Last week, I asked you about your favorite poets. So, this week, it seemed like a good idea to ask: Who are your favorite novelists? Here are a few of mine. Note: to limit my list, I've left off a few writers who seem to be on everyone's favorite novelist list. I've also tried to identify writers whom I will read, no matter what they write. That is, if they have a new book out, I'm buying it and reading it, no questions asked. Michael Chabon: If you've only read his famously precocious debut novel, Wonder Boys, … [Read more...] about Who are your favorite novelists?
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What are the Best Novels about the Academic Life?
Over the weekend, I started reading Stephen Carter's The Emperor of Ocean Park. Carter, a law professor at Yale, made his name with nonfiction books like The Culture of Disbelief, and he also wrote a column for Christianity Today for several years. He's now successfully transitioned into a career as a bestselling novelist. The novel's narrator, Talcott Garland, is an African American law professor at a fictional Ivy League-type university (like they say - write what you know!), and a number of scenes are set within the … [Read more...] about What are the Best Novels about the Academic Life?
Week in Review: Shop Class, Teaching Naked
Welcome to this week's Week in Review! If you have your own link or suggestion, please add it to the comments, or email it to Tom or Mike. From Tom 1. Another piece to throw into our technology conversation: How about teaching naked, i.e., sans machines? Do you agree with José A. Bowen, dean of Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts, in his comments regarding the quality of classroom powerpoint instruction and the rise of on-line classes to replace such offerings? Note: The video … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Shop Class, Teaching Naked