The Diminished Thing: Reimagining the Future of English Literature in the Age of AI
In the autumn of 1980, William Gruber arrived at the Department of English at Emory University to begin his tenure as an assistant professor. At the time, the academic job market for Ph.D. holders was notoriously unforgiving—a landscape defined by…
The Malibu ‘English Rose’ and the Weaponization of Tenant Laws: Inside the Case of Alleged Serial Squatter Ellie Mae McNulty
In the affluent coastal enclave of Malibu, California, where multi-million-dollar properties overlook pristine Pacific beaches, a quiet battle over property rights has reached a boiling point. At the center of this controversy is Ellie Mae McNulty, a…