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Meg Roland
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Former English professor at Marylhurst University for 16 years, then Concordia University. I taught writing, medieval literature, humanities, maps and literature, and history of the book. After five years as a Dean of arts and humanities at Linn-Benton Community College, I am now a writer and an instructor at Willamette University – Pacific Northwest College of Art.
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- The DYI Italy Prize! July 28, 2026
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- Latera and Art: Transforming a 12th century village into a contemporary open-air art museum June 26, 2026
Monthly Archives: January 2026
Quest
I am on the Eurostar train, streaming from London to Paris in just over two hours. My friend, Padeen, is dozing on a seat nearby. I’ve been awarded a faculty grant to follow the itinerary of the medieval story of … Continue reading
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Tagged books, King Arthur, maps, Thomas Malory, travel, travel-writing, via-francigena, writing
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In Malory’s Le Morte Darthur–a challenge is issued and a journey begins
It befell when King Arthur had wedded Queen Guinevere and fulfilled the Round Table, and so after his marvellous knights and he had vanquished the most part of his enemies– . . . then so it befell that the Emperor … Continue reading
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An update on Passionate Geography, January 2026
Friends, if you once subscribed to this seemingly long-lost blog, you will start to see that I am tinkering and revising and hopefully finishing this project. If you would like to unsubscribe, please feel free to do so! If you … Continue reading
a passionate geography
Between perception and a response emerges a zone of feeling, a resonance, a vibration, a powerful affect that inaugurates the passionate geography evoked in Guiliana Bruno’s ‘Atlas of Emotion’ . . . –Iain Chambers, “Maritime Criticism and Theoretical Shipwrecks,” PMLA, … Continue reading
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