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</p><p><span class="dropcap">G</span><span style="font-size: 120%; padding-top:5px;"><b>erald R. Lucas, Ph.D.</b> — <a href="/grl/Curriculum_Vita" class="mw-redirect" title="Curriculum Vita">academic</a>, nerd, runner, <a href="/grl/Category:BMW_R_1200_GS" title="Category:BMW R 1200 GS">BMW R 1200 GS</a> <a href="/grl/Category:Riding" title="Category:Riding">rider</a>, <a href="/grl/Category:Shot_with_Leica" title="Category:Shot with Leica">Leica</a> <a href="/grl/Category:Photography" title="Category:Photography">user</a>, <a href="/grl/Writing" class="mw-redirect" title="Writing">writer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Grlucas" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:Grlucas">Wikipedian</a>, <a href="/grl/Category:AAL" title="Category:AAL">husband</a>, <a href="/grl/Category:HSL" title="Category:HSL">father</a>, <a href="/grl/Category:Recipes" title="Category:Recipes">food enthusiast</a>, and retired <a href="/grl/The_Subversive_Education" title="The Subversive Education">iconoclast</a>. A Professor of English at <a href="/grl/Category:MGA" title="Category:MGA">Middle Georgia State University</a>, he <a href="/grl/Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Education">teaches</a> <a href="/grl/Writing_on_Literature" title="Writing on Literature">literature</a>, <a href="/grl/Category:Technoculture" title="Category:Technoculture">technocultural studies</a>, <a href="/grl/Writing.Digital" title="Writing.Digital">writing</a>, and <a href="/grl/Category:DH" title="Category:DH">digital humanities</a>. His interests include <a href="/grl/Writing_on_Science_Fiction" title="Writing on Science Fiction">speculative fiction</a>, <a href="/grl/Writing_on_New_Media" title="Writing on New Media">digital media</a>, <a href="/grl/Writing_on_Education" title="Writing on Education">elearning</a>, <a href="/grl/Writing_on_World_Literature" title="Writing on World Literature">epic poetry</a>, <a href="/grl/Category:Theory" title="Category:Theory">literary theory</a>, and modernism. In his spare time, Jerry makes homemade pizza, discovers new craft <a href="/grl/Category:Beer" title="Category:Beer">beers</a>, and <a href="/grl/Photography" title="Photography">takes photos</a>.</span> 
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<td colspan="3" class="cquotecite" style="border: none; padding-right: 4%; font-size: smaller; line-height:normal; text-align: right;"><cite>—&#8201;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Mailer" class="extiw" title="w:Norman Mailer">Norman Mailer</a>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deer_Park_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:The Deer Park (novel)">The Deer Park</a></i></cite>
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