The Joys of Teaching Literature, started in September 2010 and with a Spanish version since July 2021, is a blog for ranting and raving about (teaching and researching) English Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies, and other aspects of the Anglophone world. I publish a post once a week, usually on Monday. Please, download the yearly volumes from https://ddd.uab.cat/record/116328, or read the volume collecting some of the entries (Passionate Professing: The Context and Practice of English Literature, 2023). The comments option is not available, sorry, but you may contact me through my e-mail address, Sara.Martin@uab.cat. The contents of this blog are protected by a type 4 Creative Common License (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)).
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READING MEMOIRS: EDITING LIFE
I am currently reading the memoirs by British pianist James Rhodes, Instrumental (2014), which caused quite a stir at the time of publication for his straightforward description of the horrifying sexual abuse to which he was subjected between the ages of 6 and 10 (and its aftermath). This is the sixteenth book of memoirs I…
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TU PROPIA MARCA: LA (IN)VISIBILIDAD DE LOS ACADÉMICOS
Para mi sorpresa, mi Facultad me invitó a asistir a un seminario de la escritora y coach Neus Arquès dirigido a lograr que nuestras marcas personales sean más sólidas y visibles. Convertida en consultora autónoma, Arquès afirma que fue una de las impulsoras en España de la idea de la marca personal, más allá, supongo,…
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YOUR OWN BRAND: THE (IN)VISIBILITY OF ACADEMICS
To my surprise, my school invited me to attend a seminar by writer and coach Neus Arquès addressed to making our personal brands more solid and visible. Having turned herself into a self-employed consultor, Arquès claims that she was one of the introducers in Spain of the idea of the personal brand, beyond, I assume,…