https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2025/09/23/what-beowulf-character-are-you/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/screenshot-2025-09-23-at-11.03.21-am.pngScreenshot 2025-09-23 at 11.03.21 AMThis is my quiz result. NOT Grendel's Mother!2025-09-23T16:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2023/09/19/1-man-1-hour-one-amazing-performance-of-beowulf/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/img_9451.jpegimg_9451https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screen-shot-2023-09-19-at-8.56.56-am.pngscreen-shot-2023-09-19-at-8.56.56-amhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/screen-shot-2023-09-19-at-8.56.41-am.pngscreen-shot-2023-09-19-at-8.56.41-am2023-09-19T14:03:28+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2021/12/03/manuscript-discovery-grendels-mother-and-my-mother/2021-12-03T17:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/curriculum-guides-and-resources-for-grendels-mother-grendel-and-tolkien/2021-11-29T19:05:53+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2021/08/25/grendels-stepmother/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/screen-shot-2021-08-25-at-10.40.05-am.pngScreen Shot 2021-08-25 at 10.40.05 AM2021-08-25T16:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/05/21/book-award-finalist/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/grendel.jpgGrendelhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/finalist-logo.jpgFinalist LogoDelighted to be chosen as a finalist in Adult Fiction2021-08-25T16:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2021/08/25/reading-beowulf-in-the-bathtub/2021-08-25T16:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2021/06/06/tolkien-and-coffee/2021-06-06T22:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2021/04/05/the-hobbit-and-lord-of-the-rings-soviet-style/2021-04-05T15:03:15+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2021/03/24/scholarly-analysis-of-grendels-mother-the-saga-of-the-wyrd-wife/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/screen-shot-2021-03-24-at-1.46.36-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-03-24 at 1.46.36 PM Jolene Witkam's MA Thesis in Philology from Leiden University2021-03-25T14:37:00+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2021/02/05/tolkien-as-gateway-drug-and-the-winner-is/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/contest-for-translation-by-joshua-gonzalez.jpgcontest for translation by Joshua GonzalezPhoto by Joshua Gonzalez--who also lent me the first season of The Vikingshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/beowulf-contest-2-by-cheyenne-johnston-ashton.jpegbeowulf contest 2 by Cheyenne Johnston-AshtonPhoto by Cheyenne Johnston Ashton2021-02-06T18:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2020/12/24/father-christmas-and-tolkien/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screen-shot-2020-12-24-at-9.36.02-am.pngScreen Shot 2020-12-24 at 9.36.02 AMhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/screen-shot-2020-12-24-at-9.28.15-am.pngScreen Shot 2020-12-24 at 9.28.15 AM2020-12-24T15:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2020/12/02/tolkien-and-c-s-lewis-fantasys-global-influence/2020-12-02T16:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2020/01/18/sad-new-the-passing-of-christopher-tolkien/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/6-map-of-the-middle-earth.jpg6 map of the middle earthFrom the British Library. https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/map-of-the-middle-earth2020-01-19T16:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2019/12/08/my-amazing-students-yet-again/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6939.jpgIMG_6939Claire's dragon with sparkles!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6938.jpgIMG_6938Beowulf's shield and swordshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6937.jpgIMG_6937Grendel's Mother depicted by phases of the moon-so lovely!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6933.jpgIMG_6933https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6930.jpgIMG_6930Emily Sawyer with her amazing artwork.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6929.jpgIMG_6929Kyle and his hysterical "newspaper," The Heorot Herald.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6927.jpgIMG_6927Kandi and her astounding calligraphy of a beautiful, well-researched story. Her brother hand-sewed the book and its his leatherwork!!!!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6926.jpgIMG_6926Emmas collage--note the dragon as dinosaur :-)https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_6925.jpgIMG_6925Emma and her collage depicting good versus evil. 2019-12-08T19:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2019/10/24/old-english-risotto-and-grendels-dinner-for-one/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0647-e1512771270397.jpgIMG_0647Judith Unchained, directed by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, of coursehttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0645.jpgIMG_0645Lobo y Eduardo: Un Amor Que Nunca Fue (Wulf and Eadwacer?)https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0646-e1512771277178.jpgIMG_0646Mobile Suit B-WLF (steampunk?)https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0642.jpgIMG_0642https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0643.jpgIMG_0643https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0597.jpgIMG_0597https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0598.jpgIMG_0598The dragon is pretty cute!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0595.jpgIMG_0595A role of the dice determines your wyrdhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0596.jpgIMG_0596https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_0552.jpgIMG_0552A golden ring for my boasting to finish grading2019-10-24T16:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2018/08/21/grendels-mother-in-fascist-italy-beowulf-in-a-catholic-youth-publication/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-11-1950-cover.jpgfigure 11 1950 coverCover of the 1950 Italian reprint of the original. https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-10-1955-basari-cover.pngfigure 10 1955 Basari coverCover of the 1955 Brazilian Portuguese translation. https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-9.pngfigure 9Frotha uses a sickle instead of a sword as Beowulf does (Basari, 1950:17), associating her with Bolsheviks..https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-7.pngfigure 7Frotha and Grendel transform into a seven-headed dragon (Basari, 1950:18). https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-8-la-difesa-della-razza.pngfigure 8 La Difesa Della RazzaCover of the fascist Italian publication, La Difesa Della Razza [The Defense of Race], February 20, 1939, with the hydra attached to the Star of David. From Servi, 2005:138.