I’m there

You already know this, but: New Grub Street

"Exploring complex texts together, sharing our reactions and our insights, developing analyses through dialogue, and trying out ideas on one another is the best way to learn, and also the most fun."

Thanks! I had arrived at pretty much the same place in terms of policy, but was still calling it "participation," even though that seemed inadequate. I will probably blend some of your phrasing with my existing language:

Is this yours, Nathan? I want to make sure I credit the right person when I adopt/adapt this!

This is why, despite misgivings (which I will share with the class), I am teaching a course in the fall I named “The Greatest Novel and the Biggest Question: Middlemarch and Meaning.”

Congratulations, Deidre! Why am I not shocked?

About twenty years ago, in Buffalo. Plus we had the soundtrack CD on high rotation. Great stuff.

“I am not afraid. Well, I am, but I’m still brave.”

powerful

More self-interrupting songs: “Wrong ‘em Boyo,” “I Want You (She’s So Heavy”