
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen


“Exit This Way: An Interview with Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot”
March 11th, 2013
“Tod Goldberg at UCR Writers Week 2013 [VIDEO]”
March 7th, 2013


“Ruben Martínez at UCR Writers Week 2013 [VIDEO]”
March 1st, 2013
“Evolution, Sex, and Finding Your Inner Grok: An Interview with Marlene Zuk”
February 26th, 2013
“Peter Hook of Joy Division, at Skylight Books [VIDEO]”
February 26th, 2013
“David Shields at UCR Writers Week 2013 [VIDEO]”
February 20th, 2013
“A Radical Move by a Conservative Pope”
February 18th, 2013
“Errol Morris and The Mask of Fatality: An Interview by Julie Cline ”
February 17th, 2013
“Beyond Diaspora: Porochista Khakpour”
February 17th, 2013
“Jamaica Kincaid at UCR Writers Week 2013 [VIDEO]”
February 15th, 2013
“Some Things are More Radioactive than Others”
February 13th, 2013
“The State of Strom Thurmond's America”
February 12th, 2013
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