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I was late turning in this reflection. Do you know how embarrassing that is? The former Editor missing a deadline to the current Editor? Apparently blogging muscles atrophy after you adapt to writing mostly in 140-character sprints.
Yesterday we shared 34 selections of the OUPblog’s best work as judged by sharp editorial eyes and author favorites. However, only one of those selections coincides with the most popular posts according to pageviews. Does Google Analytics know something that our editors do not? Do these articles simply “pop” (and promptly deflate)? Or are there certain questions to which people always demand an answer?
What Rebecca has been reading.
An excerpt from Extinction In Our Times, explain why we should care about amphibians disappearing.
Patricia Fara looks at women in science who have inspired her.
Cassie looks at how her favorite Star Trek terms were used in the new movie.
In the spirit of breaking genre walls, Michelle talks about what she learned from SFF writer Neil Gaiman.
The 11th Star Trek film is opening this Friday, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve already bought my ticket. It’s a reboot of the original, meaning more James Tiberius Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the gang. It’s enough to make me jump up and down in excitement – and not just for terminology.
Cassie shares her favorite parts of the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam for National Poetry Month.
What OUP staffers read this year.
What Cassie has been reading this week (and okay, a few from last week too).
Suggestions to help control trichotillomania.
Trichotillomania is defined.
D. Michael Lindsay looks at how Sarah Palin may help bring evangelicals back to the Republican Party.
Thomas Hischak, author of THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE AMERICAN MUSICAL, looks at Broadway musicals that should have stayed Off Broadway.