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)).

  • THE ONSLAUGHT: THE WEEK IN THE US PATRIARCHY

    My weekly posts have become almost fortnightly posts because I am distressed by the events happening in the USA and I can’t focus. Since the beginning of the year I am having serious difficulties to concentrate and read books; the very few I have read (Kidnapped and Catriona by R.L. Stevenson) are novels I needed…

  • LA EMBESTIDA: LA SEMANA DEL PATRIARCADO EN ESTADOS UNIDOS

    Mis publicaciones semanales se han convertido en casi quincenales porque estoy angustiada por los eventos que suceden en los EE. UU. y no puedo concentrarme. Desde principios de año estoy teniendo serias dificultades para concentrarme y leer libros; los poquísimos que he leído (Secuestrado y Catriona de R.L. Stevenson) son novelas que necesitaba conocer para…

  • A KIND OF MAGIC: ON AUTHORS’ RELUCTANCE TO DISCUSS IMAGINATION

    Citing Queen and the wonderful Freddy Mercury is always a good idea, though their song “A Kind of Magic” does not really refer to what I have in mind. Written by drummer Roger Taylor for the film Highlander in 1986, this song speaks of transcending time as the immortals in the movie’s fable do. However,…

  • UNA ESPECIE DE MAGIA: SOBRE LA RETICENCIA DE LOS AUTORES A HABLAR DE LA IMAGINACIÓN

    Citar a Queen y al maravilloso Freddy Mercury siempre es una buena idea, aunque su canción “A Kind of Magic” no se refiera realmente a lo que tengo en mente. Escrita por el baterista Roger Taylor para la película Los inmortales en 1986, esta canción habla de trascender el tiempo como lo hacen los protagonistas…

  • SWAMPED BY NOVELTY: 2025 BEGINS

    Happy 2025! May it brings the world the peace we so much need and is at least marginally better than we expect right now, three days before the second inauguration of President Trump (President Musk? President Trusk? President Mump?). First, a confession: I’m distracted this semester with other personal and professional matters and I’m finding…