Category Archives: Opinion

STRANGE NOISES

The other day I came home and saw my husband’s to-do list on the shelf in the entryway. It said: – bird sounds – ebirds – Man Ray translation Since quitting academia he has developed a passion for birding. He … Continue reading

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Sunglasses and Iced Coffee

Last night I “taught” the last class of the year. I put “taught” in quotation marks because the class consisted of an enormous African dance and drumming troupe coming in and forcing all 150 of my students to dance and … Continue reading

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Semester, que me veux-tu

I am on my computer at an establishment that is in between a grad student bar and a semi-nice restaurant and I don’t know if it is weird that I am on my computer. No one else is in here. … Continue reading

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