To my amazement, it is nearly three months since the publication of The Productions of Time. It is therefore perfectly reasonable for my audience to ask, hey, what have you done lately? Well, for one thing, I have written a chapter on the theme of “paradise and exile” as reflected in modern literature and culture for a projected six-volume History of Western Mythology to be published by Bloomsbury Press, the press that published six novels by an unknown woman about a young magician known as Harry Potter. I cannot tell you how tickled I am to be (possibly) published by the press that published the Harry Potter books.