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-5.pngfigure 5Frotha needs Gunar's Christian blood to revive her dead son (Basari, 1950:15).https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-6.pngfigure 6The star of David surrounded by Kabbalah- and astronomical-inspired magical sigils (Basari, 1950:18).https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-4.pngfigure 4Note the use of the Star of David in Frotha's magical incantation (Basari 1950:12).https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-2.pngfigure 2"King Rogar, in obedience, makes the sign of the cross" (Basari, 1950:19).https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/figure-3.pngfigure 3The horrendous Frotha gets up from the throne and laughs. "Gunar, I was waiting for you... come here boy..." (Basari, 1950:14).2018-08-21T19:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2018/05/01/the-history-of-beowulfs-sandwich-a-sketch-about-fake-news-from-1909-dutch-anglo-saxonist/2018-05-01T16:20:59+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2018/04/06/facetiming-from-the-anglo-saxon-period/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1281.jpgIMG_1281Leda and the Swan by Rubens, close uphttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1279.jpgIMG_1279Leda and the Swan by Rubenshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1273.jpgIMG_1273Studies of Feet by Bartolomeo Passarottihttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1271.jpgIMG_1271Moses before the Burning Bush by Raphaelhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/screen-shot-2018-03-31-at-3-19-42-pm.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-31 at 3.19.42 PMYou can find this book at many outlets.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1238.jpgIMG_1238Lorraine Stock's warm, smart, and adaptable students at University of Houstonhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1287.jpgIMG_1287The Franks casket on the screen inspired a particular poem in my novelhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1249.jpgIMG_1249Sadie Hash, intrepid graduate student and cool-as-a-cucumber driver as I FaceTime with Lorraine's classhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1286.jpgIMG_1286Hello, Audience!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_1248.jpgIMG_1248A great surprise! My friend from Swarthmore College Alumni Council (now she's on the Board!), Sabrina Martinez. It was a thrill she could attend and we could chit-chat late into the night2018-04-06T19:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/resources/2018-03-01T21:54:54+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2018/02/22/i-love-my-school-in-runic-letters-and-harry-potters-scar/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/screen-shot-2018-02-22-at-12-54-37-pm.pngScreen Shot 2018-02-22 at 12.54.37 PMhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/writers-in-action.jpgwriters in actionPupils writing imaginative and fanciful tales.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/reading.jpgreadinghttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/reading-and-fairy-lights.jpgreading and fairy lightshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pondering-runes.jpgpondering runesUsing runes as modelshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/i-love-this-school.jpgI love this schoolhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/girl-reading.jpggirl readinghttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dramatic-reading.jpgdramatic readinghttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/darling-reader.jpgdarling readerhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/darling-girl.jpgdarling girl2018-02-22T18:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2018/02/20/haunting-word-from-old-english/2018-02-20T20:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2018/01/30/grendels-mother-a-student-doodle-edition-dutch-anglo-saxonist/2018-01-30T15:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/12/20/god-jul-my-ancestors-crafted-beowulfs-armor-and-other-lessons-from-the-classroom/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-02-at-12-22-33-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-02 at 12.22.33 PMMy grandfather, Werner Wehlen, in his 80s.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_9706-e1509643146766.jpgIMG_9706https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_9707-e1509643139602.jpgIMG_9707The inscription from almost 60 years ago. https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-02-at-12-08-53-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-02 at 12.08.53 PMOh! You've caught a glimpse of him!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-02-at-12-09-26-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-02 at 12.09.26 PMMy mother read this book aloud to us every Christmas Eve. Now I do to my children.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-02-at-12-09-07-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-02 at 12.09.07 PMHis little footprints in the snow....2017-12-21T15:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/12/05/old-english-is-mine-diversity-and-old-english-part-2/2017-12-12T20:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/11/30/field-trip-to-the-british-library-anyone/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-30-at-3-51-21-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-11-30 at 3.51.21 PMThe pectoral cross from the Staffordshire Hoard, to be loaned to the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition by Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent City Councils (images courtesy of Birmingham Museums Trust)2017-11-30T21:53:55+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/11/27/interview-with-the-society-of-childrens-book-writers-and-illustrators/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2-susie-harry-potter-298x300.jpg2.