Jen Ebbeler Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Jen Ebbeler

An insightful review of Natalie Haynes’ newest novel, Stone Blind. https://t.co/MaKVxLoIgc

Jen Ebbeler

A dear friend sent me an amazing book: “Maybe This Will Help: How to Feel Better When Things Stay the Same.” IYKYK. Highly recommend. Sample page below. 😂 https://t.co/G1FjcGNQeI

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Scholar Mary Beard to deliver lecture series on what we can learn from the classics | University of Chicago News https://t.co/ABwoZ53LnW

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@lykanthea Specialists can give more specific answers, but Richard Thomas, Stephen Hinds, Joe Farrell work from the 90s should have what you need. Hinds’ Allusion and Intertext probably best for ugrad.

Jen Ebbeler

If you read or teach Augustine’s Confessions, the Prince Harry biography is a fascinating read. I cannot escape Paula Fredrickson’s classic article on the Confessions as retrospective narrative. The Prince Harry biog is an obvious modern example of exactly that.

Jen Ebbeler

I was using ChatGPT to quickly find reviews of Patout Burns and Robin Jensen, Christianity in Roman Africa. It made up an entirely different book and claimed Burns wrote it. The title was totally plausible but the book doesn’t exist. 😳

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Currently using Jim O’Donnell’s online commentary for Augustine’s Confessions. It was created in 1992 and still works just fine (so long as Georgetown continues to house it). It would take a lot to break it—though someday it might need a new, stable home? But probably not?