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Growing Up in Public: Academia, Journalism, and the New Public Intellectual

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Evan Kindley
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When I was in graduate school ten years ago, we were discouraged from writing book reviews. The professional rationales behind this advice were sound enough: book reviewing, whether for a scholarly journal or a mass-market publication, requires a considerable investment of time and a public statement of position. Neither venture was a risk that budding graduate students could afford: you don't want to make enemies in your field too soon, especially inadvertently, and you don't want to waste precious time forming an opinion before you've proved your entitlement to one, or so our professors' argument ran. We were advised, sensibly enough, to focus on our coursework and our own progress as scholars.

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The Changing Profession
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PMLA , Volume 130 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 467 - 473
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2015

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