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Magnets and Computers and Writing
June 5, 2015
Yesterday I struck my magnet while opening my fridge door and felt it shift like an intruder in my flesh.…
War Without Witness – In Media Res
March 3, 2015
My shortform multimodal composition on mobile phone testimony and the Tamil genocide, "War without witness: Mobile phone testimony in preserving…
We’re Calling Adjuncts “Whiny” and “Entitled”?
August 27, 2014
Been watching this unfold in my inbox on WPA-L all day and as one such adjunct, I have no words. Just…
When Trolling Becomes an Umbrella Term – New York Times
August 20, 2014
I published a solicited opinion piece in The New York Times Room for Debate in response to questions about Internet…
Survival Is the Punishment for Having Survived
August 16, 2014
Within hours of receiving the breaking news alert that Robin Williams had died of suicide, I commented to my sister…
I Am Always in Transition When Disaster Strikes – RKVRY Quarterly
July 10, 2014
Content note: 9/11, natural disaster, spectacle, whitewashing I guess I'm on a publication streak? "I Am Always in Transition When…
Numerology – DIAGRAM 14.3
June 10, 2014
Content note: intergenerational trauma, loss, myth, Sri Lanka New publication dropped! "Numerology" was excised from a creative nonfiction/memoir WIP titled…
Did You Forget? This Drill Will Pierce the Quals Defense
May 31, 2014
Yes. I did forget. In fact, I may still be in the midst of remembering. And yes: I "passed with…
Ph.D. Candidacy Unlocked!
May 12, 2014
I defended my qualifying exams this afternoon and passed "with flying colors" despite the whole ordeal being a relatively traumatic…
Let’s See You Grit Those Teeth! (Part 2)
May 11, 2014
As though I'm the one that's capable of administering the blow that brings someone else to their senses, or as…
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