September 16, 2008
My 3 Stanleys
The fearlessness and linguistic facility of a trio of provocative writers should serve as a role model for academics
I suffer, on occasion, from a desire to please. When a published essay of mine gets a big, positive response, I am delighted. When people tell me something I wrote was muddled or wrong, it stings. Often I agree with them. That stings even more. I'd like not to care. I'd like to be confident enough in my judgments and abilities that I trust myself more than I do
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