How does anyone get anything done when they have children? While preparing to join the not-very-elite club of people who have reproduced, I was told repeatedly that my standards would have to slide. If those people were referring to housework, then they were certainly right, and I’ve got to say…
Read MoreThe prize for procrastination in this world would, I know, be hotly contested. I think I'd have a shot at one of the runner-up spots, at least, though some students would likely give me a run for my money. There's nothing like a good old-fashioned deadline to end procrastination. I…
Read MoreI'm going to fulfill Russell Smith's predictions in this column by posting the column: The market for fiction shrinks every year, the attention paid to novels by the media diminishes monthly, booksellers demand ever-lower prices, everybody in the industry says it’s the worst it’s ever been. And yet more academic…
Read MoreYes, I've been a bad blogger lately, and being on vacation during Reading Week is a big part of my excuse -- vacation means Home with Baby, and at present baby means No Computer Unless I Want the Keys Torn Off of the Keyboard. Baby also means that going on…
Read MoreBack at More Intelligent Life, another article of interest, one completely unlike my Simpsons indulgence below. There's a new Selected Poems by Wallace Stevens out now, and the site has a little round-up of his life. Wallace Stevens wasn't just a poet. He was one of the greatest poets of…
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