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If Academia Operated Like the Professional Sports Universe
The recent Manny Ramirez saga, which culminated yesterday afternoon when the Red Sox traded him for fifty cents on the dollar to the Los Angeles Dodgers, has made me wonder: what would the world be li… more →
The Well Wrought Urn
If Academia Operated Like the Professional Sports Universe
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Andrew wrote 1 year ago: The recent Manny Ramirez saga, which culminated yesterday afternoon when the Red Sox traded him for … more →
Scientific Authority and Contemporary Culture
Andrew wrote 1 year ago: For a long time, I have been fascinated with Stanley Milgram’s famous experiment from the earl … more →
Is the Academic Monograph an Endangered Species?
Andrew wrote 1 year ago: In the United States, a system of just 88 university presses support and maintain the entire process … more →
Can Blogging Derail an Academic Career?
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Andrew wrote 1 year ago: When I started this blog several months ago, I cited my status as an unproven academic as the chief … more →
The Politics of Sex at Academic Conferences
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Andrew wrote 1 year ago: It’s been a while since I last checked in to The Well Wrought Urn. There’s much to talk … more →
The Bleak State of a Career in an English Department
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Andrew wrote 1 year ago: Every year around Christmas time there’s one thing I look forward to getting more than anythin … more →
Blogging and the Triumph of Consumer Capitalism
Andrew wrote 1 year ago: Just about once a week, I have the same reoccurring epiphany: the Internet exists solely to make mon … more →
Why Can't the Lexington Media Leave UK English Alone
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Andrew wrote 2 years ago: I hope everyone interested gets a chance to check out Randall Roorda’s editorial in today … more →
Review: The Tempest at the Guignol
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Andrew wrote 2 years ago: The venerable literary critic Harold Bloom writes of The Tempest that no other play in the Shakespea … more →
The Secret to Graduate School
Andrew wrote 2 years ago: Tonight I discovered a guide to studying for my qualifying exams. It’s a book called How to T … more →
Racist Cartoons: The Difficulty of Making a Social Critique
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Andrew wrote 2 years ago: I arrived on campus to teach this morning only to find that students are immersed in yet another con … more →
Why UK Should Not Log Robinson Forest
Andrew wrote 2 years ago: As promised, I will follow through on my earlier post on UK’s recent discussion of the fate of … more →
If You Don't Want Robinson Forest Logged, Just Say So!
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Andrew wrote 2 years ago: I hope that some Lexingtonians happened to catch an editorial in the Herald-Leader this past weekend … more →
Why Blog? Why Now?
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Andrew wrote 2 years ago: The search for beginnings. So far, I’ve learned that the hardest part about blogging is writin … more →
