How can I force myself to write? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2008 - 35 answers

What can you tell me about 'Poe(t)heory'? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2008 - 3 answers

Literary Darwinism: A relatively new field of evolutionary psychology / literary theory. What has recently been written in argument against it? [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2008 - 7 answers

What right do I have to republish software screenshots and promotional material within a critical/academic context? Do I need to get formal permission from the corporations that own & distribute this material? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2008 - 6 answers

Music for writing academic works in a frenzy [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - 14 answers

I don't believe that authenticity exists in any form. What scholars/philosophers/social critics have argued similiarly? Jameson? Derrida? Deleuze? [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2007 - 29 answers

I studied philosophy in college. By my senior year I had decided that I wanted to pursue a career in academia. I had co-founded a conference. I was writing a thesis. I had intentions of applying to graduate schools. However, during my last semester I experienced a crisis of faith and delayed my thesis for six months, eventually earning a "C". I want to go back and do the job right, but I don't know how. [more inside]
posted on Dec 30, 2006 - 17 answers

Academic writer's block: tips, strategies, experiences, psychology for dealing with it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2006 - 19 answers

What do you know/think about the University of Roehampton, London? Most especially I am interested in its School of Arts, and its MA in Creative and Professional Writing.... [more inside]
posted on Sep 7, 2006 - 7 answers

Is emacs worth learning? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2005 - 47 answers