Dispatches from Biblioll College
Biblioll College, Dana Rail, the little seamstress, Daniel Murphy, BozeWe are a group of lifelong library-learners who, like Hardy's Jude, wish they'd studied at Oxford, but couldn't. Ergo, we've learned to make do with piles of books. We blog about books, culture, Oxford, and the quest for knowledge, by hook or crook.
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Biblioll College’s Monthly Miscellany No. 18
“Where crook-necks are coiling and yellow fruit shines,
And the sun of September melts down on his vines...”
~John Greenleaf Whittier, “Pumpkin”
Happy September, friends of Biblioll College! It’s nearly Michaelmas Term, and we’...
Welcome to ‘The Birdhouse’
The Birdhouse in summer (upper right, a converted shed) just a few steps from the front door of our ground-level mother-in-law apartment on the ground floor of the home we co-own with Rach. Photo by Dana Rail.
(NB: It would never have occu...
Classical Music History Post 08: Sing a Merry Madrigal
Classical Music History Series—Byrd, Morley, and Wilbye in England
Note: For this series on the history of classical music, my primary reference and guide is David Ewen’s The Complete Book of Classical Music (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 196...
The Greek Tragedies: Diary of an Obsession (Part One)
A Journey into the Heart of Madness
Friday, August 07, 2026
Twelve Books to Read if You Like Greek & Roman Mythology
You’ve seen Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (as who hasn’t by now?). You’ve read the poem (maybe in the Fitzgerald translation, maybe in the Wilson, maybe in the original Greek). And you’re hungry for more: more mythology, more ancient Gree...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
We are collaborating writers who share a passion for books, culture, and writing. We take our group name from that fictional (Oxford) college to which Hardy's Jude aspired...before Life got in the way.
I'm a mum, gran, reader, and writer. I write about books, Oxford, Arthuriana, and arts & Culture on our Biblioll College substack, and have several fiction projects in the works. "Dana Rail" is my pen name, 'cause I'm also something of a recluse.
Rachel Herrington, aka "Sydney Wren." I work as a caregiver and seamstress by day; by night, I fall down bookish rabbit holes. Opera lover. Former host of the #DickensClub with my husband, Boze \ud83c\udfa9\ud83d\udda4
In my "third act," I am relishing my contributions to "Dispatches from Biblioll College" here on substack and my work as a mentor. My chief interests are the nature of virtue and its acquisition; men and "masculinities"; intergenerational mentoring.
Boze Herrington is a writer and novelist living in southern Oregon. He tweets at sketchesbyboze. He likes mysteries, medieval literature, English folklore and baroque pop. He thinks everyone should read more.
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