This! THIS!! Writing is the hard part but also the rewarding and fun part. It’s hard because you are doing the work of thinking and processing and integrating. It’s rewarding because doing those things teaches you stuff. You come out on the other side changed from the work you did.

Teaching Blake today, posted earnestly about him yesterday, and yet [whispers] I basically agree

“Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody Poor; And Mercy no more could be, If all were as happy as we; And mutual fear brings peace, Till the selfish loves increase; Then Cruelty knits a snare, And spreads his baits with care.” William Blake, ready for class tomorrow & way too relevant

Realized that I am trying to comment on 95 comp assignments per week, and that is only for 2 of my 3 classes, and teaching is only 1/3 of my job. The math was clarifying, even as I know other people have it far worse.

finally, a higher ed opinion piece about “college as job prep” written from a student perspective. worth reading. gift link.

Opinion | Careerism Is Ruining College

Economic anxieties are generating crushing pre-professional pressure on campuses, destroying college life and damaging students’ mental health.

Abolish the death penalty

We are working on a remembrance, but we cannot overstate the influence of #FredricJamesonow.ly/kGvQ50TtqGz

🍁 Happy First Day of Autumn, my friends 🍂

I have been wearing mine nonstop, and I get the funniest looks