On the other hand, the one of them I've actually tried to read writings by is more comprehensible as a speaker than as a writer. This was Judith Butler
Oh, that's interesting, and good. Some people who excel in academese (especially when that's their job) don't always cross over well into, what would that be, the vernacular?
One side effect of the pandemic is how so many book festivals are going online, inadvertently giving so many more people access to the conversations. The Brooklyn one last weekend had several interesting panels proposed (not that I watched any of them).
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Date: 2020-10-09 06:15 pm (UTC)Oh, that's interesting, and good. Some people who excel in academese (especially when that's their job) don't always cross over well into, what would that be, the vernacular?
One side effect of the pandemic is how so many book festivals are going online, inadvertently giving so many more people access to the conversations. The Brooklyn one last weekend had several interesting panels proposed (not that I watched any of them).