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 for free 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)).
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THIS GLARING MEDIOCRITIY: AWARDS, OVERHYPE AND THE STATE OF STORYTELLING TODAY
[Sorry about the long three-week absence, I have four books in my hands (two collective volumes, a monograph, a translation of a collective volume) and a journal issue, and no energy left to write. Also, blame Donald Trump for absorbing my mental energy with so much fretting about the appalling consequences of his random decisions]…
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ESTA FLAGRANTE MEDIOCRIDAD: LOS PREMIOS, LA SOBREVALORACIÓN Y EL ESTADO DE LA NARRATIVA ACTUAL
[Perdón por la larga ausencia de tres semanas, tengo cuatro libros en mis manos (dos volúmenes colectivos, una monografía, una traducción de un volumen colectivo) y un número de la revista, y no me quedan fuerzas para escribir. Además, culpad a Donald Trump por absorber mi energía mental con tanta preocupación por las terribles consecuencias…
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FIRST THOUGHTS ON MY NEW SUBJECT: ON MEMOIRS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
2025 is turning out to be one of the worst years in my life as a reader, for two reasons. One is that I find it harder and harder to find novels that interest me, of any type. The other is that since Trump’s election, I’m spending at least two hours a day reading the…
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PRIMERAS REFLEXIONES SOBRE MI NUEVA ASIGNATURA: MEMORIAS Y AUTOBIOGRAFÍAS
2025 está resultando ser uno de los peores años de mi vida como lectora, por dos razones. Una es que cada vez me resulta más difícil encontrar novelas que me interesen, de cualquier tipo. La otra es que desde la elección de Trump, paso al menos dos horas al día leyendo la prensa e interactuando…