A partial list of literary things that just won’t die: print books, independent bookstores, small & print-centric literary journals. I just wrote about one of those journals, The Hopkins Review (“The Craft of Writing,” JHU Arts & Sciences Magazine, Spring 2016), which is expanding its presence online while remaining loyal to its print incarnation. The Review… Continue reading »
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Pictures of You
Like a lot of people, I don’t enjoy having my picture taken. Hold on. I typed “like a lot of people” almost automatically, as one of those thumbsucker openings that allows a writer to warm up before diving into what he/she/ze really means to say. As soon as I wrote it, though, I started to wonder…. Continue reading »
The Year of Opening Up the Library
(Cross-posted from Medium.) For all the hopes heaped on it, 2016 hasn’t gotten off to a promising start. David Bowie left us. Alan Rickman left us. Crises at home and abroad threaten the geopolitical order. I could go on. If you need a shot of optimism to get you through the dark days, look to… Continue reading »
Reading the Commute
Like most writers, I have a day job (a new one that I’m quite enjoying–see previous post). And while I do sometimes work remotely, many days I shuttle back and forth to the office via public transportation. I live two blocks from a Metro stop, which means I spend a lot of time on DC’s… Continue reading »
Books and Birds
Some news! As of Nov. 20, I’m no longer with the Chronicle of Higher Education. It’s been a good 10-year run, and I am forever grateful to have had the chance to dive deeply into humanities research, the digital humanities, libraryland, archives, and publishing/scholarly communication/open access. Why am I leaving? I got a chance to… Continue reading »
