CONTENTS

From the Editor

ARTICLES

Collegiality, Crisis, and Cultural Studies
LAUREN BERLANT

Starting from the Particular in Literary Reading
MARGERY SABIN

Cultural Studies and Reading
J. HILLIS MILLER

Disciplinary Formation, Faculty Pleasures, and Student Risks
LINDA HUTCHEON

Teach the Classics
PAUL ALPERS

Climbing the Crests
JOHN ELDER

SPECIAL SECTION

My First Year of Teaching

Trained in Theory, Hired in Literature
JANET E. GARDNER

The Year of Living Dangerously; or, Not Just an Adventure, but a Job
ERIC GADZINSKI

Taking the Plunge off the Ivory Tower
JORGETTE MAUZERALL

Crossing the Great Divide: From Manhattan to Montana
DANELL JONES

Merging the Metaphors: Surviving and Thriving as a New Academic
JEAN GRACE JONES