La Lecturess

La Lecturess
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Contributors La Lecturess Flavia Email: lecturess[AT]gmail[DOT]com Recent Posts National de-lurking week Tagged! Tagged again! Phone interview Advice Uptown, downtown, out & about Cleaning house Wisdom from the discard pile Four things meme Hello 2006! MLA: The Outtakes Things I Read and/or People I Like The New York Times Arts & Letters Daily The Chronicle of Higher Education Commonweal Crooked Timber Inside Higher Ed The Revealer Andrew Sullivan Talking Points Memo Wonkette ABD Anonymous ABD Mom Academic Coach Acephalous Advice at Your Own Risk Anbruch Ancrene Wiseass Another Damned Medievalist Badgerings Bardiac Between an Oxymoron and a Redundancy Blogging the Renaissance Bitch. Ph.D. Cheeky Prof. Clashing Hats Confessions of a Community College Dean Dr. Virago (Quod She) Early Modern Notes Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog G-Fav's Meanderings H.K. in Seoul A Ianqui in Greenwich Village In Favor of Thinking Ink and Incapability It's Probably Me Kermit's Log Kinesthesis Breakthrough Manolo's Shoe Blog Margo, Darling Medieval Woman Michael Berube My So-Called (ABD) Life Negative Capability New Kid on the Hallway On Any Given Day One Bright Star Reignited Oronte Churm Pretty Hard, Dammit Phantom Scribbler Pilgrim/Heretic Playing School, Irreverently Polyopia Professorial Confessions Professor Me Raining Cats & Dogma Reassigned Time Scrivenings Sfragett's City Slaves of Academe Thanks for not Being a Zombie Terminal Degree The Theater Absurd Timna Tired of Ted Tomato Nation Verbosity Defined What Now? Will's Coffee House Writing as Jo(e) Xoom Late Spring To-Do List ~~Read scholarly book #1~~ Read scholarly book #2 ~~Catch up on professional journals~~ ~~Administer evaluations~~ ~~Grade seminar research papers~~ ~~Write two final exams~~ ~~Grade final exams~~ ~~Compute final grades~~ ~~Order books for fall~~ Find apartment in New City ~~Attend INRU Commencement!~~	Friday, January 13, 2006 Good news x 3 Good news the first I've just had an essay solicited for an important new collection, edited by scholars I like and respect, to be published by Top University Press. I've been doing a little dance every few hours, whenever I think about this. Good news the second My first campus visit! I got a call today from Small College, with whose committee I had the other of my two best MLA interviews. I really liked the committee, I'm attracted by the school's undergraduate curriculum, and it's in a very appealing location. Haven't yet made up a dance, but I'm working on it. Good news the third I think I really am going back to the U.K. this summer. I have one project that really necessitates my going back, but since I'm not sure that I'll have the time or money this summer (especially if I'm moving and starting a new job) to work as intensively as I need to, I was thinking of waiting until 2007. However, I had a nice chat today with h.k., who's going to be living in lavish corporate housing in London for part of the summer, and she promised I could crash there. I also want to catch up with my dear friend KFB, whose wedding I missed--and so even if I only get a little bit of work done, it won't be a waste. And of course it would be totally fun. link \| posted by La Lecturess at 7:40 PM \| 11 Comments: Mon commented at 8:08 PM~ Good for you! Many many congrats! lucyrain commented at 9:04 PM~ Fantastic! Dance away, my dear! jo(e) commented at 9:04 PM~ Hurray for good news! What Now? commented at 9:12 PM~ What a day! Congratulations three times over. RageyOne commented at 2:10 AM~ Congrats on all fronts! Ancrene Wiseass commented at 2:15 AM~ Hooray! That's fantastic. Ianqui commented at 10:29 AM~ Wow, that is a lot of good news! Congratulations! meg commented at 1:35 PM~ Good on ya! Re going to the UK, perhaps another blogfest at the British Library (or Oxford, or Cambridge, or Macclesfield...) is in order. Everyone doing research in the UK next year, raise your hand. phd me commented at 9:34 PM~ Fantastic! Congrats on all this good stuff. Ahh, London, what a loverly place. Wanna Be PhD commented at 10:45 AM~ Wow, that are really cool news! I love the part about the book! La Lecturess commented at 2:22 PM~ Thanks, guys! And Meg: yes, absolutely! I should definitely be at both the BL and Oxford (Cambridge only if I have time and $$). I'm thinking mid/late July, but we'll see what happens with my job search... Want to Post a Comment? back to main page
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