When a writer goes silent, is he or she still producing a readable text? (Subscription required). Read More at Chronicle of Higher Education »
Journalism
“Calif. Press Will Publish Controversial Book on Israel”
A new book that attacks Alan Dershowitz will see print despite the threat of legal action from the Harvard prof. Read More at Chronicle of Higher Education, reprinted in Znet.com »
“The Uses of Libel”
How to say rude things about politicians and get away with it--in 17th-century England, anyway. (Subscription required; I'll post a copy of the article soon, but in the meantime you can read a longish excerpt here at the History News Network.)" Read More at Chronicle of Higher Education »
“AAUP Discussions Center on Digital Revolution and Intellectual Freedom”
At this year's confab of university presses, the Google Library project was hotly debated and the environmental and social costs of printing in China were not. (Subscription required). Read More at Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Charlottesville Under Cover”
In which I revisit my old grad-school stomping grounds and its second-hand literary attractions. Read More at The Washington Post »
