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2 Authors, 2 Books is a public humanities podcast created by Tavi González and brought to you through the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College. 2 Authors, 2 Books is funded by a Mellon Foundation public-humanities grant and the Public Humanities Institute at the University of New Hampshire. Abigail Martinage serves as the podcast’s production assistant and audio editor. [[{"fid":"4098","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"2A 2B logo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"2A 2B logo"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"2A 2B logo","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"2A 2B logo"}},"attributes":{"alt":"2A 2B logo","title":"2A 2B logo","height":"400","width":"400","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]

In the Spring of 2016, I received confirmation that I had been awarded funding to undertake doctoral study that coming October. Overwhelmed, I physically jumped for joy, promptly thumping my skull on the shelf that rested shortly above me. Usually, we bang our heads due to frustration brought about by inertia, but I think about this literal knock as a transitional moment, one which allowed me to cross the battle lines drawn by my desk, seceding from the administrative camp and joining the ranks of graduate school