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Although much that comes across the academic administrative desk shines with the bright light of pride and promotion -- expensively...

My mother and I were sitting in a booth in a J.C. Penney’s lunchroom, sometime in the late ‘60s or...

My mother-in-law and I were discussing small-town life. She’s originally from Inverness, Scotland, which used to be smaller than it...

Everyone who lives the life of academic administration receives a steady flow of publications in their mail and email streams...

I may have the best deal in all of adjunctdom. My teaching load is 3/3, and I have full health...

When I was accepted to grad school, I had a big problem: In order to get my fellowship, I’d have...

For those who don't know, I write somewhat regular dispatches for McSweeney's Internet Tendency. There's a new one up today...