Elaine Treharne, the Stanford English Department’s new medievalist, was interested in teaching long before she attended college, as evidenced by this grade school rendering of her ambitions. (Courtesy of Elaine Treharne)
I have been avoiding writing this column for about three weeks now–and I might avoid getting to the point for a few more sentences. I think I fell back into depression again these last few weeks.
The University sent me a message that carried with it the threat of libel, a message that I felt at least in some way had to be sent with an air of intimidation.