So this is a very minor thing, on balance, but I see it enough to think it’s worth saying. In the realm of practical advice: if you have to insert a word or phrase to indicate that something you’re writing means something dramatically different from the surface meaning, you’ve already failed and should try again. […]
Continue reading →It’s a little funny to be getting excited about a semester that starts in late August, but I’ve ordered my textbook and crafted my syllabus for next semester. And I’m getting very excited. First, I’m excited to teach with The Short Guide to College Writing. It’s everything that most college textbooks aren’t. I don’t mean […]
Continue reading →“When this news came out, I said it would be best if the supposedly-iconic character DC was going to have come out was someone for whom the revelation that he or she was gay helped tie together things we’d always known about the character and their personality, much as J.K. Rowling did with Albus Dumbledore.” […]
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