User:Junius49/personal

About
I grew up on the coastal plain of North Carolina, from which I escaped to attend the University of North Carolina. After graduating from UNC, I moved on to graduate school at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Nevertheless, I still consider myself an adamant Tar Heel. At Illinois, I've taught courses in poetry, science fiction, and composition. For a few years, I lived in Chicago while writing my dissertation. Recently, I returned to North Carolina and the Triangle metro area.

When I'm not writing about Joseph Conrad, H. G. Wells, and other fin de siecle writers, I enjoy listening to hip hop, especially left-field and alternative hip hop, including J Dilla, Madlib, and Exile. I also enjoy reading graphic novels, New Weird and other slipstream fiction.

I contribute mostly during the summer, but I monitor a few important articles throughout the year.

Articles Created

 * The Autograph Man (novel)
 * Martial Bourdin
 * Dalek (artist)
 * Megatext
 * Monthly Review (London)
 * Nova Swing
 * Novum
 * The Purple Cloud
 * Signs of Life (novel)
 * Vandana Singh
 * Weird fiction

Important Contributions

 * Marie Corelli
 * Vernon Lee
 * William Harmon
 * Lost World (genre)
 * The Secret Agent
 * M. P. Shiel