‘One of my favorite quotes that guides my writing, by the creators of the Ig Nobel Peace prize, is “First make them laugh, then make them think.” It’s not enough that we simply feel a certain way about an issue.’ —Brianna Stanley, upon becoming the new opinions editor of the Kentucky Kernel, the University of […]
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The editor of a journal of onomastics speaks to you
The editor of a journal of onomastics speaks to you — for approximately two minutes and thirty-four seconds—in this video: BONUS: Ernest Abel’s “A Note on the Names in Names“
How to impress an editor
Many of our finest articles were submitted by people I had never heard of. So were many articles that we declined to publish. Yesterday a person I had never heard of submitted an article for publication. He wrote a short cover note. Here is our conversation, in which I played only a small part. The […]