How the 99% Will Live?

In light of our upcoming symposium about the internet and democracy, I proposed to write about the riches of the internet for humanities scholars. But I do not wake in the night with visions of the Library of Congress’ American Memory website, the ability to...
StageStruck: Four Smart Girls

StageStruck: Four Smart Girls

Two current comedies focus on women’s interactions, one revolving around prickly family connections, the other an anarchic interface with a man’s world. In Pittsfield, a theater dedicated to supporting women’s causes presents a seriocomic dissection...

Between the Lines: Postmark Hartford?

The Springfield postmark we see on mail sent from just about anywhere in the Valley is there because mail in this area is sorted at the U.S. Postal Service’s Processing and Distribution Center on Fiberloid Street in Springfield. That’s one reason...