12/2: swamplandia

One of my current students heard from one of my former students that I like Karen Russell's novel Swamplandia!, and he mentioned this to me today.  (Both of the students in question also like the novel.)  I hadn't thought about Swamplandia! in quite awhile, and it was so nice to share my enthusiasm with another fan and to remember how much I really do like it.  It's also sweet to have the opportunity to simply be a fellow fan with students, since our various readings of and appreciations for this particular novel weren't connected to our academic interactions.