Following SCI’s recent meeting on authority & assessment in new modes of scholarly production, I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of beauty in scholarly work. Would love feedback as I develop the idea.

Maurice Sendak’s Final Interview, in which he discusses movies, publishing, and the creative process. And curses. A lot. (Warning: Some language NSFW.) http://www.philnel.com/2013/02/23/sendaktcj/

Introducing the Niblings, a new children’s literature bloggers’ consortium. http://www.philnel.com/2013/02/21/niblings/

Following the discussions and blog posts in the Welcome Group!

I’ll be giving a few talks this spring on graduate education reform and career paths for humanities scholars. If you’re near NYC, Philadelphia, or the Bay Area, I hope you’ll come! More info here: http://katinarogers.com/2013/02/19/works-in-progress/

Giving my spiel on the English ghost story to a stroke recovery group here in yyj today.

Celebrate Lincoln’s 204th Birthday & tonight’s State of the Union with Lane Smith’s Abe Lincoln’s Dream. http://www.philnel.com/2013/02/11/lincoln/

Why the Edwin Mellen Press’s lawsuit against Dale Askey should fail, and how we can help. http://www.philnel.com/2013/02/08/freedaleaskey/