May 4, 2017I want you to know you're killing me. You always were. It isn’t news. But assume your postures of defense…
April 27, 2017It's the last week of classes, and my course announcements, as usual, have stacked up like this: Hey class, Due…
November 11, 2016Today, I stand inside my apartment, in front of a closed door, as I have done each morning since Donald Trump…
August 27, 2014Been watching this unfold in my inbox on WPA-L all day and as one such adjunct, I have no words. Just…
July 19, 2014My to-do list is a mile long, so... obviously I'm updating my blog. I've posted about publishing a couple of…
July 10, 2014Content note: 9/11, natural disaster, spectacle, whitewashing I guess I'm on a publication streak? "I Am Always in Transition When…
May 31, 2014Yes. I did forget. In fact, I may still be in the midst of remembering. And yes: I "passed with…
August 22, 2013Last year, a 20-year-old man named Michael Israel committed suicide after battling addiction to painkillers. His father, Senator Tim Kennedy,…
June 21, 2012I've recently been obsessing over the 1997 film Event Horizon, a sci-fi/horror flick described by its director as "The Shining in…
July 9, 2010Content note: Blood Wednesday was my first day with the rising 9th grade (the students who have just completed 8th…