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CONTENTS


From the Editor

ARTICLES

Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos: Some Thoughts on the Current State of English Studies
MARTIN MUELLER

Writing as a Neighborly Act: An Antidote for Academentia
MARY C. SAVAGE

The Birds and the Bird-Watchers
LIAM RECTOR

Notes from the Other Side: The Strange Profession of Technical Writing
LYNN L. MERRILL

From the Department's Chair to the Dean's Desk: Perspectives on Recruitment
CAROL CHRIST

Caveat Emptor: Or, How Not to Get Hired at DePaul
JAMES S. MALEK

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in Department Administration: Advice to Department Chairs
ZACK BOWEN

Composition Teachers: No Experience Necessary?
JANICE GOHM WEBSTER

MLA Surveys of PhD Placement: Most Recent Findings and Decade-Long Trends
BETTINA J. HUBER, DENISE M. PINNEY, DAVID E. LAURENCE, and DENISE BOURASSAKNIGHT

BOOK REVIEWS

Radical Literary Education: A Classroom Experiment with Wordsworth's “Ode”
by Jeffrey C. Robinson

DON H. BIALOSTOSKY

The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by Lewis Hyde
RICHARD TURNER

CRITICAL RESPONSE
DAVID RANKIN and ROBERT PATTISON

Reply to David Rankin's Response
ROBERT PATTISON

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