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Category: Reading groups
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Following Helen's recent post on finding "first readers" for paper drafts, a reader writes in: [S]ome authors … lack a community of readers who can provide feedback. Why not something similar to the dissertation groups but for papers and junior academics? This is not helpful for everyone, but I guess those from small departments, etc.,…
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, S writes: I am thinking of running a reading group with a few early graduate students, some of which [are] working with myself. But I don't have much experience with this. I can imagine different options for the structure, content, etc. I would be grateful if…