The MLA job list is out...

Everyone get out of my way.

Actually, this year, I am in a good place for the next couple years if I need it. I am only going to apply to tenure track positions and places near my family this year, I think.

Last year, I put in 120 applications. Got 1 offer. Not cheap, but I landed at a great R1 institution, and the kids are fricking incredible. And this year, I expect the market to be in the tank, as at least 20% of the jobs that were advertised at the beginning of last year's Running of the Scholars (you will get gored, repeatedly) dried up when the market tanked.

I have safe harbor for now, and I'm in a neat place with interesting people. I'm fairly comfy for now, actually, and having just moved, I am in no mood to do it again...ever, really. But I will move for a tenure-track position in the right area. Again, rhetoric and composition is more promising than American Lit. Man, I'm glad I had a second specialization in rhetoric and composition. We'll see.

HJ