For Annie Dillard, the sonic intensity of poetry was critical to every form of writing she published throughout her life.
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An adult can read at a fifth grade level and still be a productive employee or caregiver who navigates practical life with competence.
A study across 18 western countries has found that left-handed people sit on the left of the political spectrum and the data suggests it has more to do with identity than biology.
There’s no single giveaway. But there are patterns.
Educators can confront AI head on by distinguishing its pattern-recognition skills from its inability to daydream, embody other people and authentically express itself.
So, you’ve written a book, or you’re writing one. What next? Looking for a publisher can feel overwhelming, but we asked some experts for solid advice to guide you.
AI-powered translation tools are certainly impressive. But there is an important frontier for translation technology, one AI might never be able to breach: the poem.
The press is an important platform for creating and spreading new linguistic forms.
What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a professor looks to some of the world’s earliest authors.
Siri Hustvedt is writing for her own survival in Ghost Stories, an extraordinary new grief memoir.
Diary-writers across history have expressed the sense of relief that writing from the heart can bring. Could English essays have the same benefits?
In ‘1984,’ George Orwell envisaged a world in which books were a mass-produced commodity no different from ‘jam and bootlaces.’
Children’s writer Penni Russon grew up reading Judy Blume. She read her biography trying to find the person she knew intimately from her novels.
A pilot study analyzing college students’ writing with AI shows an interactive process, from brainstorming to editing the output produced by chatbots.
Has our culture’s begrudging acceptance of ghostwriting paved the way for everyone – not just the rich and famous – to offload the hard work of writing?
Chatbots tend to produce solid writing, but their prose largely reflects a single, uniform voice.
How do instructors get students to trust their own thinking and be better than robots?
Australian First Nations and culturally diverse authors talk about the balancing acts expected of them – and the pressure not to be ‘scarily diverse’.
Whether they’re famous composers or first-year art students, creators experience reputational costs when AI enters the mix.
There’s a worry that AI will take away student voice and agency.
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
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Professor in Early Childhood Education and Community, University of Canberra
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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Honorary Research Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities, University College Cork
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Regents' Professor Emeritus of English, Georgia State University
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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