Heidi Polk

“bibliobibuli” – There are people who read too much, bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing. (H.L. Mencken’s “Notebook 71,” 1956)

War is what happens when language fails. (Margaret Atwood)

Curiosity is the purest form of insubordination. (Vladimir Nabokov)

A word after a word after a word is power. (Margaret Atwood)

BA in English (UCSB), MA in Victorian Studies (Birkbeck). I might eventually pursue a PhD in English, a MSc in Political Science, or something ‘other’ that is yet to be named. I love French and want to tackle Arabic. I’m interested in so many things that it’s sometimes hard to find complete balance, but that’s when I thrive. I love literature and I love discussing everything to do with literature, so drop me a line :)