-susie-harry-potter-298x300Yes, it really is the ever gracious Daniel Radcliffe who takes selfies with the theatre viewers of his magnificent performance in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in London (March 201&0rosten2017-11-27T18:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/curriculum-guide-to-gardners-grendel/2017-11-27T18:28:15+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/11/09/why-i-love-my-students-pop-quiz-art/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9730-e1510250753876.jpgIMG_9730https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9727.jpgIMG_9727Horned helmethttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9728-e1510250775407.jpgIMG_9728Er...I don't know the answer?https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9729-e1510250759329.jpgIMG_9729https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9720.jpgIMG_9720https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9718.jpgIMG_9718Hero!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9719.jpgIMG_9719https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9633.jpgIMG_9633Purple hair!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9699.jpgIMG_9699https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9700.jpgIMG_97002017-11-14T17:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/appearances/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/convention-1_banner.jpgConvention-1_bannerhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jane-chance-20132.jpgJane Chance 2013(2)Jane Chance wrote the first feminist article about Beowulf.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12313835_10153468909364807_7132755502819487391_n.jpg12313835_10153468909364807_7132755502819487391_nSo fun to go to book events. Here I am with Mary S. Black and Catherine Musemeche. Photo by Debra Winegarten.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2338.jpgIMG_2338The mesmerizing and compassionate Issa Nyaphaga.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2329.jpgIMG_2329The Shop Small event on November 28, 2015 at BookWoman in Austin. Books of the authors at this lively event.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2334.jpgIMG_2334Here with the fabulous Debra Winegarten!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12191561_10207997546444578_1378022803341579609_n.jpg12191561_10207997546444578_1378022803341579609_nHere I am reading in on a rainy day in front of a cozy fireplace at the home of Vivian and Jimi Ballard, the elegant B & B, The Fairview.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2184.jpgIMG_2184My colleague and wonderful poet, Cecily Parks, reading from her book, O'Nights.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_2183.jpgIMG_2183At the Travis Heights Art Trail in November 2015. This was the Literary Coffeehouse portion.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/12118886_10206180283238958_8329389653868946188_n.jpg12118886_10206180283238958_8329389653868946188_n2017-11-04T23:29:56+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/10/25/you-know-nothing-john-snow-except-how-to-weave-a-tapestry/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-17-at-11-00-12-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-17 at 11.00.12 AME. H. Shepard once drew this amazing scene for an exclusive book baghttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/screen-shot-2017-10-13-at-5-40-32-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-10-13 at 5.40.32 PMThe heart-breaking moment Ygritte fires arrows at a fleeing Jon Snow2017-10-25T14:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/10/13/buy-your-mugworts-here/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9528.jpgIMG_9528Jessica Berry presenting her charmhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9529.jpgIMG_9529Everyone was transfixedhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9530.jpgIMG_9530https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9523.jpgIMG_9523https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9524.jpgIMG_9524https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9525.jpgIMG_9525https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9526.jpgIMG_9526https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9527.jpgIMG_9527Everyone was transfixed!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9521.jpgIMG_9521The lovely jarhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_9522.jpgIMG_9522CAn't wait to use it!2017-10-13T17:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/09/08/grendels-mother-joins-list-of-100-must-read-medieval-historical-fiction-novels/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_9312.jpgIMG_9312My own copy, clearly well-thumbed by both me and my daughter.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ringofbrodgarjm.jpgRingofBrodgarJMRing of Brodgar2017-09-08T17:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/reviews/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/st-john-writing-a-book.jpgst-john-writing-a-bookA Blogger's Beowulfhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1.jpg1A Blogger's Beowulfhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/5star-flat-web.png5star-flat-webhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/5star-shiny-web.png5star-shiny-webhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/424843_385242278153472_554341050_n.jpg424843_385242278153472_554341050_nHistorical Novel Societyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/woman-reading-on-park-bench.jpgwoman-reading-on-park-benchTimes Higher Educationhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/loki-thor_4801.jpgloki-thor_480.jpg1Loki and Thor: Tom Hiddleston and Chris Helmsworthhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/chickheader.jpgchickheaderhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blogbanner.jpgBlog+BannerA stop on Grendel's Mother's blog tourhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/medieval-mag-38-357x5001.pngmedieval-mag-38-357x5001The Digital Magazine of Medievalists.net2017-09-08T17:42:36+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/05/08/spoiling-the-mystery-grendel-in-beowulf-movies/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/beowulfblog1.jpgBeowulfBlog1https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/beowulfblog2.jpgBeowulfBlog2https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/beowulfblog4.jpgBeowulfBlog4https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/beowulfblog5.jpgBeowulfBlog5https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/beowulfblog6.jpgBeowulfBlog6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/beowulfblog7.jpgBeowulfBlog72017-05-08T19:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/04/07/please-join-me-at-malvern-books-april-14th-at-7-p-m/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/blogheadernew.jpgblogheadernew2017-04-07T21:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/04/03/old-english-words-and-anglo-saxon-culture/2017-04-03T22:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/about-susan/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/medieval-magazine-blurb.jpgMedieval magazine blurbhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/indies-finalist-imprint.pngindies-finalist-imprinthttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/medieval-womans-companion.jpgMedieval Woman's Companionhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/women_pilgrims-210-exp.jpgWomen_pilgrims-210-exphttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781137405661.jpg9781137405661https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9781403984883-210.jpg9781403984883-210https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/home_front_girl-330.jpgHome_Front_Girl-330https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/susan.jpgsusanSusan Morrison2017-03-16T20:55:02+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/02/09/kids-love-runes-or-how-politics-even-drifts-into-elementary-school/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/me-showing-books.jpgme-showing-booksShowing picture books I brought along.