Daily Archives: April 23, 2015
Big Idea Notice, Re: May and June (and July)
Posted on April 23, 2015
It is: The May Big Idea slots are all filled. If you queried and I did not respond, a) sorry, I tried to respond to everyone, b) I have no more slots for this month. There are still a few June Big Idea slots open. Go ahead and query. You may start querying for July […]
Hugos and Class
Posted on April 23, 2015 392 Comments
(Warning: Hugo neepery ahead. Ignore if you’re bored with the subject.) As I’m musing on class today, I’d like to take a moment to address something I see being attempted by the Puppies, which is to cast the current Hugo contretemps as something akin to a class war, with the scrappy diverse underdogs (the Puppy […]
The Elite Poor
Posted on April 23, 2015 55 Comments
Here’s an interesting story in the Boston Globe about poor students attending Ivy League schools and very often struggling with their new environment, not in the least because they are often the first in their families to attend college at all, and thus have little guidance from family and friends on how to navigate the […]
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