We are living together while we are living apart. Though trapped in separate cells, we have never been more aware of how interlaced are our lives, air, bodies, hands, breath. We are both far too alone, and not […]
In the spring of the coronavirus, people are yearning to help. I see this urgency as rooted in care’s identity as an action, rather than an emotion. ‘Care’ is something you do, but ‘caring’ is something you feel. […]
In the unimaginably long-ago time of 2015, ethicist Eva Feder Kittay imagined what a care-based society might look like. In such a world, she speculated, we would honor “those who were valiant in their care of o […]
For the past several years I have been working on a book about caregiving and communities in relation to Victorian fiction. So it feels like I should have a lot to offer right now, particularly as I keep seeing […]
Helpful advice about dealing with negative reader’s reports from an editor at Duke UP. Try to train yourself to see what you can use, and put away bad feeling. […]
One problem with reader’s reports is that reviewers tend to assume that the writer of the article is a grad student or junior person. This is reasonable, because probably 80-90% of submissions do seem to be from […]
What do people think about Patrick Fessenbecker’s proposal for shifting grad school education to an extended MA involving some vocational skills? See […]
Patrick Maley posted a tip for teaching on Twitter, but it is also a good technique for book reviews. Phrase praise personally, critiques abstractly:
I look forward to reading what emerges on this website very much: it’s a great project. I am wondering if folks have thoughts on best practices for book reviewing. I’ve noticed a […]