New York character actress Lynn Cohen died on Valentine’s Day 2020, survived by an extended family of friends and collaborators.
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Me and You
Two friends, Hurricane Katrina, a suicide, and the pain and beauty that holds us all together.
Posted inReading List
But You Look Fine: A Reading List About Disabilities, Accommodations, and School
Jacqueline Alnes brings us six stories on disability and discrimination in higher education.
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Tangled Up in Bob Stories: A Dylan Reading List
Few musicians have generated as much music and as much study as this Nobel Prize winning singer-songwriter. Dylanology will last hundreds of years.
Posted inArts & Culture, College, Media, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Humanities Marketplace As a Circle of Hell
The struggles of a motivated, educated academic to find sufficient work.
Posted inCommentary, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Seeding a Dark World with New Life
As she’s done before, Sara B. Franklin greets the specter of death by defiantly planting a life-sustaining vegetable garden.
Posted inCulture, education, History, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Why Can’t California Public Schools Quit Teaching a Eurocentric Version of State History?
Despite decades of effort, activists are still trying to get California public schools to teach an accurate history of the state’s indigenous people and the cruelties of European settlement.
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This Week in Books: Several Nihilistic Frenchmen
This week critics have looked to Huysmans, Camus and Jean-Philippe Toussaint for COVID-era inspiration.
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Leadership Academy
Victor Yang considers how his time as an immigrant rights organizer helped him understand his mother, and the guilt and obligation he carries from their relationship.
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How College Professors Are Fighting for Their Lives
Adjuncts have unionized to try to negotiate a livable wage, but can their efforts defeat the college industrial complex?
