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The True Cost of Rubber Chicken
The Fall rubber chicken circuit is in full swing again. Lots of evening events, celebrating all manner of good things...
The Marketplace. My Subconscious.
"I go back to professional baseball and Alex Rodriguez making $25 million a year. Or to Julia Roberts and $20...
Rules of Engagement
When I enlisted in the Army years ago, I was offered half-a-dozen duty stations for my first posting. I chose...
Stuck In Adjunct Hell
A long-suffering correspondent writes: I'm an adjunct . . . everywhere. Note that I am sending this from the Ringling...
Reading Evaluations
A new correspondent -- and apparently the kind of student we'd all like to have -- writes: As a student...
Attack of the Grinch
A new correspondent writes: I am a new department chair. The staff love to decorate for any and all holidays...
The Limits of Transparency
Search Committee Chair: The job starts next semester. Can you do that? Candidate: No problem! Rarin' to go! Woo-hoo! (skip...
Guest Post: On Seeing Clearly
[ Recently I asked writer, editor and teacher Dinty W. Moore to join the conversation on teaching creative writing, and...