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Journalist and author
The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Eye candy
To a reader, books are an essential feature of any home. A concept taken rather literally by Dutch artists Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed,...
Deborah Yaffe
May 22, 2019
Eternally Mr. Darcy
Pity poor Colin Firth. His IMDB page lists more than seventy-five film and TV credits in a career stretching back thirty-five years, and...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 17, 2019
Elizabeth Beeblebrox, anyone?
Just a few days after my uncharitable swipe at those who promulgate Austenian misinformation, a reminder of human fallibility crossed my...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 10, 2019
What's your name again?
It’s always enjoyable when the mass media provide opportunities for us Janeites to snark about everyone else’s Austen ignorance. Today’s...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 18, 2019
Jane Austen meets The Breakfast Club
It’s not every day that Jane Austen turns up in a teen sex comedy. So imagine my pleased surprise last week as I was watching the final...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 4, 2019
A really accomplished young computer
Jane Austen’s novels have provided the inspiration for any number of musical treatments, from operas and a classical instrumental suite...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 19, 2018
Sightings
One of the occupational hazards of Janeite life is a heightened sensitivity to every mention of Jane Austen, no matter the context....
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 12, 2018
Naked(-ish) in Bath
Poor never-married Jane Austen: Lacking nuptials, she never got a bachelorette party, either. Strange, then – not to say strangely...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 9, 2018
Lucky thirteen
Name the ten most important vegetables! Quick now! Does broccoli outrank kale? How about carrots vs. turnips? Yes, yes, I know they’re...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 12, 2018
Still missing
In the annals of news-that-isn’t-exactly-new, the year 1975 holds a special place. That fall, the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 13, 2018
Judge Jane
Apparently, judges just love Jane Austen. Or so Ohio State University Professor Matthew H. Birkhold claims in a recent article in the...
Deborah Yaffe
May 2, 2018
P&P on ice
The Winter Olympics are over, but not without a fleeting Jane Austen moment. Last week, as my daughter and I were sitting glued to the...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 26, 2018
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