Sounds like a fascinating thesis! A lot of my work is on 18th/19th c. novel reading as an intersection of aesthetic and ethical conflict in British literary culture. Did some archival work at Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland. Looking forward to updates on your work!

You could toss me into the mix if you like. I write about David Mason, 19th c. novel history/criticism, and Scottish literary culture.

You ever had a Rainier beer? It's the best/worst of everything about American lagers.

304. Almost there, but I cut a phrase that I was unreasonably pleased with. Sacrifices must be made, though.

Down to 318. But will it still make any sense at all once I cut those last 18 words?

10/ Anyway, that's my experience of the TT job market.

9/ But I tried for YEARS to get back into a faculty position. Across a full decade of applying for TT and "permanent" non-TT jobs, I landed 3 phone interviews and 3 campus visits, producing 1 offer, in 2018, to teach at a small, private school in the midwest for $42k.

8/ I left that meeting and headed straight for the JIL and other job boards. I managed to jump ship for a visiting assistant professor gig, and now, 13 years later, I'm the director of a learning commons at a state R1 working with health sciences students. And it's fine.