The editors of the open-access, online-only Journal of Herpetological Conservation and Biology bring a by-their-bootstraps, DIY ethic to scholarly publishing. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
Writing
“In Creative-Writing Programs, Muses and Scholarly Rigor Try to Coexist”
In the U.K. and Australia, the PhD in creative writing is far more common than the MFA. Panelists at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Washington, D.C., talked about the ups and downs of combining creative work with critical self-analysis. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Creative Writing Has a Place in Academe, if You Play Your Cards Right, Speakers Say”
Speakers at an AWP panel talked frankly, even profanely, about persevering as money gets scarcer and pressure to enroll more students grows. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“At U. of Minnesota Libraries, a Curator Beckons Holmes, Sweet Holmes”
In which I talk to the man who's lucky enough to be responsible for the world's largest collection of Sherlockiana. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“21st-Century Imaging Helps Scholars Reveal Rare 8th-Century Manuscript”
A professor of literature and rhetoric and a computer scientist team up to digitize the St. Chad Gospels, an illuminated manuscript held at Lichfield Cathedral in the U.K. (N.B. I wrote this with a temperature north of 102 degrees, thanks to what turned out to be pneumonia, and edited it from my hospital bed. I think it turned out all right, though.) Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
