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Attitudes Toward Kenneth Burke
It's been almost twenty years since the death of an American intellectual maverick. But Scott McLemee finds there is plenty of life left in his work.
Ask the Administrator: Spreading the Good Word
A thoughtful returning correspondent writes: For 20+ years there have been all kinds of boards and national commissions recommending changes...
Immersed in 'The Art of Immersion'
The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories by...
Love in a Time of Algorithms
In last Sunday's New York Times Jonathan Franzen wrote about the ways love, technology, and consumerism are growing blurred. We...
Literacy in the Digital Age: Conclusion
I do not have a rabbit to pull out of a hat. The situation is complicated. But the situation of...
It's Journal Month
I made that up, I guess, but why not? I love reading journals, diaries, and notebooks, especially of writers I...
Two Moments
Decades after an action in class he regretted instantly, Lauren Soth meets the student he embarrassed.
The Outrageousness of Academia
Some of our stories are funny, others are sad, and some are terrifying. What is the most outrageous experience that...