A joke has been going around. Maybe you’ve heard it, or a version of it: “_____ isn’t a university. It’s a hedge fund with a university stapled to it.” I…
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The Adjunct Complaint
My favorite scene in Christine Smallwood’s adjunct novel The Life of the Mind (2021) takes place at a graduate school colloquium featuring the protagonist’s academic rival, Alexandra. As their shared dissertation advisor…