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Kersti Francis

Kersti Francis

Kersti Francis is a doctoral student in English at UCLA, where she studies the intersections among magic, gender, and nature in medieval literature. She received her BA from Bryn Mawr College.

Shoptalk: Overheard at Kzoo 2018

By Kersti Francis

Everich yeer, michel clerkes fare tu Michygan and eten, drynke, and telle tydinges. For you plebs who don’t speak Middle English, that means each year ...

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