William McEachern’s note on McCloskey’s Crossing resurfaces: “…weaved throughout the narrative is an interesting discussion of how McCloskey went about the business of being an academic – busy, creative, and eclectic.”
January 5th, 2010From Cengage, Issue 18, Spring 2000 William A. McEachern, Editor Deirdre McCloskey’s Crossing: A Memoir offers an unflinching personal account of her transformation from Donald to Deirdre (University of Chicago Press, $21.45 including shipping from Amazon.com). The book is written in the third person, which allows her to refer to Donald as a “he” before (more…)
