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D.F.W., R.I.P.
The late David Foster Wallace didn't settle for satire. Scott McLemee says farewell to a wild talent.
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I did a double-take when I saw this piece in the Chronicle. Apparently, the University of Georgia is dealing with...
ABC's and PhD's: The Secret Lives of Soccer Moms
My kids have been playing soccer since they were 4 years old, and just this week, I found out that...
Poetry, Bow Ties, Station Wagons, and the Scholarly Life
Julio Alves recalls the professor who taught him how to be a student.
Mothering at Mid-Career: Career Suicide and Frankenstein
I'm teaching Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein in one of my classes right now, and somehow it's striking a different chord...
Ask the Administrator: Presidential Spouses
A new correspondent writes: The small, regional university at which I teach in the Midwest has a new president. He...
Efficiency is over-rated
I got an email recently from a PR person, including a link to a report her client is currently pushing...
It's Not 'Career or Transfer'
I had a conversation last week with the chair of the Human Services program (think Social Work), in which she...