RECENT DISCUSSIONS

• On the rebound
• Bobos in parodies
• Glimpses
• Home alone
• The origins of writing
• Man of letters
• First light
• Legacy: Lorenzo Dow Turner, PhD’26
• Base in Beijing
• The nature of loneliness

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Spare Me

Is Jack Tucker, PhD’72, a professional bowler? That’s what his classmates have been reading in the Magazine’s “Alumni News” section for years. As his (much embellished) essay makes clear, the truth can get lost in pursuit of the score.

I’m one of those not-so-unique individuals who got his doctorate from the University of Chicago but never managed to find a career in the life of the mind. The year, 1972, turned out to be a terrible one to face the job market in Eastern European social history. Maybe I didn’t know how to market myself effectively.

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September 10, 2008