Welcome to the website of James Barrett-Morison.

The Latest

I've been a member of Boston's premiere LGBTQ+ a cappella group, Kinsey Scales, since 2017. I was recently profiled by KS as a Member Monday on Instagram. Visit their Instagram page to read the full profile!
This year I again contributed to The Florida Book Review's liveblog of the Miami Book Fair. Read about what I got up to here, including my coverage of panels on politics, speculative fiction, comics, Florida's natural history, and of course the food available at the fair!
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A poetry venue at Miami Book Fair 2016
Tom DeMarchi's Möbius Strips and Other Stories, a book I designed for Rain Chain Press, is out March 1st! Visit Rain Chain Press to learn about the book, and my publications & presentations page for more on my work.
My review of Lyn Millner's The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet is up at The Florida Book Review. Read the review here.
Sumerian updates!

Recently I've been getting lots of questions over on my blog, about Sumerian culture, how to translate your name into Sumerian, and much more. Check out my question tag here to see all the replies.

Last time, I asked for your questions, and you delivered! My Q&A video can be watched at right.

The first worksheets, covering lessons #2 and #3, are also available.

New lessons are coming soon! Visit my Sumerian page for more.
Read an abstract and excerpt and see figures from my B.A. thesis, The Mount Holyoke Pyxis: An Investigation.