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Motherhood After Tenure: whose life-story is worth telling?
I was struck by Neil Genzlinger's purposely-provocative dismissal of recent memoirs in the NYT book review: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/books/review/Genzlinger-t.html?pagewa… In it, he...
LASCHED
I had glancing, and wounding, encounters with Christopher Lasch in the early 'eighties. He was a close friend of an...
Pep Talks
This one is both a confession and a thank you. Every once in a while, the level of toxicity in...
"My Word!": Rethinking the Roots of Plagiarism
Our next book club selection for our Center for the Advancement of Learning ( DCAL) is My Word!: Plagiarism and...
The Edupunks are coming … to an Edu-Factory near you!
From the archives - this post was originally published at http://uvenus.org on 2010.04.06. I have always been attracted to everyday...
Awkward activism
Our stubborn refusal to go with the flow may have put our son in an awkward position. This month kids...
Conversations I Never Hear
I overhear a fair amount of student conversation, just walking the hallways and occasionally eating in the cafeteria. Words I...