We know many fine products of MFA programs. They are good writers with kind souls. Yesterday, we talked about the benefits of writing workshops. Like anything that’s good — potato chips, lo mein — a little workshopping is excellent. Full-time immersion can be destructive. Elizabeth Clementson talks about her experiences in a MFA program. While we can all chuckle knowingly as she describes naive young ‘uns who see this final step in their education as the precursor to fame and fortune (not necessarily in that order, what with the way advances work), we can also see that repaying student loans […]

If you want people to read, you need to deliver the material in ways that are convenient for the reader. As a general rule, many of us rarely have the luxury of time to sit down and read for hours at a time. This is actually very sad. What is the point of increasing efficiency if it just makes us busier? Time alone isn’t the only barrier to reading, and as researchers, well, research new ways to provide reading material to a wider audience, we hope they keep one thing in mind. This is important: change the name of ScentHighlights.

We have so much to get to today, and so little time. First up is something near and dear to our heart: easy access to the Internet. Across the nation, communities are looking at ways to provide low-cost, high-speed Internet access to citizens. Some have already achieved this goal. But there’s a bill pending in the House of Representatives that would do away with this service, in favor of commercial interests. We believe this is wrong. For many reasons — including the fact that it’s easier to participate in the activities of your local government — access to the Internet