Friday, November 25, 2022

Gonzales' Dream

 


Survival guides in classrooms.

Too little too late?


My Pal Captain

 





Rereading Around

 



Monday, November 21, 2022

Friday, November 18, 2022

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Saturday, November 12, 2022

John Le Carre Valued Adjuncts

John Le Carre had a deep empathy for adjunct faculty (or the adjunct/temporary equivalent in other professions), a sentiment haunting -- or enlivening -- many of his works -- and which shows his true underdog allegiance, no matter his own class standing and personal successes.




Friday, November 4, 2022

The Imp of the Perverse

 

"There is a perverse mood of the mind which is rather soothed than irritated by misconstruction; and in quarters where we can never be rightly known, we take pleasure, I think, in being consummately ignored.  What honest man on being taken for a housebreaker, does not feel more tickled than vexed at the mistake?"

Bronte 

Lucy Snowe 

Villette