Category Archives: Waste Land Project

The Waste Land Project: The Bible (I)

Do you have a few minutes to rap about the Lord? And also Modernism. Continue reading

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The Waste Land Project: Les Fleurs du mal

The series that makes me question my life choices continues, this time in French! Continue reading

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The Waste Land Project: The Tempest

It’s a veritable tempest of shallow literary analysis, mild humor, and gratuitous profanity! Continue reading

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The Waste Land Project: Tristan und Isolde

In which I attempt not to embarrass myself talking about medieval literature. Again. Continue reading

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The Waste Land Project: Crome Yellow

Come on down to Crome Yellow, where the people are dull and the conversation is banal! Continue reading

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The Waste Land Project: The Satyricon

It’s a sex-fueled Roman fever dream, what’s not to like? Continue reading

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The Waste Land Project: From Ritual to Romance

I suspect I may be in over my head here…. Continue reading

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The Waste Land Project: Our Mutual Friend

I doubt anyone asked for over 3,000 words about a Dickens novel and how it relates to a poem, but here they are anyway. Continue reading

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