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/trump-page.jpgtrump-pageThe student's Story Category Sheethttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/knight-story.jpgknight-storyA story with a nice drawinghttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/end-of-trump-story.jpgend-of-trump-storyThe bad guy's pronouncementhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/kids-writing.jpgkids-writingKids workinghttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/black-knight-and-runes.jpgblack-knight-and-runesAll of these stories by 3rd-5th graders use runes!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/all-runes.jpgall-runeshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/also-all-runes-e1486565899946.jpgalso-all-runes2017-02-09T20:50:58+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/02/08/drain-the-fens-or-how-the-anglo-saxon-world-is-always-relevant/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/donaeldunready_thumb.jpgdonaeldunready_thumbA parody twitter account.2017-02-08T14:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/02/06/notmyconqueror-and-a-much-older-womens-march/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/blog-gytha4.jpgblog-gytha4Group of women in the Old English Hexateuch – Pussyhats added © The British Library, Cotton Claudius B.iv, fol. 92r2017-02-06T15:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2017/01/18/dragon-recipe-tips/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/blog-bacon1-dragon.jpgblog-bacon1-dragonDragon in fifteenth-century Italian herbal. © The British Library, Sloane 4016, f. 382017-01-18T14:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/12/12/women-preserve-the-past-for-those-in-the-future/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/s-morrison-meme.jpgs-morrison-meme“Women preserve the past for those in the future.”~ Susan Signe MorrisonAuthor, Grendel’s MotherWords on Wings Award Recipienthttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/meme.pngmemeMeme created by Literary Classics with material from Grendel's Mother2016-12-12T17:28:21+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/12/05/an-anglo-saxon-comic-book-collector-cuthwine-and-the-carmen-paschale-dutch-anglo-saxonist/2016-12-05T15:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/11/21/fun-to-be-in-the-spotlight-or-should-i-say-seal-oil-lamplight/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_5133.jpgimg_5133Snakey and Lambykin, from my 3rd grade storytelling days.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6104.jpgimg_6104https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/vegas-group-photo.jpgvegas-group-photohttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6068.jpgimg_6068https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0227.jpgimg_0227My proud family!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0224.jpgimg_0224A welcome glass of champagne with the medal and award.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0222b.jpgimg_0222bhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0220.jpgimg_0220And my fellow awardee, Jacquihttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0141.jpgimg_0141https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0112.jpgimg_01122016-11-21T16:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/the-original-manuscript/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/imgres.jpgimgreshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/beowulflge.jpgbeowulflgeBeowulf: sole surviving manuscript British Library Cotton MS Vitellius A.XV, f.132 Copyright © The British Library Boardhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/128v-129.jpg128v-1292016-11-15T17:44:49+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/10/18/grendels-mother-wins-top-honor-award/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shark-tank.jpgshark-tankThe pool with shark tank at the Golden Nuggethttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sahana.jpgsahanaSahana Kumar, winner of the Literary Classics Young Author Awardhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/molly-card-message-pm.pngmolly-card-message-pmI think it's funny and sweet! Thanks, Molly!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/molly-card-cover.pngmolly-card-coverMy dear friend, Molly, made this card for me.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_4734.jpgimg_4734https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_4732.jpgimg_4732https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_4688.jpgimg_4688https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/book-festival-alaska.jpgbook-festival-alaskahttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/book-festival.jpgbook-festivalhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/book-festival-2.jpgbook-festival-22016-10-19T15:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/10/06/old-english-is-mine-diversity-and-old-english/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/nahir-de-lado.jpgnahir-de-ladoA postdoctoral research fellow at Penn, Nahir studies medieval literature and culture.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20160817_113200675-2.jpgimg_20160817_113200675-2Nahir's photo of La Playuela in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Her father is walking ahead of her and you can see him in the distance.