The Dilemma Affecting Those Who Write and Teach

David Gessner, author of several volumes including Return of the Osprey, A Wild Rank Place, Sick of Nature, and Soaring With Fidel, teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington; here, in an equivocatory think-piece for The New York Times, he wrestles with being torn between wild-worryness and world-weariness to surprising effect (on the eve of achieving tenure at a clean well-pensioned place boasting an enviable leisurely and enlightening pace).