I have an English minor! It’s not printed on my degree, so I will take any chance to bring it up. I completed my English minor at Oxford University in Oxford, England where I studied Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf.
My interests in English include literary history, especially ancient classics and modern fiction, horror in comparative literature, and feminist horror focused on witches, vampires, and pregnancy.
Why is this cool?Some highlights from the classes were:
Touring Virginia Woolf and her sister, Vanessa Bell’s, houses in Sussex, England
Saw Shakespeare plays at the Globe Theatre in London and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Brighton, England
Got my library card for the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, England
Visited Shakespeare’s grave at the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Some of the non-class-related highlights were:
Going to the Thames River to paint
Saw Twisters at the Oden theater in Oxford, England
A man with a typewriter wrote me a poem in Stratford, England, using the words red, clown, and glitter
Had tea with my professors
Do I read?
Yes, I read! I primarily read horror, thriller, and mystery. Here’s a few of my favorite books.
Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon
4.5 stars
I Believe in Mister Bones by Max Booth III
4.5 stars
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
4.5 stars
Read for my book club with my cousin, Claire
The Troop by Nick Cutter
5 stars
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
4 stars
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
5 stars
What were my favorite reads from school?
Some highlights of the classes I took: ancient classics that analyzed how contemporary horror has been influenced by classics, banned books, and Mexican-American lit. These are some of my favorite books that I read in school.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
4.75 stars
Read for my Classics and Romantics course
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
4.75 stars
Read for my Banned Books course
The Golden Asse by Apuleius
5 stars
Read for my Horror in Classics and Film course
4 stars
Read for my Shakespeare course