of KDVS (Davis, CA). Here's the MP3.
Also, I will slow down my blogging to focus on a new job. This Fall, I'll teach a fiction writing class at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. It's only one day a week, but my three-bus commute is 4 hours each way! If we had a sane public transportation system, there would be a high speed rail line between Philly and Allentown, but no, there's only a slow bus with a very limited schedule.
Allentown has a train station, but it hasn't been used in years.
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A 4 hour commute; you must really want to do this class.
Hi Cine,
It's more like I really need the money, but Allentown is also fascinating to me, and I do like working with students. I'm hoping to meet a fellow professor who will give me a ride back into Philly in the evening, so I can hang out in Allentown some after class.
I'm big on writing from a very specific place, so I'll encourage the students to tap into their Allentown experiences. This is the Lehigh Valley and Appalachia, and Bethlehem, with its famed steel mill turned casino, is the next city over. Billy Joel's song, Allentown, is really about Bethlehem.
Linh
It feels like that is where the rot began. The first jobs to go. Then again, it was never much good in Appalachia. I always like what Joe Bageant said about that part of the world. http://www.joebageant.com/
Of course a "Bus Commute" so stupid really when USA dismantled light rail and interurban. As a teacher myself I think it is awesome what you are doing. Big fan of yours from Cicero, IL where I teach at "the world's biggest Junior High! And all "we" care about is data and endless testing!
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