The Van Dykes, and the generation gap among lesbians
Ariel Levy is now a staff writer for The New Yorker. (When did this happen? Why wasn’t I told first?) Let’s face it: The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Review of […]
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Smart Woman, Foolish Interview: Associate Prof. Alice at Blunderland U.
In the spirit of letting it all hang out from the point of view of the academic job interviewee, Associate Professor Alice survived her interview at Blunderland University–just barely. Regrets? She’s got a few: I just […]
Historiann: The New York Times Book Review Interview
Today’s post is was inspired by the interview with James McPherson in the New York Times book review last weekend. I reviewed that interview in yesterday’s post. Today, I’ve interviewed myself, and I encourage you […]
Hells to the yeah! Uh, we mean “Nope:” Freddie from Ft. Lauderdale can’t hit the “Nope” button fast enough
As you regular readers know, we get letters. As an almost-Ph.D. interviewing this year for the first time (not in History, nor any of the humanities), Freddie from Ft. Lauderdale has asked for […]
A short history of the Berkshire Conference
I’m off before dawn tomorrow morning to catch my flight to the Berkshire Conference, the triennial “Big Berks” that I’ve assisted in planning and organizing for the past two years. The following is […]
The 2008 Berkshire Conference: The Year Cultural History Broke?
Well, it’s been a whirlwind of a conference, and worth the two-and-a-half years of planning that preceded it! The weather was sunny (mostly), warm, and fair. All of the panels and roundtables I […]