Since the title of my recent book is The Last Vanishing Man (and the titleRead More
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He Gave Us Each Other: In Memory of Jeffrey Pratt Beedy
Today, I gathered with friends, colleagues, acquaintances, former students, former teachers, and former staff membersRead More
When It’s Fun to Grade
This morning I was grading work for a 2-credit, half-semester course I teach called ClusterRead More
The Strength of Kindness
1. Take a moment, settle yourself, and note your immediate emotional response to these words:Read More
Poor Queer Studies for a Society of Outsiders
At this year’s MLA Convention, I am honored to be on a panel devoted toRead More
The Good, The Bad, and the Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinarity is one of those words, like openness and diversity, that many people in academiaRead More
Instead of Rigor: Play and Risk
Buildings and bridgesare made to bend in the windto withstand the worldthat’s what it takes.AllRead More
Show & Tell
Last weekend, I took an online seminar (via The Shipman Agency) led by Garth Greenwell,Read More
MLA 2020: “(Against) The Syllabus as an Instrument of Cruelty”
At this year’s MLA Convention, I was a member of a great panel discussing “TheRead More
Looking Back on Fall 2019
I did not intend to abandon this site for months, but the past term wasRead More
