Cynthetiq

NYTimes had 10 different Op-Eds. Very interesting points of view.

• Part of Our Lexicon
  
  Jill Nelson, author, "Finding Martha's Vineyard"
• Literature's Dual Life
  
  Jane Smiley, author, "Private Life"
• Why Read That Book?
  
  Paul Butler, law professor, George Washington University
• The Words of Pap Finn's Rant
  
  Shelley Fisher Fishkin, professor, Stanford University
• Obscuring the Past
  
  Thomas Glave, author, "The Torturer's Wife"
• We Want Readers
  
  James Duban, English professor, University of North Texas
• Bringing Context to the Page
  
  Gish Jen, author, "World and Town"
• Dumbing and Numbing Down Jim
  
  David Matthews, author, "Ace of Spades"
• Why Is 'Slave' Less Offensive?
  
  Francine Prose, author of “Anne Frank”
• What Would Frederick Douglass Say?
  
  Mark Bauerlein, English professor, Emory University
• A Teachable Moment
  
  Timothy Jay, author, "Cursing in America"

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