Deborah YaffeJan 30, 2020Keeping up with the Janeites, Part IIIn September, we suspected. We hoped. We crossed our fingers. And now it’s confirmed. In perhaps the least likely household on Planet...
Deborah YaffeJan 2, 2020Eighty years onThe year that began yesterday will not bring us any important Jane Austen anniversaries: The bicentenaries of her death and of the...
Deborah YaffeDec 9, 2019FruitcakeAs the holidays approach, you may be bracing for the arrival of that winter perennial, the fruitcake -- baked months earlier, soaked in...
Deborah YaffeNov 4, 2019Strange bedfellowsBy now, we’ve gotten used to seeing Jane Austen in rather. . . um . . . interesting company. She’s been paired with zombies and sea...
Deborah YaffeOct 3, 2019Forty years and countingIt’s that time again, Janeites: The Jane Austen Society of North America is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) over the next four...
Deborah YaffeSep 30, 2019Keeping up with the JaneitesI don’t speak Kardashian. I have trouble distinguishing among the K-named females of the clan, disentangling the one who married Kanye...
Deborah YaffeSep 26, 2019Janeite on the Potomac, Part IIBipartisanship is sadly rare in Washington these days, so it’s refreshing to find one instance of agreement across the aisle, even in...
Deborah YaffeSep 16, 2019Pictures at an exhibitionIs Michelle Obama a Janeite? As far as I’m aware, no documentation exists to settle the question either way. But circumstantial evidence...
Deborah YaffeSep 2, 2019A Janeite in STEMAll the talk these days about the decline of the humanities can be pretty depressing for us English-major types, who persist in believing...
Deborah YaffeAug 26, 2019Color-coordinated AustenIt’s been clear for a while now that Jane Austen has evolved from revered writer into lifestyle brand: FamousJane, bringing you Classy...
Deborah YaffeAug 19, 2019Janeite on the PotomacIn the most famous passage of perhaps the most famous essay ever written about Jane Austen, the psychologist and literary critic D.W....
Deborah YaffeAug 8, 2019Popping the questionAccording to my parents, one of the most important promises they made to each other upon their marriage was this one: no surprise...