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20160722_061522421_hdr-2.jpgimg_20160722_061522421_hdr-2Photos in the fog and mist at her husband's house in Puerto Rico. "Every time I visit, I wake up to the mist and I think it's magical."https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_20160722_061507684_hdr-2.jpgimg_20160722_061507684_hdr-2Photos in the fog and mist at her husband's house in Puerto Rico. "Every time I visit, I wake up to the mist and I think it's magical."2017-12-05T20:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/09/29/beowulf-rock-operas-appalachian-old-time-music-tolkien-and-philology/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/timthumb.jpgtimthumbImage from Maddie's blogpost.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brotherwolf-lg.jpgbrotherwolf-lgBrother Wolf, Triad Stage, Greensboro, North Carolina (2007). Photo: VanderVeen Photographers2016-09-29T19:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/09/20/an-anglo-saxon-anecdote-dreaming-of-witch-wives-fiery-pitchforks-and-the-battle-of-fulford-dutch-anglo-saxonist/2016-09-20T19:28:51+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/12/09/my-amazing-students-part-4-old-english-environmental-concerns-can-you-guess-the-riddle/2016-09-20T19:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/12/09/my-amazing-students-part-3-poignant-music-and-a-beowulf-adaptation/2016-09-15T15:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/06/07/put-this-on-the-syllabus-next-time-you-teach-beowulf/2016-09-04T20:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/09/04/anglo-saxon-apps-old-english-on-your-smartphone-dutch-anglo-saxonist/2016-09-04T19:15:43+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/buy-the-book/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jhp553f9f00428f1.jpgjhp553f9f00428f12016-08-24T18:07:52+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/07/13/how-j-r-r-tolkien-found-mordor-on-the-western-front/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/03loconte-master768.jpg03loconte-master768Rebecca Bird's stirring image accompanies the article.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/51g9bmbxxwl-_sx331_bo1204203200_.jpg51G9bMbxXwL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-19182016-07-13T17:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/07/09/beer-and-bees-and-a-viking-siege/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/blogdote.jpgblogdoteThe Dutch Anglo-Saxonist's own cartoon. Do not try this at home!2016-07-09T22:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/07/07/my-amazing-students-part-2-beowulf-in-3-hilarious-minutes/2016-07-07T14:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/07/01/grendels-mother-wins-words-on-wings-book-award-a-literary-classics-top-honors-award/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016_wow_fb_cover_photo.jpg2016_WOW_FB_Cover_PhotoLiterary Classics and Children's Literary Classics International Book Awards and Top Honors Book Awards youth book awardshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/clc_award_and_book_image.jpgCLC_award_and_book_image2014 LITERARY CLASSICS INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED TODAY. 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James Kilfoyle Heathobard; John Kilfoyle Dane; me Geat. The robber is Grendel. Grim game. I did use my thane card though. Thank you Sarah Miller, who made it. https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2375.jpgIMG_2375https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2374.jpgIMG_2374https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2373.jpgIMG_2373What can be in this magic box?https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2355.jpgIMG_2355https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2354.jpgIMG_2354https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2353.jpgIMG_2353Madison with her amazing rune stick.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2350.jpgIMG_2350https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_2349.jpgIMG_2349Drew's Yu-gi-oh! cards, Beowulf style.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/image1.jpgimage1Sarah Miller's amazing Catan reinterpretation2016-06-09T14:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/05/23/all-the-single-ladies-the-conference-at-kalamazoo/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2871.jpg*IMG_2871Always a good sport!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2862.jpg*IMG_2862"Alle the Sengle ladys"https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/funny.jpg*funnyMy son, John, wearing his new t-shirt.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/better-dinner3.jpgbetter dinnerSharan Newman, Gloria Tiller, Grace Tiffany, and Susan Morrison (me!). Photo by Candace Robbhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/s-kazoo-books.jpgS & kazoo booksGrendel's Mother and I at the Kazoo Books table.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2857.jpgIMG_2857Grace Tiffany and Sharan Newmanhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2856.jpgIMG_2856Gloria, Candace Robb, Grace Tiffany2016-05-23T20:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/05/17/taking-students-in-my-tardis-more-dr-who/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bestdrwhoevenulation.jpegbestdrwhoevenulationMy student's evaluation of me.2016-05-17T18:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/05/15/l%c7%a3ce-hwa-doctor-who-and-the-norman-conquest-dutch-anglo-saxonist/2016-05-15T19:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/05/10/dr-who-again/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/whoblog2-1.jpgwhoblog2-1Alfred the Great and the 6th Dr. Who2016-05-10T22:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/05/04/blog-tour-recap-grendels-mother-getting-over-jet-lag/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/a2ed4bb776ac3088a79b0975126b928d.jpga2ed4bb776ac3088a79b0975126b928dSeize the Words reviewhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/obslogo1.pngobslogo1Read the entire review herehttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pierrefranclamy.jpgPierre+Franc+LamyImpressions in Ink2016-05-04T15:43:39+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/04/29/l%c7%a3ce-hwa-doctor-who-in-anglo-saxon-england-dutch-anglo-saxonist/2016-04-29T15:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/04/21/sarton-literary-award-finalist-for-historical-fiction-story-circle-event/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13006619_10207372932134435_5222801310708115539_n.jpg13006619_10207372932134435_5222801310708115539_nMums for Moms and sisters in the urinals of the men's room!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13012669_10153794115674807_3056766459753091354_n.jpg13012669_10153794115674807_3056766459753091354_nMe reading at the luncheon--getting dramatic here!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13051737_10153794115654807_2596354046495209625_n.jpg13051737_10153794115654807_2596354046495209625_nMe reading at the Story Circle Luncheon.