The Chronicle on "The Dream"

The Chronicle of Higher Education tells us what most of us already know: writing is hard. And the odds of a cushy academic job are bad.

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i20/20b00501.htm

And someone responds to say...MFAs are useless. Hurrah!

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i25/25b01801.htm

And speaking of The Chronicle, Ms. Mentor, the Llama's favorite academic advice columnist, finally takes on the difficult and painful subject of adjunctdom. http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/06/2007060501c/careers.html
Reading the archives of her column is highly recommended.