The Journal’s mission is revealed in its format. There is a reliance on—and a comfort with—the conversational voice, plain speaking, and thinking out loud to effectively present the lives and thoughts of faculty and students in higher education to an American public that is, at best, uncertain when it comes to us. And to each other. Thoughtful, persuasive conversations have been widely abandoned in this digital and social media age and lesser, clumsier forms of exchange unstoppably shoved into their place. To generate public conversations about life in academia, the Sixth Avenue Journal calls for short, thoughtful personal essays, clear, transparent, delivering a talking to-your-friends story. Maybe a little outspoken. No stiff stuff, no academic writing rituals, detailed citations or dense academic flourishes. Not too many big words. The vernacular and unguarded moments sought. Elegantly crafted and argued. But no social media styling: We don’t do that.