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This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here.My relationship with English began by force.…

“Your writing isn’t academic enough.” A single sentence from a faculty mentor cut deeper than I expected—because it wasn’t the first time my voice had been questioned.…

I will never forget the student who—upon being given 15 minutes at the end of class to get rolling on the writing assignment I’d just given—whipped…

A forlorn disco ball counting down the time remaining hangs at the entrance of the beloved Berlin club Wilde Renate, known only as Renate, which is…

The NEA Creative Writing Fellowships have launched many prominent literary careers. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images Alice Walker. Charles Bukowski. Louise Erdrich. Juan…

One of the highlights of my first three years as a literature professor at MIT—and indeed, of my 15-year career as an educator—has been the recent…

This month, the Ukrainian government made an unusual choice for its new prime minister. In a rare move for the country—and indeed for most of Eastern…

Doctors could have some of their student loan debts written off as part of a package of measures being examined by Wes Streeting that may help…

The last time you interacted with ChatGPT, did it feel like you were chatting with one person, or more like you were conversing with multiple individuals?…

Scenario 1: You’re part of a cross-disciplinary group of faculty members working on the new general education requirement. By the end of the semester, your group…