Deborah YaffeSep 6, 2021Required readingLast week, a British judge imposed an unusual sentence on a young man convicted of possessing terrorism-related materials. "Have you read...
Deborah YaffeAug 12, 2021Deck the hallsIt was Christmas in July for those of us who spend our days looking for pop-culture recognition of Jane Austen’s genius: * July 14:...
Deborah YaffeJul 12, 2021The dating gameSome weeks, it’s not clear what tidbit of gossip or news deserves mention as the biggest story in Jane Austen fandom. Other weeks, a...
Deborah YaffeJul 8, 2021A poet of the ordinaryA poet whose work I didn’t know died the other day. Stephen Dunn was a Pulitzer Prize winner who “specialized in poems about surviving,...
Deborah YaffeJun 7, 2021Vanity plateSo I spent Memorial Day weekend visiting family in Denver. One afternoon, as we drove along the street, I glanced out the window just in...
Deborah YaffeMay 13, 2021Data storage, the Jane Austen wayAnyone whose college papers reside on now-unreadable floppy disks has probably wondered whether the human race is on the brink of an...
Deborah YaffeMar 22, 2021Small worldThe world of the British aristocracy can seem very small indeed. Witness this month’s auction of items from the estate of the late...
Deborah YaffeMar 4, 2021More name-droppingThe virtual ink had barely dried on my recent blog post about a questionable list of Jane Austen-themed names for baby boys when I...
Deborah YaffeMar 1, 2021Name-droppingIt’s a well-established Janeite practice to name children and pets after Austen characters: while researching my book Among the Janeites,...