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Garrett Mikulka is on page 50 of 256 of God's Fools: Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy
What a good book. The exact kind of book I was hoping it would be.
Feb 25, 2026 11:00AM Add a comment
God's Fools: Saints, Prophets, Martyrs, and the Making of Modern Comedy

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Garrett Mikulka is on page 30 of 296 of The Book of Beasts: Being a Translation from a Latin Bestiary of the 12th Century
How to catch a Unicorn, according to the 12th century:

“A virgin girl is led to where he lurks, and there she is sent off by herself into the wood. He soon leaps into her lap when he sees her, and embraces her, and hence he gets caught.

Our Lord Jesus Christ is also a Unicorn, spiritually…”

Nice.
Dec 18, 2025 04:43PM Add a comment
The Book of Beasts: Being a Translation from a Latin Bestiary of the 12th Century

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Garrett Mikulka is on page 200 of 441 of The Fool: His Social and Literary History
“The King, the Priest, and the Fool all belong to the same regime, all belong essentially to a society shaped by belief in Divine order” (195).

I’ll share the full quote in the review. Too many characters for an update.
Oct 28, 2025 10:26AM Add a comment
The Fool: His Social and Literary History

Garrett Mikulka
Garrett Mikulka is 90% done with A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
Boviscopophobia=the fear of being seen as bovine.
Aug 02, 2025 09:54AM Add a comment
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again:  Essays and Arguments

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