UVenus Around the Web:

• Dr. Davis tried to decide whether she matches Elizabeth [2] [2]Lewis [2] [2]Pardoe [2]’ [2]s [2] definition of a dilettante or a Renaissance woman at Teaching [3] [3]College [3] [3]English [3].
• Catherine Schuler also [4] [4]wonders [4] [4]whether [4] [4]she [4] [4]is [4] [4]still [4] [4]an [4] [4]academic [4] at her blog Rhetoricat [5] [5](in response to Liana Silva’s August U Venus post, “ [6]How [6] [6]Do [6] [6]You [6] [6]Define [6] [6]an [6] [6]Academic [6]?” [6])
• A nice shout [7] [7]out [7] to Itir Toksoz and UVenus at Snapshots of the Middle East.

What’s New With Our Writers:

• Janni Aragon spoke at Rock for Reproductive Justice in Victoria, BC this week.
• Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe attended The Northwestern University Alumnae [8] Board’s Annual Retreat.

Our Writers At Other Blogs:

• Lee Skallerup Bessette reflects on why [9] ( [9]and [9] [9]how [9]) [9]she [9] [9]writes [9] [9]as [9] [9]much [9] [9]as [9] [9]she [9] [9]does [9], wonders how to achieve [10] [10]some [10] [10]sort [10] [10]of [10] [10]work [10]- [10]life [10] [10]balance [10] [10]when [10] [10]life [10] [10]keeps [10] [10]thwarting [10] [10]her [10], and is already [11] [11]planning [11] [11]how [11] [11]to [11] [11]improve [11] [11]her [11] [11]peer [11]- [11]driven [11] [11]class [11] [11]next [11] [11]semester [11].
• Melonie Fullick continues [12] [12]the [12] [12]debate [12] [12]about [12] [12]academic [12] [12]blogging [12], and writes about the difficulty [13] [13]of [13] “ [13]measuring [13]” [13]learning [13] and the problems with splitting off research from teaching, at Speculative Diction Blog.
• Liana Silva talks [14] [14]about [14] [14]how [14] [14]writing [14] [14]can [14] [14]sometimes [14] [14]be [14] [14]like [14] [14]a [14] [14]rollercoaster [14] at Words Are My Game and reviews [15] [15]the [15] [15]season [15] [15]premiere [15] [15]of [15] [15]the [15] [15]new [15] [15]show [15] [15]Man [15] [15]Up [15]! [15] at The Script Lab.

Coming Up:

• Lee Skallerup Bessette will be attending and presenting at the Canadian [16] [16]Women [16] [16]Writers [16] [16]Conference [16] [16]at [16] [16]Ryerson [16] [16]University [16] [16]in [16] [16]Toronto [16], [16]Canada [16], including the pre-conference digital humanities mini-workshop.
• Ana Dinescu will be attending on October 24 a debate organized by the Institute [17] [17]for [17] [17]Cultural [17] [17]Diplomacy [17], [17] Berlin on the recent “Occupy” protests and on Wednesday October 26 a discussion about the Arab spring, with former Reuters Middle East correspondent Johnny West, at Dialogue [18] [18]Books [18] [18]Berlin [18].