July 11, 2003

When to Procreate

By ANN STEELE

A young scholar opts to give birth in graduate school rather than on the tenure track

July 2002: Motherhood and dissertation writing are incompatible.

That is my thought as I arise from a fitful slumber to respond to my 2-year-old's cries. It is 3:35 a.m., and my son has had a bad dream. I tuck him back into bed, returning to his arms the bear and blanket that possess the power to ward off all things evil. I stumble back into bed. The interruption would not normally be so bad,

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