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Twenty- Five Thoughts On The Method Wars

Getting Us Through A.V. Marraccini - 0
11234 I declare a thumb war. That one is easy, it has clearly defined rules and parameters. More Method Wars should be like this. 2It...
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The Social Life of the Riverside Chaucer

Public Intellectuals? Daniel Davies - 0
The Riverside Chaucer is a book that tends to hang around. First published in 1987 and immediately established as required reading for students and...
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What’s Dark about Dark Academia

Close Reading Ana Quiring - 0
One of my favorite posts on Tumblr, now a halfway defunct social blogging platform, restages with gorgeous brevity and absurdity one of the most...
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Poems on the University

Public Intellectuals? Susan Harlan - 13
1. Poem on the Xerox Machine The Xerox machine is not printing currently, But feel free to try it Later on today. We wanted you to know That we are...
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David Brooks Writes a Yelp Review of the New Thai Restaurant

Hate! Jordan Alexander Stein - 7
The new Thai restaurant, Pad Basil, is a great and searing contribution to the dining options on Tenth Avenue. It is a mind-altering account...
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How Email Ruined My Life

Hate! Catherine Zimmer - 3
(For Tom)   I got my first email account the fall I started graduate school, in 1995. Even then I had an inkling of the pressures...
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