Writing It!
The Podcast About Academics & Writing
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Episode 26: “Modern Love” in the Academic Life
June 17th, 2024 | 34 mins 12 secs
academic job market, bodies and sexuality, death and dying, literary scholarship, memoir writing, personal essay
We speak with Associate Professor of English Jennifer Glaser (University of Cincinnati) about her writing life. When she was in graduate school, Glaser wrote an essay that was published in the NYT’s “Modern Love” section, and which affected her understanding of the kinds of writing she wanted to do as both a scholar and a writer. We talk about being a “serious academic” who finds satisfaction in a variety of writing genres. We talk about writing into uncomfortable subjects and the kind of risks involved in writing more personally, as well as the many benefits of having a more creative and personal writing profile, in addition to a scholarly writing profile.