Was Academic Writing Inaccessibility Used as A McCarthy-era Tactic? (with Leonard Cassuto)

Ivory Tower Boiler Room · Jul 30, 2026 · 59m

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American Literature Professor Leonard Cassuto is here! His knowledge on academic writing made for a great conversation covering things such as outdated habits persisting against writers and how we can go back to treating writing like a form of communication rather than being commodities to make the world and readers "bigger and richer."

Leonard's latest book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter is out now! It's a…