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Friends and Colleagues

With help from Susan Sontag and Bernard Malamud, Terry Caesar wonders just how close we should be with those with whom we work.
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Double Haiku on MLA Interviewing

After getting reports on the job search process at the convention, Will Hochman turns to poetry.
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A New Form of Academic Engagement

Let’s embrace the Ph.D. in creative writing as a way to connect the disciplines, David Gruber writes.
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Tenure Track Poetry

David Galef's look at faculty life, this time in verse.
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The Academy and the Duke Case

KC Johnson writes that the latest news about the lacrosse party incident points not only to the D.A.'s failings, but to faculty biases.
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Criticism, Character and Tenure

Scott McLemee talks with Geoffrey Galt Harpham about his new book on Scarry, Nussbaum, Žižek, and Said -- and what the analysis says about the academy.
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Kicked Out

Cary Nelson writes about a day he was ordered out of a classroom -- and the reminder that day provided about the value of academic freedom.
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Comprehending the Light

Winter solstice prompts Amy Wink to consider the vibrancy of color, language and writing.