I was feeling particularly broke yesterday, so I put up some of the books I used for a grad course last fall for sale online. I sold them almost immediately to a new group of hapless students. The subject matter was the usual grist for today's academic mill: postcolonialism, sexuality, "re-readings" of American history. As I packed up the books, I couldn't help feeling sorry for the students being forced to read such well-meaning, but badly written books. Unfortunately, in the process of packing up the books (I didn't  expect them to sell so fast), I forgot a dentist's appointment and their office says if I do it again (this is not the first time), I'll have to pay!

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