I appreciated your post “The Second-Book Problem,” as it describes (more accurately than I care to admit) the situation I’m in. My first book was published in September 2020. It was nonfiction. There ...

Given how fraught writing for publication can be, it’s understandable for faculty to perceive the process as dehumanizing. Even soul-crunching, as one of our colleagues lamented. College and ...

Jim Zub has gone from Makeshift Miracle to Skullkickers and now to Pathfinder for Dynamite Entertainment. Arvid Nelson chatted with Zub about his career and how he deals with the comic industry. ARVID ...

Launching from the semester’s end into summer is usually celebrated as a special kind of academic freedom, a chance to get lost in projects and flex your intellectual muscles. But what we’re hearing ...

The present study investigated the effects of varying lengths of overseas experiences on 37 Japanese students' English writing ability and motivation over 3.5 years. The students were observed at the ...

“Pick one place you’d like to go in the world and explain why.” This is an example of a typical assignment a fifth grade teacher may assign a class. Once the papers are turned in, the teacher would ...