August 21, 2016Because it's called "research," I constantly feel the oppressive shadow of the Ivory Tower: Western, masculine, rational and orderly, demanding…
May 21, 2016I co-facilitated a short writing workshop at C&W 2016 on body modification, deep embodiment pedagogy, and collaborative writing. There wasn't…
November 15, 2015Written for and performed at Affect Theory Conference: Worldings, Tensions, Futures, "The Author is in Pain" is my first foray…
May 21, 2015Access copy of my talk below. Teaching Tattoos: A Body(mod)-Focused Approach to the Composition Classroom Vyshali Manivannan, Rutgers University School…
April 8, 2015In any city, in any country, in any university in which you have been enrolled, go into any classroom and…
March 7, 2015When I find myself drowning my instinct is not to surface, but to swim deeper. I tend to operate at…
October 4, 2014A while back an ex-acquaintance of mine joked that my way of being with chronic pain is like being an…
September 1, 2014This is my current abyss. Given that the (subject to market value, of course) costs of medication on my new…
August 20, 2014I published a solicited opinion piece in The New York Times Room for Debate in response to questions about Internet…
August 16, 2014Within hours of receiving the breaking news alert that Robin Williams had died of suicide, I commented to my sister…