Writers retreats for every palate (if not every budget). Read More at The Washington Post »
Journalism
“Colleges, Libraries and Presses Team Up to Publish Open Scholarship (And Rethink Model)”
My debut as a contributing writer for EdSurge. It's good to be back on the library/publishing beat. Read More at EdSurge »
“Marching With Audre Lord and Virginia Woolf”
My first-hand report from the Women's March in Washington, D.C. Vive la revolution. Read More at The Times Literary Supplement »
“Six Degrees of Voltaire”
Or "How Computer Code Developed to Study the Enlightenment Is Connected to the Panama Papers." Read More at Humanities magazine »
“Computers in English Class, Circa 1974”
"Digital humanities projects have come into their own in recent years, their rise fueled in part by grants from NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities. But in the 1970s a computer scientist still seemed like an unlikely pedagogical ally for a humanities professor." An early experiment in digital pedagogy, created by a literature prof and a famous computer scientist, used #hypertext to engage college students with poetry--and offered a vision of the future that we're living out now. Read More at Humanities Magazine »
“The Craft of Writing”
Literary magazines don't have it easy right now, with more would-be contributors than subscribers (though the Internet helps them find readers). The Hopkins Review isn't the oldest of surviving litmags--that honor goes to the Sewanee Review, published continuously since 1892--but with JHU's support and a clear line of editorial succession in place, it's got a pretty good model. I profiled the journal and its founding and current editors. Read More at JHU Arts & Sciences Magazine »
“A Wild Music”
Bernie Krause, who turns 77 this month, has spent half his life recording wild soundscapes close to home and all over the world. Now he wants to find a home for his archive--and convince humanity to take natural sounds more seriously before it's too late. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Colleges Consider Adopting Inclusive Language in Their Systems”
He said, she said, ze said: At some colleges, students, faculty members, and administrators have begun to adjust and expand campus protocols, including those used for registration and personal-data collection. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“A Broader Notion of African Literature”
Princeton professor Wendy Belcher wants to call more attention to Africa's written literary traditions. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Master’s-Degree Programs Specialize to Keep Their Sheen”
With alternative credentialing on the rise, is that MA still worth it? Often the answer is still yes. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
