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Free Chapbook Just for You

Our friends at Featherproof Books, one of the most innovative new presses going, have a grand deal for you: They've...
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Motherhood Beyond Tenure: How Rap Music Saved My Life

So far my sabbatical is not what I expected. I thought I’d stare for hours at a blank computer screen...
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What Professors Want From Editors and Peer Reviewers

Responding to a journal editor's helpful essay about expectations for scholarly authors, Kevin Brown offers the flip side.
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Overheard at the Junior Lego League Meeting

The scene: an organizational meeting of the junior lego league, in the elementary school cafeteria. We're sitting at the picnic-table-style...
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ABCs and PhDs: Time to wander

I do a lot of writing in the shower. Well, no, not actually writing things down on waterproof paper or...
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When the teacher is ready, the student will appear

One of the joys of doing sustainability work on campus is interacting with students. Now, I've been teaching part-time for...
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The Playboy Philosopher

Bernard-Henri Lévy has become an American media superstar. Scott McLemee thinks his fifteen minutes are about up.
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Merit, Mortgages, and Meltdowns

This is old news nationally, but I can confirm that locally, we're seeing a definite impact of the mortgage meltdown...