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I lecture on Botticelli for ninety minutes without notes. My department has no idea what I do on Sundays.
Art history professor in Providence, with a reading list for everyone whether they ask or not. Most Sundays I ride a vintage motorcycle down to Newport before the tourists are up.
The last thing that made me laugh
A student's essay compared Botticelli to a pop song, and he wasn't entirely wrong.
I'm secretly
Much less sensible than my colleagues think. Some weeks the helmet waits in my office closet.
The way to my heart
Ask me a good question and then actually listen to the answer.
Grading late under the green lamp. Twenty essays left, and the coffee stopped helping around nine.
Ocean Drive at seven on a Sunday. If Bernard could see me now he'd call a department meeting.
