Category Archives: Nonfiction

September 03

Leaning In without Falling Over

The only thing that stuck in my head from the media chatter that surrounded the release of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead earlier this year was the tidbit that Sandberg refuses to disclose the details of her childcare arrangements. Oh sure, I thought, this millionaire lady encourages ordinary […]

August 14

Best Books of All Time?

Last week, I came upon this article:  “40 Books to Read Before Turning 40”.  I jokingly sent it to my boyfriend – currently enjoying his last few months in his 30s – and noted that he “has a lot of reading to do.”  The books on the list are certainly some I’d recommend to anyone […]

July 22

What Stacy is Reading Now: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga

When I start something new, I dive in wholeheartedly.  Over the years, my friends and family have seen me intricately plan my dissertation in a twenty-page outline and carefully separate out my lesson plans and teaching materials in binders and multi-colored file folders.  I still proudly read books with two different colored pens in hand.  […]

You Are What You Eat

One of my favorite things about being an English professor in a department of four is that I get to teach a variety of classes.  Although I was officially hired as the resident Shakespearean and early British literature specialist, I regularly teach contemporary World and South Asian Literature and explore my interests in theory and […]