Comparatively Speaking, and Teaching
25 September 2020
On and off, or maybe a little more than that, I have questioned my youthful decision to study Comparative Literature for my doctorate rather than... Read more →
On and off, or maybe a little more than that, I have questioned my youthful decision to study Comparative Literature for my doctorate rather than... Read more →
I used often to link this post on writing about difficult things aka It’s the End of the World as We Know It and have... Read more →
Tonight I went to the penultimate lecture on Aristophanes by the professor with whom I took what I'm realizing was a more-influential-than-I-thought-at-the-time translation course while... Read more →
Writing, many a recommendation letter (once I submit one, another request appears in my email, Hydra-esque-ish, but in a far more positive way!) and posting.... Read more →
At the start of the 21st century, it is expected that people can read. It is expected that, if they cannot read, they can be... Read more →
I finished my essay and am in the midst of writing a short piece for something else----Charlie went back to school after the holiday without... Read more →
We got gas and went to the bank before getting an early lunch Thursday morning, and then Charlie---off from school for Rosh Hashanah (he'd indicated... Read more →
The carnival was very crowded, for Friday was the last night; I had time to get two (ridiculously overpriced) cans of diet Coke while Jim... Read more →
It's here! Gravity Pulls You In: Perspectives on Parenting Children on the Autism Spectrum, edited by Kyra Anderson and Vicki Forman, just published by Woodbine... Read more →
I've been pulling out this piece of paper upon which Charlie wrote "can't find it" at intervals as we use the laptop. He's chiefly interested... Read more →
Via lagloria via Izzyland on Twitter, I read this article on autism in Haiti in Spectrum Magazine by Cris Italia. One commenter, a librarian at... Read more →
Charlie does not have school today, Monday, the 18th of January. As I've regularly written before, no school for Charlie is usually cause for a... Read more →