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Poetry

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell

by Mallory Ortberg · May 26, 2016
Originally. KING ARTHUR: Sir Gawain you are the noblest knight in my court in the board room AND in the bedroom if you all catch me, drift-wise
Poetry

Texts From The Pearl Poet: Cleanness

by Mallory Ortberg · January 13, 2016
you know how god hates dirty clothes more than anything else
Books

The Greatest Misinterpretation Of St. Paul In All Of Western Literature

by Mallory Ortberg · October 14, 2015
"That's pretty much the gist, yes."

More by Mallory Ortberg

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  • Lord Byron’s “Fare Thee Well,” or “I Just Think It’s Funny How”

  • Questions I Have Asked During The Only Episode Of Doctor Who I Have Ever Seen Until My Friend Said “Okay, Mallory, Why Don’t You Write Your Questions Down And Ask Them All After We’re Done Watching?”

  • Joan Didion and Anna Wintour: Best Friends Forever

Books

Top-Drawer Ladies of the Middle Ages: Criseyde

by Jane Crowley · May 1, 2014
Jane Crowley on her fondness for the often-maligned Criseyde, the Trojan widow of Geoffrey Chaucer's epic poem "Troilus and Criseyde."
History

Fictional Medieval People I Would Like To See Fall In Love

by Mallory Ortberg · September 18, 2013
Medieval legends who I think should have existed and then also fallen in love.

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