pues, el momento adecuado para echar un vistazo y ver qué dicen sobre la plataforma y sus lectores. La tesis implícita más obvia es que se trata de una plataforma muy sesgada, con una presencia…

  • THE OTHERS (YES, THE WRITERS) AND MY PARASITICAL SYNDROME

    [This is a really complicated semester, with lots to mark and edit, and pressing personal issues, which explains why I’m being so irregular in my supposedly weekly posting. Apologies!] Today I’m writing about writers and my parasitical syndrome. You may have heard of impostor syndrome (feeling you’re underqualified for a task you’re doing proficiently) and…

  • LOS OTROS (SÍ, LOS ESCRITORES) Y MI SÍNDROME PARASITARIO

    [Este es un semestre realmente complicado, con mucho que corregir y editar, y asuntos personales urgentes, lo que explica por qué estoy siendo tan irregular a la hora de subir mi supuesta publicación semanal. ¡Disculpas!] Hoy escribo sobre los escritores y mi síndrome parasitario. Es posible que hayáis oído hablar del síndrome del impostor (sentir…

  • WILL I EVER WRITE A NOVEL? (I DON’T THINK SO)

    [No, I’m not writing about Donald Trump’s victory. I don’t agree with any of the analyses I have read and there will be time enough to consider the catastrophes that his cabinet will cause in the USA and around the world. If we survive.] A couple of my students asked me how come I have…