The Golden Calf
At precisely 4:40 p.m., Basilius Lokhankin went on a hunger strike.He was lying on an oilcloth-covered couch, his back to the world, his face to the curved back of… More
A Gloom Is Cast Upon the Ancient Steps
Chapter 2. Claimants to the InheritanceHe didn’t recognize his aunt Tatyana Leonidovna in the old woman who met him on the platform. “The years had left an indelible imprint… More
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PEN America On 
Outstanding piece by @andreacgore, Vacek Chair in pharmacology/professor of psychology at UT-Austin, defending faculty tenure against SB 18. She argues that immunotherapy would not exist if UT-Austin had not given tenure to its discoverer. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/university-texas-andrea-gore-professor-tenure-17816783.php
What does academic freedom mean now, and how might it change?
Here's our whole Future Trends Forum conversation with @ACEducation and @PENamerica researchers:
https://youtu.be/nQ8Kl0XJIr0
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HT @roxannriskin
#RIP John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80
Woods was the recipient of two PEN America Translation awards, in 1981 and 1987
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/books/john-woods-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=l2BVLYlz1s2E6Jj-w9wuXxKMTrTuFBKAH_pxlFgj6UEgFGD3vXQEOhqVwAotjPgykwJC-NhRHTc5-9HCQpBJ4yCNKDEooSFdgI6YQ4a9jdbpoPHeyPNLmgfBztwRbWC58GKq28Mead5bbyfKdteJHA0U2HesfQmTk5oTWjVYmgkTVxpPk0C-yonoUK3gW-idLUAeR8IOWNJ8MWWrZ_AiPOM1ch59MnKrZQ7OrwHqp19CWMAfxGG_i9SN1tjir2DlKiTzk25A2lh-mrSvY9Zv0Stx14hmNsu87Ls_D0VUR-_qe0NDRb_UA23pztFUks7V7OeL0O6mpw&smid=url-share