Kathy&nbsp;Lavezzo&nbsp;teaches English&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;University&nbsp;of&nbsp;Iowa. She&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;editor&nbsp;of&nbsp;Imagining a Medieval&nbsp;English&nbsp;Nation&nbsp;(Minnesota, 2003) and&nbsp;author&nbsp;of&nbsp;Angels on&nbsp;the&nbsp;Edge&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;World: Geography, Literature, and&nbsp;English&nbsp;Community, 1000–1534&nbsp;(Cornell, 2006) and&nbsp;The&nbsp;Accommodated Jew:&nbsp;English&nbsp;Antisemitism from Bede to Milton&nbsp;(Cornell, 2016). Her current project, Bad Medievalism, concerns negative affect, race, and medieval&nbsp;studies.&nbsp;

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Kathy&nbsp;Lavezzo&nbsp;teaches English&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;University&nbsp;of&nbsp;Iowa. She&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;editor&nbsp;of&nbsp;Imagining a Medieval&nbsp;English&nbsp;Nation&nbsp;(Minnesota, 2003) and&nbsp;author&nbsp;of&nbsp;Angels on&nbsp;the&nbsp;Edge&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;World: Geography, Literature, and&nbsp;English&nbsp;Community, 1000–1534&nbsp;(Cornell, 2006) and&nbsp;The&nbsp;Accommodated Jew:&nbsp;English&nbsp;Antisemitism from Bede to Milton&nbsp;(Cornell, 2016). Her current project, Bad Medievalism, concerns negative affect, race, and medieval&nbsp;studies.&nbsp;