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Brilliant, Troubled Dorothy Parker by Robert Gottlieb

10 years ago

In 1915, Parker, aged twenty-two, went to work at Vogue (for ten dollars a week), writing captions, proofreading, fact-checking, etc.,…

Why are we so bored?

10 years ago

On average we spend six to seven hours in front of our phone, tablet, computer and TV screens every day.…

William Shakespeare, Playwright and Poet, Is Dead at 52

10 years ago

On this date — April 23, 1616 — the creator of “Hamlet,” “Macbeth” and “Romeo and Juliet” left the beauty…

What Borges Learned from Cervantes

10 years ago

Borges reinvented Don Quixote as a playful novel, full of surprises and unexpected anticipations of the way we read today.…

Celebration of Writing

10 years ago

  My freshman writing students are among the scores presenting their research in preparation for drafting their big term paper.

Out of the Zuckersphere, (back) into the Blogosphere

10 years ago

This is why I still blog. While commercial platforms like Facebook and Twitter are designed to keep you churning out…

Former student: “I remember sometimes being annoyed with all of our blogging assignments, but…”

10 years ago

A third alum in the last few weeks has contacted me to thank me for challenging her while a student: When I…

Journalism isn’t dying. But it’s changing WAY faster than most people understand.

10 years ago

Think of journalism as falling into three basic baskets: The "what" basket, the "so what" basket and the "now what"…

Fair use prevails as Supreme Court rejects Google Books copyright case

10 years ago

Fair use is a concept baked into US copyright law, and it's a defense to copyright infringement if certain elements…