I've spent a lot of time in recent posts lamenting this or that aspect of the adjunct's relationship with writing. I'd like to take a break from…
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by Paul Thomas One of the best and most significant changes for me when I moved from high school English teaching to being a college professor was a blossoming…
Academics write for the public more than ever before but are hampered by precariousness of their profession. This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a…
by Andrew Perrin A growing share of Americans are reading e-books on tablets and smartphones rather than dedicated e-readers, but print books remain much more popular than…
By Rich Russell The season for reading is here, friends! I feel guilty about how little progress I've made on the stack of books nesting on my…
by John D’Angelo Here’s what stupid uneducated people imagine that college literature professors do: teach. Here is what college literature professors actually do: write obscure papers that…
This week we're shifting focus a bit. Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Moravian is a small and selective liberal…
I'm not sure how I feel about wordriver, but I'm glad it exists, and I'm wildly intrigued. You see, wordriver is a new (as of 2009) literary…
It is easy for those of us who are toiling away as full-time adjuncts (if you'll allow me that supposed oxymoron) forget how flexible and multifaceted that…
I'm not sure how I feel about wordriver, but I'm glad it exists, and I'm wildly intrigued. You see, wordriver is a new (as of 2009) literary…
