Silenced Writer. India.
Silenced Writer by Meena Alexander In solidarity with those in India who are resisting forces that would silence the singer’s note, the poet’s cry, the…
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4 to Live By
by Crystal Parikh, Associate Professor of English, New York University Fifteen years into an academic career, I have landed upon four general truths that…
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Your First Year on the Tenure Track
by Cynthia Wu, Associate Professor of Transnational Studies, University of Buffalo If you are reading this, it probably means that you have a job…
Read MoreA Bit of Mentoring from President Obama
This is a letter I received (at my gmail account) from the White House last March (2014) in response to a letter I had…
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“Checkpoints”—2016 Convention
“Checkpoints: Global Black Literature and the Phenomenology of Movement,” Christopher Ian Foster, The Graduate Center, CUNY “Indigeneity and Federalism’s Fissures in the United States,”…
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Reflections on Solidarity
by Pranav Jani, @pranavjani It’s two months after the #Ferguson2MLA action in Vancouver on January 9, and I had planned to write this up…
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A Rationale for Speaking Up
by Dr. Amber Riaz, Canadian Scholar When I decided to speak up at the #Ferguson2MLA gathering, I was motivated by Dr. Koritha Mitchell’s assertion…
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What #Ferguson2MLA Means to Me
by Koritha Mitchell, @ProfKori Motivated by the belief that #BlackLivesMatter, a diverse group of scholar-activists began organizing a solidarity action that would take place…
Read MoreMentoring at Midcareer
by Joycelyn Moody, Sue E. Denman Distinguished Chair in American Literature Joycelyn.Moody@utsa.edu Everyone needs mentoring. No stage or rank in the academy lies beyond…
Read MoreSay What?
Have you read Jeb Bush’s perplexing comments on America’s “creeping multiculturalism,” Wrong for America?
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