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Phil Adamo

@WriterPhilAdamo

Former circus clown. Former college professor. After teaching medieval history for 20 years, I now write fiction & non-fiction. Upcoming novel: AESOP'S COLLEGE.

 Minneapolis
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AESOP'S COLLEGE has hit no.55 in Amazon's best-seller list for Literary Satire
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You can't make this stuff up ...

You can't make this stuff up ...

Spent two weeks in Texas. First stop, to see my lovely daughter and granddaughter. Aria is getting bigger and becoming her own person. Really fun. Got to have two afternoons of visits. A joy.

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On the road. Again. philadamo.com/writers-blog/f… via @WriterPhilAdamo
On the road. Again.

On the road. Again.

I’ve just crossed the Red River.

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AESOP’S COLLEGE, a satire about cancel culture. Professors are dogs. Students are cats. The provost is a pig. When a classroom incident sparks campus unrest, animals debate academic freedom vs. community standards. It's the trial of Socrates meets Animal Farm! Pre-order @ Amazon!
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Another brilliant piece by David Perry, at once critiquing and praising Twitter: cnn.com/2022/11/18/opinions/…
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The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 6th Report

Headed north after Houston. First stop was the public library in McAlester, Oklahoma. My brother Joe organized the reading there. I’d not seen him in 50 years (it’s a long story about a complicated...

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Full story here! nytimes.com/2022/10/13/books…
Chaucer the Rapist? Newly Discovered Documents Suggest Not. (Published 2022)

Chaucer the Rapist? Newly Discovered Documents Suggest Not. (Published 2022)

That the author of “The Canterbury Tales” had been accused of rape was long a staple of Chaucer studies. But scholars now suggest it was based on a misreading of court papers from 1380.

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The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 5th Report

The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 5th Report

The last 10 days have been full. I saw an amazing play at the Zach Scott theatre in Austin with my middle-school chum Mike O’Krent. Meant to spend a couple of nights at his place, but his wife got...

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#LoneStarLit #WeeklyGO HIGHLIGHTS 10/24 lonestarliterary.com/content… @TwigBooks @WriterPhilAdamo 5PM @GeminiInk 6PM @murderbooks @WandaMo14 @SaraDiVello 6PM @JCCDallas, @DrMichaelOren 7PM #literaryfiction #texasbooks #texasauthors #texaswriters #texasbookstores
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The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 4th Report philadamo.com/writers-blog/f… via @WriterPhilAdamo

The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 4th Report

Leaving Ohio, I headed south. Spent a long weekend with Teri Dryden, one of my pals from Clown College. Teri was a clown with Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey for a few years. She’s now a visual...

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Bravo to the MAA's Advocacy and AHA Program Committees
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Statement on Presentism and Medieval Studies from the MAA Advocacy and AHA Program Committees themedievalacademyblog.org/s…
Statement on Presentism and Medieval Studies from the MAA’s Advocacy and the MAA’s AHA Program...

Statement on Presentism and Medieval Studies from the MAA’s Advocacy and the MAA’s AHA Program...

The Inaugural Advocacy Committee and American Historical Association Committee  — both of the Medieval Academy of America — join together to speak against

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A great conversation with @sarahifftdecker! Check out her awesome podcast and subscribe. Then buy The Medievalist at lulu.com/shop/phil-adamo/the….

The Medievalist

White supremacists are ‘weaponizing’ the Middle Ages. One historian aims to stop them. Embattled history prof Abe Kantorowicz enlists two Yale grad students, Molly Isaacson and Quinton Quick, to...

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New episode! @sarahifftdecker is joined by @WriterPhilAdamo to discuss his new novel The Medievalist. Join us as we explore white supremacist misuses of the medieval past, medieval forgeries, and the mystery of the Voynich manuscript. soundcloud.com/user-83438936…
The Medievalist - A Conversation with Author Phil Adamo

The Medievalist - A Conversation with Author Phil Adamo

Buy The Medievalist now! https://www.lulu.com/shop/phil-adamo/the-medievalist/paperback/product-7mvp64.html?q=Phil+adamo&page=1&pageSize=4 Sarah is joined by medievalist and author Phil Adamo for a

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The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 3rd Report philadamo.com/writers-blog/f… via @WriterPhilAdamo Enjoy ...

The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 3rd Report

It’s Saturday, 10/15. I’ll be staying in Cincinnati for one more night. Last night I did a book signing at The Tome bookstore, run by Jeremy Clark. Not a single customer came into the store.

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Is there snow in Minneapolis in mid-October? weather.com/weather/today/l/… #wtf

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Today’s and tonight’s Central, Minneapolis, Minnesota weather forecast, weather conditions and Doppler radar from The Weather Channel and Weather.com

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Had a great visit with my good friend and fellow @osuhistorydept alumn @WriterPhilAdamo. Reminiscing about the good ole days in Dulles Hall. If only @jrfehleison were here!
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The Medievalist, 2022 Book Tour: 2nd Report

Tuesday, had a fantastic time with musician/dancer friends Bill and Livia Vanaver in New Paltz, New York. Bill is an amazing composer who’s currently working on a suite on the Greek muses. We had...

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My long overdue review of @sigridbrown005's The Girl in Duluth. @CheriJohnson89 philadamo.com/writers-blog/f… via @WriterPhilAdamo
Dun dun duuun! Countdown. My new book launches one month from today 10/25 from @BloomsburyPub. Help me share the news? I so hope this first bio of these brilliant once-famous & long-forgotten sisters reaches readers, as they deserve. geni.us/sisternovelists
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Iran's schools have now become an integral part of the protests. Marching in Tehran today, schoolgirls wave their head coverings in the air and chant "death to the dictator" on day 19 of protests in Iran over the death of #MahsaAmini. #مهسا_امینی xitter.cf/1500tasvir/status/1577…
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