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12998753_10207372929734375_7311422537974966502_n.jpg12998753_10207372929734375_7311422537974966502_nWhy I love Story Circle. Over 100 women--taking over the men's restroom!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13006596_10207367451477422_5376157144063975598_n.jpg13006596_10207367451477422_5376157144063975598_nSusan S. Morrison, Jill Kandel, Barbara A Stark-Nemon, and Tammy Hetrick. Photo by Cindy Eastman https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/11140332_931597540271919_1914605081158396720_n.jpg11140332_931597540271919_1914605081158396720_nTammy Hetrick, Susan S. Morrison, Jill Kandel, Barbara A Stark-Nemon and the ever generous Susan Wittig Albert who chaired our panel.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12990929_931597490271924_7689123051265130228_n.jpg12990929_931597490271924_7689123051265130228_nSusan S. Morrison, Jill Kandel, Tammy Hetrick, and Barbara A Stark-Nemon. 2016-04-21T18:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/04/01/how-do-you-identify-with-characters-from-the-past/2016-04-01T15:07:20+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/03/29/enter-giveaway-of-grendels-mother/2016-03-29T16:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/03/28/virtual-blog-tour-of-grendels-mother-march-28-april-15/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/04_grendels-mother_blog-tour-banner_final.png04_Grendel's Mother_Blog Tour Banner_FINALVisit this page to find out more: http://hfvirtualbooktours.com/grendelsmotherblogtour/2016-03-28T14:22:01+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/03/28/humble-and-grateful/2016-03-28T00:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/03/04/kids-and-runes/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/10334369_10154633132384816_3796390114369670991_n.jpg10334369_10154633132384816_3796390114369670991_nhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/12744729_10154633134194816_4075783177662950877_n.jpg12744729_10154633134194816_4075783177662950877_nMy fellow teachers and mehttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2604-e1457017284682.jpgIMG_2604Aren't these kids amazing?https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2603-e1457017250509.jpgIMG_2603This child's story: IN RUNES!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2602-e1457017304107.jpgIMG_2602All in Runeshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2601-e1457017317380.jpgIMG_2601English and Runichttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2599.jpgIMG_2599https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2598-e1457017384852.jpgIMG_2598One child was flipping through a medieval picture book I had brought in. "Someone wrote in here!" O dear! Who could have done that? None other than my own dear daughter, Sarah, many years ago....https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2597.jpgIMG_2597https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_2596.jpgIMG_25962016-03-04T18:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/02/05/the-mother-of-anglo-saxon-studies/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img-2.jpgimg-2British Library, Ms. Harley 4431, f° 4https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/englishsaxonhomilyfrontispiece_0.pngenglishsaxonhomilyfrontispiece_0Frontispiece for Elstob's An Anglo-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of Saint Gregory (1709). - See more at: http://www.historytoday.com/yvonne-seale/first-female-anglo-saxonist#sthash.sJI8NdRP.dpufhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/elstob_portrait.pngelstob_portraitEngraving from a self-portrait, published in two of her works. - See more at: http://www.historytoday.com/yvonne-seale/first-female-anglo-saxonist#sthash.sJI8NdRP.dpuf2016-02-05T15:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/01/29/abridged-classics-beowulf/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12540589_1536050666721944_1728505272326807116_n.jpg12540589_1536050666721944_1728505272326807116_nabridged classics. Where's Beowulf?2016-01-29T22:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/01/25/i-was-bigfoots-love-slave-and-esquires-beowulf/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/beowulf1x1.pngbeowulf1x1Touching galoot of a Grendelhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/anne_hathaway-t1.jpganne_hathaway-t1https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1024x1024.jpg1024x1024https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/beowulf_return_to_the_shiledlands_47.jpgThis photograph is (C) ITV Plc and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or ITV plc. Once made available by ITV plc Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission [TX] date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Desk. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Plc Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.comThey must go to the same hairdresser!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/beowulf_return_to_the_shiledlands_56.jpgThis photograph is (C) ITV Plc and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or ITV plc. Once made available by ITV plc Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission [TX] date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Desk. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Plc Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.comhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/images.jpgimagesIs that Hillary as Bigfoot's Love Slave?https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/920x920.jpg920x920Ed Speleers as Slean in “Beowulf.”https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/justin-bieber-702x336.jpgjustin-bieber-702x336Compare the styles. Here's Justin Bieber.2016-01-25T00:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/01/09/uphill-climb-on-the-anglo-saxon-mountain/2016-01-09T15:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2016/01/04/beowulf-return-to-the-shieldlands-too-much-black-leather-and-straps/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2faa486d00000578-3383258-image-a-81_1451870997220.jpg2FAA486D00000578-3383258-image-a-81_14518709972202016-01-13T00:21:06+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/12/14/that-was-a-good-class-elemental-beowulf-earth-wind-fire-and-water/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/vk_late_chronicle-1.jpgThe British Library-Cott.Tib.Bv f.40v11th century image from the Anglo-Saxon Chroniclehttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/220px-snorre_sturluson-christian_krohg.jpg220px-Snorre_Sturluson-Christian_Krohg“Snorri Sturluson” by Christian Krohg (1890s)2015-12-14T23:53:03+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/12/08/a-cave-of-ones-own-grendels-mother-in-popular-media/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1999-2000-hinds-graphic-novel-page-26-gm-under-water.png1999-2000 Hinds graphic novel page 26 GM under waterWell, I didn't see Grendel's Mother in the flesh....From Gareth Hinds brilliant and sumptuous graphic novel.