Once upon a time, we were graduate students in the English Literature and Language program at St. Mary’s University (TX). The Modcast was born under the auspices of this program, and, even though we have all gone on to other things–PhD programs, the publishing industry, and parenthood, to name a few–the Modcast continues. This is us.



![Photo of a smiling young white woman, head cocked slightly to the left. She is wearing red lipstick and black eyeliner on her top lids, and has a stud nose piercing. On lock of curly blond hair can be seen framing the left side of her face. Text on the right reads: Forest LeBaron. Book Recommendation: [blank.] Bio reads, "A coffee, tea, wine, and book addicted individual. I spend my time reading or painting currently. You can find me in a chair, paintbrush sticking out of my ponytail with a smear of paint on my cheek as I stare absently into the creative abyss. Also I live for mustaches.](https://modcastblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/about-us-f-lebaron.png?w=1024)
