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(What) Can You Read and Write?
Istanbul, Turkey As academics, we are expected to be doing two things on a regular basis: to read a lot...
What Gorillas Are We Missing?
Before you read this review of The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher F. Chabris...
Math Geek Mom: Sick Days
I recently taught a class in “linear programming”, in which a (linear) objective function is maximized subject to several constraints...
Exasperated Sigh
How do people with day jobs and school-aged kids write books?
The Great Disconnect: Scholars Without Libraries
I am composing this Babel post without an internet connection, trying to put it together as I airport-hop my way...
The Biden Summit
One of the privileges of the first amendment is the ability to call out the government when it’s dangerously off-base...
Motherhood After Tenure: how could a mother give up her child?
I just finished teaching Daniel Defoe's 1722 novel, Moll Flanders, about a heroine who “Was Twelve Year a Whore, Five...