Most of you don’t know, however, that I am: 1) a Contract Faculty member at NYU; and 2) a rank-and-file member of the Contract Faculty Union through UAW; and 3) I am currently on strike. I generally try to keep my Writing Life and my Research and Teaching Academic life pretty separate, because they are basically different types of work that I do at different times of the year. But they are both my life’s work, and – frankly – both deserve to pay a decent living, and neither does.