May 8, 2018I was invited to moderate this panel for the Asian American Writers' Workshop at the last minute (a couple days'…
February 10, 2017A combination of Winter Storm Niko and a resulting spike in chronic pain has left me housebound in New York…
August 22, 2016How to work when the pain is so great it slows even time? Indefatigable voice curling around and in on…
August 21, 2016Because it's called "research," I constantly feel the oppressive shadow of the Ivory Tower: Western, masculine, rational and orderly, demanding…
August 3, 2016I've wanted to say for weeks now that there was a day, while teaching, that I lost my legs, and…
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…
October 6, 2015As I belatedly discovered, "The meaning of a machete" was included among other "Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2014" in Best…
June 5, 2015Yesterday I struck my magnet while opening my fridge door and felt it shift like an intruder in my flesh.…
May 21, 2015Access copy of my talk below. Teaching Tattoos: A Body(mod)-Focused Approach to the Composition Classroom Vyshali Manivannan, Rutgers University School…