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A nice e-mail showed up in my inbox today, from Laura Maffei. I think I have a new read.

My favorites are here, here, here, and here.

Is four too many? Are you overwhelmed? Good. Yes, that's what I'm saying.

Laura also teaches at Wagner College, a school my brother considered attending (before he fled to England... but that's another story). What I'm really interested in is this class she's teaching (yes, I even read her cv...):

Discovering Gotham
A literature course presenting fiction, poetry, and essay where New York City is character as much as setting. Explores how New York City defines and is defined by its literature. Papers and writing exercises emphasize analytical response.

This is what I missed in school. I got everything I could out of the Humanities Department at my teensy little Engineering school, but it really wasn't enough. You can keep your campus, and I could do without a dorm, but I really felt cheated when it came to insightful reading and writing. There were too many thoughts dashed off too quickly so I could get back to Thermodynamics homework.