June 21, 2024When I was invited to deliver one of the keynote addresses at Computers & Writing, "The planning committee was excited…
April 5, 2024Catch the Italo Calvino reference? This virtual presentation at 4C24 was complicated, as it involved designing and scripting a tiny…
March 6, 2024Rutgers SC&I invited me to give a talk about what the process of composing my dissertation was like, to show…- May 3, 2022Ten years after starting my Ph.D. program, six years after I started thinking, reading, and writing, I've finished my dissertation.…
February 4, 2019It's the anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence from British rule, thus also the kairotic moment prompting me to finally collect…
August 23, 2017One week into tapering off Savella, which would not have been possible save for my paranoid hoarding of medicines I'm…
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…
February 10, 2017A combination of Winter Storm Niko and a resulting spike in chronic pain has left me housebound in New York…
November 11, 2016Today, I stand inside my apartment, in front of a closed door, as I have done each morning since Donald Trump…