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12342352_10206427919669714_1426178294157797625_n.jpg12342352_10206427919669714_1426178294157797625_nDr. Claudia Nelson and me on the campus of Texas A&M. Great to see my dear friend!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12294858_10206427917269654_8621734514460106869_n.jpg12294858_10206427917269654_8621734514460106869_nDr. Britt Mize of Texas A&M University.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/flyer.pngflyerFlyer designed by Britt Mize of Texas A&M University2015-12-08T16:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/12/01/balds-leechbook-staph-radiolab-and-medieval-cures/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/6a01901d7a04f8970b01b7c76f3d65970b-500wi.png6a01901d7a04f8970b01b7c76f3d65970b-500wiBald's Leechbook was the preeminent medical text of its day. Image: © The British Library Board (Royal 12 D xvii).https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/olde1.jpgolde1Bald's Leechbook2015-12-01T17:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/11/23/rogets-thesaurus-heavy-metal-and-grendels-mother/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_2306.jpgIMG_2306My well-thumbed copy of Roget's Thesaurushttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/5050af9706ec5-image.jpg5050af9706ec5.imageThe old library at St. Edward's University. Now they have a beautiful new one. But I have happy memories in the old one.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/talking.jpgtalkingWhat is John looking at?https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/steven-and-mom.jpgsteven and momMy student, Steven, came with his mom, Sarah. I love seeing students at these events!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/reading-john.jpgreading johnStudious boy.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pj-and-me.jpgPj and meWith a member of a writing group, PJ.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/me-speaking.pngme speakingMe making mouths.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/laura.jpglauraMy dear friend, Laura, and her son, Sam, on the right.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/j-and-me-outside.jpgj and me outsideJohn and me outside BookWoman before the event.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/graham.jpggraham2015-11-23T15:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/book-club-discussion-questions/2015-11-20T21:39:29+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/john-gardners-grendel/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/51puofogt3l.jpg51PUofogt3LJohn Gardner's Grendel2015-11-20T21:37:19+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/curriculum-guide-for-sellic-spell-and-the-lay-of-beowulf/2015-11-20T21:29:49+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/11/13/the-slaves-song-as-performed-by-the-incandescent-sarah-mcsweeney/2015-11-13T21:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/11/06/out-of-the-tweets-of-babes-nicky-minaj-miley-whats-good-and-unferth-in-beowulf/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-30-at-10-07-34-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-30 at 10.07.34 AMJohn's tweet2015-11-10T16:50:51+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/11/02/travis-heights-art-trail-literary-coffeehouse-grendels-mother-and-her-friends/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/onights-final-cover-copy-200x318.jpgonights-final-cover-copy-200x318Cecily's most recent, awarding-winning, book.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cecilyparks.jpgCecilyParksMy new colleague at Texas State University, Cecily Parkshttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-09-27-at-12-00-01-pm-1020x458.pngScreen-Shot-2015-09-27-at-12.00.01-PM-1020x458https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/that_header.jpgTHAT_Headerhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/0001509274_1001.png0001509274_1002015-11-02T23:15:15+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/30/we-dont-talk-enough-about-assonance-teenage-insights-into-beowulf/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/beatific-couch-potato.jpgBeatific Couch PotatoBeatific Couch Potato. Note the potato. And the couch. And the beatitude. Performed by John C. Kilfoyle.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/reverent-couch-potato.jpgReverent Couch PotatoReverent Couch Potato. Note the potato. And the couch. And the reverence. Performed by John C. Kilfoyle.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/eye-candy.jpgEye CandyEye Candy. As performed by John C. Kilfoyle.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dragon.jpgDragonhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/criticismdragon.jpgCriticismdragonhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/198qdy1m0jf7mjpg.jpg198qdy1m0jf7mjpghttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dragonsketch.jpgDragonSketchTolkien's drawing of Smaug in The Hobbit2015-10-30T20:51:33+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/23/launching-the-longship-of-grendels-mother/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/679759-red-anthurium-red-waxy-leaf-flower.jpg679759-red-anthurium-red-waxy-leaf-flowerAnthurium. Weird plant. It's also called "Lace Leaf." Alliteration! Is that a coincidence? I think not!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2137.jpgIMG_2137With former student John Fry and friends/neighbors Laura Sajbel, and Vivian Ballard.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2136.jpgIMG_2136John hamming it up. He had to read half of John GArdner's Grendel that night for his English class. Poor John had to go drink a Coke with her parents and friends. Sorry, John!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2129.jpgIMG_2129With my wonderful Religious Studies colleague, Rebecca Raphael.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2118.jpgIMG_2118Using my hands when speaking. All pictures by my husband, Jim Kilfoyle.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2116.jpgIMG_2116Reading from Grendel's Motherhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2108.jpgIMG_2108Engaging with the audience. Photos feature the back of my darling student's head--Shelby Armstrong--who strong-armed us into having a beer after the event!