Last week an ominous-looking letter came in the mail from Sallie Mae. Turns out they weren’t looking for me, but wondering if I knew the whereabouts of John T., an old friend and roommate from grad school. John had defaulted on his loans. Did I know where he was?
Unfortunately, I do know. [...]
Nearly a year after completing my Ph.D. in English literature, I recently landed what fewer than half of my peers will ever achieve: a tenure-track job. In itself, it’s a dream come true—the culmination of over a decade of college; countless solitary summer days cursing in front of the computer when everyone else is at [...]