The Massachusetts Medievalist

The Massachusetts Medievalist gets lost in Arthur Sze’s The Glass Constellation

In the flood of usually distressing personnel announcements teeming out of Washington D.C.

Nov 4 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

September 2025

The Massachusetts Medievalist shouts out to Grem the Creepy Toy and Logan’s Run

Like everyone else, the Massachusetts Medievalist has been reading, learning, and thinking about AI and all the ways that it is changing our culture.

Sep 30 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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Convergent Evolution: Medieval Japanese and European Devil Torture

The Massachusetts Medievalist has largely recovered from the jet lag induced by two fabulous weeks in Japan.

Sep 24 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

August 2025

Summer Art and Flowers: Craven at the Farnsworth

The Massachusetts Medievalist was lucky enough to pop into the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, earlier this week.

Aug 21 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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July 2025

Summer Reading: Nayler’s Engrossing but Intensely Disturbing The Mountain in the Sea

The Massachusetts Medievalist loves a book recommendation from a former student (thanks @C_GraceT!), and Ray Nayler’s The Mountain in the Sea (2022…

Jul 18 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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June 2025

Summer Reading: The Massachusetts Medievalist Revels in Grossman’s Bright Sword

Lev Grossman’s latest novel, The Bright Sword (Viking Press, 2024) is a deliciously satisfying summer read.

Jun 28 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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The Massachusetts Medievalist Looks for Peace and Courage

Maternal Iconography, medieval and modern

Jun 14 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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January 2025

The Massachusetts Medievalist Connects Emilia Pérez and Geoffrey Chaucer (with spoilers)

In the wake of its many Oscar nominations, the Massachusetts Medievalist watched Emilia Pérez, the striking Netflix film set in Mexico, starring Zoe…

Jan 24 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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September 2024

The Massachusetts Medievalist on Atwood’s Latest (Spoiler Alert!)

As promised last time, the Massachusetts Medievalist will share further thoughts about Fourteen Days, edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston, but…

Sep 24, 2024 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

The Massachusetts Medievalist on Atwood’s Latest (no spoilers)

The Massachusetts Medievalist has emerged from brumation because of her excitement about Margaret Atwood’s latest project, the “collaborative novel…

Sep 12, 2024 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

February 2024

The Massachusetts Medievalist Goes Into Brumation

Snow is finally here in southern New England, and the Massachusetts Medievalist just read Sy Montgomery’s newest book, Of Time and Turtles, which…

Feb 3, 2024 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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December 2023

The Massachusetts Medievalist Goes Back to the Future

New York City Edition

Dec 17, 2023 • 

Mary Dockray-Miller

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