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2107.jpgIMG_2107Laura Cottam Sajbel: so warm and inviting. Everyone wants to enter her meadhall for entertainment!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2106.jpgIMG_2106Sarah McSweeney. She is a gorgeous singer: so moving and lyrical. Thank you, Sarah!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2103.jpgIMG_21032015-10-23T23:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/21/come-to-malvern-books-for-the-book-launch-thursday-oct-22/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/0001509274_100.png0001509274_100Sarah McSweeney2015-10-21T17:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/contact-2/2015-10-19T14:41:25+00:00weekly0.6https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/14/grendels-mother-signing-books-at-the-texas-book-festival/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2097.jpgIMG_2097With the marvelous Bernadette Nason.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2094.jpgIMG_2094I like my set-up here. One of the charming volunteers and fellow members helped me.2015-10-18T19:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/18/whats-so-medieval-about-texas/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20741.jpgIMG_2074Whitney even taught me how to use the Facebook App. I was daunted, but she was determined and steadfast, like an Anglo-Saxon warrior.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tema-logo2-1.jpgTEMA Logo2 (1)2015-10-18T19:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/09/06/hwaet-my-novel-grendels-mother-arrives/2015-10-14T15:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/09/13/wall-covered-in-gold/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/witan_hexateuch.jpgWitan_hexateuchAnglo-Saxon king with his witan. Biblical scene in the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch (11th century)https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/220px-birdandbaby.jpg220px-BirdandbabyThe Eagle and Child pub in Oxford where Tolkien, C. S. Lewis and other great thinkers would meet. I've had a pint or two myself.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/220px-the_two_towers_novel_-1st_edition_cover.jpg220px-The_Two_Towers_(novel)_-1st_edition_coverhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tolkien-1.jpgtolkien-1J. R. R. Tolkien2015-10-14T15:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/09/19/wall-covered-in-gold-and-blood/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ar_2385062b.jpgar_2385062bThe Anglo-Saxon feasting hall unearthed in Lyminge, Kent Photo: UNIVERSITY OF READING. https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/roman-ruinsuk.jpgroman-ruinsUKThe Anglo-Saxons saw Roman ruins from centuries before as the works of giants, now decayedhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/59090902_skull_cross_composite464.jpg_59090902_skull_cross_composite464The skull of an Anglo-Saxon girl was found with a jeweled symbol of Christianity https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/220px-fenja_och_menja_vid_kvarnen_grotte_xylograph.jpg220px-Fenja_och_Menja_vid_kvarnen_Grotte_(xylograph)Fenja and Menja (giant women disguised as slave girls) at the mill. Illustration by Carl Larsson and Gunnar Forssell.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/250px-treated_nks_haustlong.jpg250px-Treated_NKS_haustlongThjazi and Loki. Beginning of the myth of the abduction of Idun, reported by Skáldskaparmál. Manuscript NKS 1867 4to (Iceland, 1760), Copenhagen, Royal Libraryhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/snorraedda_w300_8291.jpgSnorraEdda_w300_829117th century version of Snorri's great work.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/snorristurluson_statue_w200_2352.jpgSnorriSturluson_Statue_w200_2352Stature of Snorri in Bergen, Norway2015-10-14T15:37:18+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/09/25/kirkus-reviews-calls-the-novel-grendels-mother-an-enchanting-poignant-reimagining-of-beowulf/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ps346389_l.jpgps346389_lDrinking horn from the British Museum2015-10-14T15:36:55+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/03/susan-signe-morrisons-novel-grendels-mother-the-saga-of-the-wyrd-wife-1-of-2/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/9781785350092.jpgFeatured Image -- 614https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/97817853500921.jpg9781785350092https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/women_pilgrims-210-exp.jpgWomen_pilgrims-210-exp2015-10-14T15:35:34+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/04/shop-talk-with-susan-signe-morrison-about-grendels-mother-2-of-2/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/picture-4.pngpicture-4https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ht_1000_year_recipe_tl_150401_16x9_992.jpght_1000_year_recipe_tl_150401_16x9_992https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/97817853500922.jpgFeatured Image -- 636https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/97817853500923.jpg9781785350092Grendel's Mother is delighted to have been a finalist.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fyrkat_hus_stor.jpgFyrkat_hus_stor2015-10-14T15:34:53+00:00monthlyhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/2015/10/09/250-high-schoolers-the-old-english-onion-riddle-and-me/https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2015.jpgIMG_2015https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2014.jpgIMG_2014https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2013.jpgIMG_2013I showed this hilarious meme about learning Old English.https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2011.jpgIMG_2011https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2010.jpgIMG_2010https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2009.jpgIMG_2009https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2008.jpgIMG_2008https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2007.jpgIMG_2007Reciting "The Lord's Prayer" in Old English. I would read one line in Old English, and then we would chorus it together; then the second line, and so on. They really loved it!https://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2006.jpgIMG_2006250 high school freshmen reciting "The Lord's Prayer" in Old Englishhttps://grendelsmotherthenovel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_2005.jpgIMG_2005Lots of freshmen eager to recite Old 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