Another Semester of Being Useless
Those of us who teach in humanities fields at university face the threshold of every new semester with the sinking feeling that we have dedicated
Those of us who teach in humanities fields at university face the threshold of every new semester with the sinking feeling that we have dedicated
And I was surprised to find: I felt some grief. Why, for goodness sake? Was The Bit Between My Teeth: A Literary Chronicle of 1950-1965
Our brains are altered by swimming in digital media, its allures and distractions. And our lives of continuous partial attention make deep concentration more difficult.
It’s a modern day Cinderella trope, isn’t it? The long-suffering, virtuous-and-talented high schooler is visited by a talent agent/scout/special teacher/fairy godperson who provides them with
I’m paying now, hiking up a very steep learning curve as I try to get back in the game. The game, of course, has changed.
It’s disturbing to recognize that in the Noah story, God does the same sort of thing that the Babylonian gods do in their flood story.”
For all you college students out there, it’s time to gird up your binders and get ready for a parade of professors thrusting their course
Next time you encounter a college senior, you will inevitably be tempted to ask, “So what’s your major?” and “So what are you going to
I couldn’t even watch one whole episode. The first season of the new Marie Kondo television series, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, dropped on Netflix
On a typical day, I prepare to teach three different texts for the three courses I’m currently teaching: Shakespeare, Early British Literature, and introductory creative