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Brevity Is A Virtue
I have something in the new issue of Brevity, the premiere online journal of concise literary nonfiction, if you're interested...
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D.F.W., R.I.P.
The late David Foster Wallace didn't settle for satire. Scott McLemee says farewell to a wild talent.
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For Show
I did a double-take when I saw this piece in the Chronicle. Apparently, the University of Georgia is dealing with...
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ABC's and PhD's: The Secret Lives of Soccer Moms
My kids have been playing soccer since they were 4 years old, and just this week, I found out that...
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Poetry, Bow Ties, Station Wagons, and the Scholarly Life
Julio Alves recalls the professor who taught him how to be a student.
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Career Suicide and Frankenstein
I'm teaching Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein in one of my classes right now, and somehow it's striking a different chord...
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Ask the Administrator: Presidential Spouses
A new correspondent writes: The small, regional university at which I teach in the Midwest has a new president. He...
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Efficiency is over-rated
I got an email recently from a PR person, including a link to a report her client is currently pushing...