I’m no longer so bothered by my own imposter syndrome most of the time, and tend mostly to regard it with interest (except those moments when I regard it with misery.) They say that you earn the MA when you … Continue reading
Via Lists of Note, Henry Miller’s commandments for himself whilst working on Tropic of Cancer. Work on one thing at a time until finished. Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.” Don’t be nervous. … Continue reading
The further I’ve pressed on through the dissertation process, the more I’ve come to understand it as a creative endeavor. It won’t necessarily look like one from the outside; it’s the usual sort of paper document with no fancy peripherals. … Continue reading
Writing is a job, like plumbing is a job. There are days when all you do is screw words together like pipes, make the joints as tight as you can, and then flush shit through it to see if it … Continue reading
Welcome to Thinkery, est. 2003. At the moment, I'm an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at Syracuse University. I'm interested in new media, historical conceptions of authorship, and human/machine agency. I write about all of that elsewhere, mostly, and keep this space for other areas of investigation about the world: namely, cooking, gardening, and travel.
