“Teaching at the Harkness table is about listening for what Ariel Levy calls an essay’s “beating heart.” It’s about attending the “whole language” of not only the text but also the collective at the table. There is no single heartbeat. No certain one either. But somewhere along the way if I’ve created space for a certain student to be heard or a certain student to be vulnerable, we all stop trying to ‘sound as though [we] know what [we’re] talking about.’ Collaboration does not show off. Rather, it shows us that our readings are stronger when they include all of our real and honest and uncertain voices.”