Megan L. Cook
@meganlcook.bsky.social
Your favorite medievalist's favorite medievalist. Middle English literature and/in early modern books, with a side of textual editing. In progress: Dirtbag Medievalism, Chaucer's Readers: 1400-2000, Lydgate's Shorter Works
Hey team 19th century handwriting! What does this say? The student working on it and I can make out "Elizabeth Akers" and "But Mr. Ball did not send it to me! How could he bear the thought that I should [something something] it?"
December 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hey team 19th century handwriting! What does this say? The student working on it and I can make out "Elizabeth Akers" and "But Mr. Ball did not send it to me! How could he bear the thought that I should [something something] it?"
LOOK AT HOW HANDSOME HE IS!
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
LOOK AT HOW HANDSOME HE IS!
You Know Who’s/Whose is onboard
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You Know Who’s/Whose is onboard
Everything is going great, which is why I purchased this print immediately upon seeing it on IG: www.etsy.com/listing/1509...
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Everything is going great, which is why I purchased this print immediately upon seeing it on IG: www.etsy.com/listing/1509...
Another semester on the books. Oof.
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Another semester on the books. Oof.
LMAOooooooooooooo
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
LMAOooooooooooooo
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
(I listen to first wave ska while I write and hippy new age shit while I fall asleep, so this tracks)
Did you send a fancy hot toddy kit to my office? If so, 1) thank you and 2) please reveal yourself, mysterious benefactor!
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Did you send a fancy hot toddy kit to my office? If so, 1) thank you and 2) please reveal yourself, mysterious benefactor!
I asked Aphrodite what it’s like being so beautiful, but she said she doesn’t speak with members of the press except by prior arrangement with her agent
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I asked Aphrodite what it’s like being so beautiful, but she said she doesn’t speak with members of the press except by prior arrangement with her agent
Meet Fox “Fluffy” Mulder, the newest resident of Spacecat Castle and a total dreamboat
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meet Fox “Fluffy” Mulder, the newest resident of Spacecat Castle and a total dreamboat
Hello from the President Gerald R. Ford Tribute Room
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hello from the President Gerald R. Ford Tribute Room
In related news, I am so psyched to be teaching this seminar, which is centered on BL Add 37049 aka the Yorkshire Miscellany aka the manuscript with all the smiling skeletons, once again.
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In related news, I am so psyched to be teaching this seminar, which is centered on BL Add 37049 aka the Yorkshire Miscellany aka the manuscript with all the smiling skeletons, once again.
We are in a classroom space crunch and I have just written to request the classroom with the requisite tech for my digital MSS seminar, even though it will be a small group and the room can accommodate more students. Ora pro nobis.
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We are in a classroom space crunch and I have just written to request the classroom with the requisite tech for my digital MSS seminar, even though it will be a small group and the room can accommodate more students. Ora pro nobis.
I'd briefly forgotten that the MLA session on Chaucer and Lydgate that Clint and I organized is going to kick ass
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I'd briefly forgotten that the MLA session on Chaucer and Lydgate that Clint and I organized is going to kick ass
Not a single thought in his beautiful head
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not a single thought in his beautiful head
Running in a cemetery at dusk in 45 degree weather while listening to said single
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Running in a cemetery at dusk in 45 degree weather while listening to said single
This image was an advanced alt-text challenge:
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This image was an advanced alt-text challenge:
To let people know exactly how much fun I am at parties:
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
To let people know exactly how much fun I am at parties:
Too cloudy for good aurora viewing here at the moment, but some nifty shots from the roof nonetheless
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Too cloudy for good aurora viewing here at the moment, but some nifty shots from the roof nonetheless
Just that the cost of attendance is the same per semester, whether the student is enrolled in 12 credits or 20 (16 is a full load), so that there's no way APs lower the total cost of attendance, though they do create more room for electives if the student is passing out of distribution reqs
November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just that the cost of attendance is the same per semester, whether the student is enrolled in 12 credits or 20 (16 is a full load), so that there's no way APs lower the total cost of attendance, though they do create more room for electives if the student is passing out of distribution reqs
As a millennial woman, I am excited to learn that I have ruined the workplace not once but twice.
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
As a millennial woman, I am excited to learn that I have ruined the workplace not once but twice.
A fun thing about living where I do is that there are always one or two races where I'm like, "huh, had no idea that was an elected position."
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
A fun thing about living where I do is that there are always one or two races where I'm like, "huh, had no idea that was an elected position."
Raise your hand if you, too, owned a copy of this at some point during your college/grad school years
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Raise your hand if you, too, owned a copy of this at some point during your college/grad school years
In which Ina simultaneously demands dinner and prevents me from getting it for her
October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In which Ina simultaneously demands dinner and prevents me from getting it for her