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Apparently students can fail assignments and get their teacher fired

My students are determined to ignore the rubric and prompt, opting instead to write about any topic that piques their ...

Friday essay: racism, misogyny and culture wars: Zadie Smith and Anne Enright help us make sense of troubling times

The essay form is a response to minds, art, communities and culture, understood through a writer’s body, intellect and being.
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Jane Austen’s Letters Are the Closest We Can Get to Her. What Do They Reveal About the ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Author?

This year marks the English novelist's 250th birthday. Her hundreds of surviving letters—both real and fictional—offer ...