Last Night's Links Have Already Been Superseded; Progress Inevitably Marches On

* Call for Applications: R.D. Mullen Fellowship at the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Utopian Literature at the University of California, Riverside.

* A husband and wife running a private Milwaukee voucher school that abruptly closed last month — after accepting a total of more than $2.3 million in taxpayer money — now live in a gated community in Florida by the beach, records show.

* Congratulations, Milwaukee, #4 on a random Internet “places to go” list.

* Sorry Lindsey: The constant focus on accusing current faculty of corruption and current graduate students of contemptible delusion makes no sense, analytically or politically.

* Poverty in the Ivy Tower. An MLA Story.

* A Conference of One’s Own: A Report from the MLA Subconference.

* Unemployed, Miserable Man Still Remembers Teacher Who First Made Him Fall In Love With Writing.

* It’s the donor class, not the public, who oppose serious efforts at addressing poverty and inequality. There are many barriers to overcome, but widespread public opposition isn’t one of them.

* There is no way to ever fix Social Security and Medicare ever ever ever.

* Kim Stanley Robinson vs. the Booker Prize.

* Gasp! Silicon Valley May Not Be A Utopia For Workers After All.

* And nobody’s perfect: The New York Times Had A Mistake On Its Front Page Every Day For More Than 100 Years.