The office of Matthew Fisher, an assistant professor in English, resembles that of a typical college professor ““ books and papers arranged, deliberately or otherwise, in a pattern of contained chaos; framed photos of loved ones glint in the natural light filtering through the large window; a comfortably upholstered armchair is angled to face his desk for the leisure of visiting colleagues or students trailing in for office hours.
Even the giant cup of Kerckhoff coffee sitting on his desk is normal by some standards ““ perhaps for those with a high tolerance for caffeine and well-tamed blood pressure levels, and a lot to do and little time.