Occasionally I arrive in the classroom bruised and battered, with a fat lip or a purple eye. A limp. An inability to raise my arm above my head without wincing. Sometimes stooped with a back spasm.
I haven’t been grading papers, or preparing for class, or lecturing, or flitting through aethereal realms: I’ve been fighting. Mostly, [...]
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Two Worlds: Mind and Body
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