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-- What does it take to make international students on U.S. college campuses feel comfortable? The Chronicle for Higher Education looks into it.
-- Speaking of college life, Amanda Stahl (who I worked with as a personal helper) and I thrilled at the extraordinary things the University of Illinois is doing to make itself available to students with physical disabilities (see photo above from the Chicago Tribune). But the real question is, twenty years after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law, why is this still considered "innovative," rather than "standard?" This isn't about "charity," after all. Our world is bereft when it systematically eliminates the participation of people whose bodies work differently than what is considered "normal." What ideas, insights, work, and innovation has been lost in a society that expects people with disabilities to stay home?
- -Congratulations to the 2010 winners of the Rona Jaffe award! Their projects look absolutely fascinating.
-- "Journalists deserve a living wage." And I *heart* Evan Smith.
-- Despite the difficult-to-read website, I still can't wait to read this book from Archipelago.
-- Border and bylines: Journalists and media critics must increase their global expertise, says Justin D. Martin at the Columbia Journalism Review. He will be writing a new CJR column on international journalism.
-- Jeff Sharlet is interviewed on NPR's "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" about the American connection to the anti-gay politics of Uganda. In a word: it's frightening. I've been following Sharlet's work for a few months now, by the way, and find it revelatory and responsible. He is the author of The Family: Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power and the forthcoming C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy. His good work often appears in Harper's, including the current issue: "Straight Man's Burden." (Subscription is required for article access, and, as a general rule for Harper's, it's worth it.) He also has a the cover story in The Advocate: "Dangerous Liaisons."
-- More cause to boycott The Huffington Post. Beyond the usual reasons, of course. I really can't stand that site.
-- Dating by the book: On the online dating site that attempts to match people based on the books they like. Thanks to Chris M. for the link. Related: "the perils of literary social networking."
-- Ten lesbian and bisexual poets to fall in love with. The ones who I am most enamored with? 1, 3, 5, and 10. Sadly, Kay Ryan, Joy Harjo, Amy Lowell, Gertrude Stein, Elizabeth Bishop, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carol Ann Duffy, and Sappho (!) aren't on the list, although they'd admittedly make it too crowded. Emily Dickinson should probably qualify too. I love them all.
-- Journalists in Honduras, Somalia, and Indonesia have recently been killed. Meanwhile, in Russia, a trial for two suspects in the murders of Novaya Gazeta reporter Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov is coming up. The suspects will be kept in custody until the trial opens. And in the Philippines, the Committee to Protect Journalists is seeking justice in last year's massacre of 32 journalists and media workers.
-- Arizona State University journalism students have put together an impressive fact-checking team that is holding the state's political candidates accountable.
-- Lydia Davis, an Isak favorite, is interviewed over at The Rumpus. Which is awesome.
-- Linda Holmes on NPR: "Women Are Marshmallow Peeps, And Other Reasons There's No 'Chick-Lit'."
-- Katha Pollitt wins a lifetime achievement notice from the American Book Awards.
-- "No Name or Too Many?" On the great Spanish writer, Javier Marías (described in the article as a novelist, though I still think of him more as a short story writer).
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