Adam Kirsch talks to M.H. Abrams, one of the original editors of the Norton Anthology of English Literature
High school English lit is a land ruled by anthologies, and one anthology in particular: the Norton Anthology of English Literature. This week in Tablet, Adam Kirsch has a long… Read more »
Rohinton Mistry’s neocon fairytale
For the last few years, America has been in the grips of a veritable storm of celebrity-author graduation speeches. To start with, there was David Foster Wallace’s Kenyon commencement speech and Dave Eggers’… Read more »
The challenges facing academic libraries in the 21st century
Academic and research libraries are taking stock, providing a list of 2012’s most pressing trends. Here’s a rundown for those interested, which surely includes not only publishers, but anyone concerned… 1 / Read more »
David Graeber in rap
Melville House author David Graeber is the star of “Barter That,” a parody of Young Money’s “Roger That” video produced by students in a York University anthropology class. In the song, Graeber’s rethinking of the history of barter… 1 / Read more »
Elsevier backs down in response to academic uprising … or does it?
The “academic spring” uprising of professors against academic publishing giant Elsevier has led to at least a partial victory: in a statement released late Monday, the publisher announced it was… Read more »
Head of Reed Elsevier hits back at academic uprising
Even as the uprising against scholarly publisher Elsevier continues to spread — see this report from the Sydney Morning Herald about Australian academics joining in, and this CBC report about the… 2 / Read more »
Court rules against web censorship for high school students
Good news out of the Jefferson City, MO, Federal District Court yesterday, according to this report from the American Civil Liberties Union: A federal district court ruled today that the… Read more »
What’s next in the Elsevier boycott?
What’s next in the Elsevier boycott? Well, first of all, says Neil Stewart of City University London in smart overview on the blog of the London School of Economics, “What can’t… Read more »
Furor over Elsevier escalates
The protest against academic journal publisher Elsevier continues to grow explosively, with another 1,000 professors joining the 5,000 we reported yesterday who have signed a petiton vowing not to peer-review or… 2 / Read more »
5,000 profs join boycott of Elsevier publications in international “academic spring”
An “academic spring” has broken out against scientific journal publisher Elsevier, says a New Scientist report by Jacob Aron. According to the report, “Inspired by a University of Cambridge mathematician,… Read more »