Sunday, March 13, 2005

Wittingshire: What I Learned From Mr. Carter

(No, not that Mr. Carter.)

Many years ago I interviewed one of my college professors for the school newspaper. He was a gentle giant of a man who rescued baby birds flung from their nests during West Texas windstorms, picking them up from the sidewalks and carrying them home wrapped in a handkerchief in his shirt pocket, nursing them hour by hour...
And then there were some of her other professors...

Amanda over at Wittingshire provides an interesting insider's look at academia. She and her husband Jonathan write frequently about "Books and Bookishness", among other things.

File under: grad school, literary studies, publish or perish, unsung heroes.

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