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Once there was a writer for one of America's biggest catalog companies. Perhaps because the young man was a veteran...

A film corollary to my last post, about bad books: The media always reports on how emotionally hard the holidays...

One of the drawbacks of being in the English Department of a big research university is the climate of machismo...

Some experiences don’t last long enough for satisfaction. You know what I’m talking about—cream soda numbs the tongue to its...

And great good luck to all our friends looking for jobs on the academic market this year.

Yesterday I went to the session on Literary Studies in the Public Sphere. For two of the speakers, Amardeep Singh...

Thanks to loyal readers who suggested things to do in Philadelphia while I’m here at the Modern Language Association Conference...

My name is Oronte Churm, and I teach at a large state university. Over the last year, I’ve written about...