Planned Obsolescence

Stuck

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
August 30, 2012 – 09:56

I find myself in that state again, in which I have a particular writing task — in this case a talk — with a pressing deadline, one that’s pressing enough that I really need to b ... read more »

Fall

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
August 29, 2012 – 08:06

Today we’ve got one of those glorious mornings in New York in which you begin to feel the first bits of fall in the air. The sun is up and the temperature and humidity are down. ... read more »

Time Zones

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
August 28, 2012 – 08:20

Though my focus in writing here for the last ten years has mostly been professional, I’ve never tried to pretend that this wasn’t a personal blog. ... read more »

45

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
August 24, 2012 – 10:17

Yesterday, as I noted then, was my birthday, and it was one that I was surprised to find myself a bit ambivalent about. ... read more »

You Will Never Get It All Done

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
August 23, 2012 – 09:36

The Chronicle’s ProfHacker and Inside Higher Ed’s ... read more »

Train of Thought

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
August 22, 2012 – 08:04

The funniest part of yesterday’s post — at least it’s funny to me — is how it got written: on my iPhone, on the subway. ... read more »

Last Season, on Planned Obsolescence

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
August 21, 2012 – 07:36

One key problem with the blog as a platform for serial scholarship is that it’s much too easy to find yourself inte ... read more »

Reader Response, in Theory

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
July 14, 2012 – 07:11

In my last post, on blogs as serialized scholarship< ... read more »

Blogs as Serialized Scholarship

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
July 12, 2012 – 07:38

Over the last two installments of ... read more »

The Unpopular

by Kathleen Fitzpatrick — Modern Language Association
July 07, 2012 – 03:42

This post revolves around two jokes that I’ve heard of late, each of which has been stuck in my head since I heard it. ... read more »