Nic and Skip at Nick's

We have a fun fiction reading at Nick's Tavern & Deli in always sunny downtown Clemson, South Carolina on Thursday, October 9 from 7 to 8 p.m. You won't want to miss it!

Jack Kerouac was a student in my class

I dreamed Jack Kerouac was a student in my class. He was a prankster, a disruptive young man although in the dream he appeared about my age, an adult Kerouac, not the drunk, bloated one from his last years, but rather the nimble healthy one from his writing and "roading" days. In the dream, Jack stole my glasses and my "dumb" phone, two essential items for my classroom survival, and I was aware of this, and at one point I was chasing him around the desks. I was angry at Jack. I couldn't catch up, or I couldn't find him. I felt frustrated, overwhelmed by "students these days" or at least this one in particular. Toward the end of the dream, he returned the items and acted like it was all in good fun. No big deal to swipe Old Man Kudera's spectacles and run around the room. Anyway, I woke up before I could reprimand or report his shenanigans to campus authorities. Alas. In a way, it's an embarrassing dream, but nevertheless, I share it with you.

An Education in Class

Follow this linked sentence for a compelling look at the intersection of luck, college, financial aid, Brandeis, economic class, N.Y.U., dorm life, Portugal, one-way bus tickets, and cigarette supplies.

Saccaro of Salon

“It can be a tremendous amount of work,” said Alex Kudera. Kudera started teaching in 1996 and is the author of a novel about adjunct professorship, Fight For Your Long Day. “When I was an adjunct, I didn’t have a social life. It’s basically just work all the time. You plan your weekend around the fact that you’re going to be doing work Saturday and Sunday — typically grading papers, which is emotionally exhausting. The grading can be tedious but at least it’s a private thing. It’s basically 5-10 hours a day for every day of the week.”

Poetry Reading at Nick's on September 25, 7 to 8 p.m.

We have a fun poetry reading at Nick's Tavern & Deli in always sunny downtown Clemson, South Carolina on Thursday, September 25 from 7 to 8 p.m. You won't want to miss it!

land of jobs. . .

. . . and first Friday of the month employment reports. 

CNSNews reports that over 100 million working-age Americans are not currently working (add those not participating to those without a job but looking for one) while also noting that we broke a record for foreign nationals in the workforce (almost 25 million are employed).

Meanwhile, CNN Money suggests a "family feud" could have exacerbated the net job loss reported in the "food and beverage retail category." 

I've no information as to whether any authors I've just linked to received pay for their posts.

Enjoy the weekend, and the work, if it calls.

land of immigrants

Where do our 46 million emigrate from?