1. Mama wanted me to love Michael Jackson as she did, but I couldn’t because all I could see was his work. My Mama, a 53 year-old woman from Forest Mississippi felt like she grew up looking horizontally at Michael and his brothers. Mama heard not only the Jackson 5’s work, but also their asphalted [...]
The following is a letter sent to two senior members of the faculty a few months ago. It’s a response to some things said out loud in a faculty meeting about growth, cuts, excellence and diversity. I’m sure comments like the ones made in our faculty meeting and letters like this one are being written [...]
Ether. I never expected to keep my job as a professor at Vassar, not even waaaaaay back in the day when money folded both ways and people still bought new cars. So of course, I don’t expect to keep my job in this recession. But what fool does? I’ve been on the tenure track at [...]