Gatekeeper II: A (Mostly) Academic Memoir

I cannot talk about Gatekeeper II: The Leaving without talking about King – King College, that is.

Just as Gatekeeper I: The Finding is my love letter to Oxford, Gatekeeper II is my tribute to my alma mater, a private, Christian, liberal arts college tucked away in the mountains of Tennessee.

The Oval. Legend has it that, if you walk with someone ’round it three times, you’ll marry that someone. As I met my husband about five years after leaving King, I cannot verify this le...