So I went to the last sessions, and then said goodbye to everybody, and then off to lunch with the fabulous Miss SusanSinclair. Since then, I’ve been drinking mint juleps in the Peabody lobby and pretending I’m Truman Capote. (More … Continue reading
When my maternal great-grandmother, my Momo, was dying, I would go most nights and sit by her bedside. The room was dark, and the heavy lucite radio that had always been next to her bed glowed. Since it was 1991, … Continue reading
If all goes well, I’ll be dissertating in the fall. So I’ve been happy to see some down-to-earth advice on the subject: Collin, who is just about always helpful, points out that the dissertation is hardly your mature work. And … Continue reading
This is my 1000th post.
- I didn’t realize that I’ve been weeding some of the Suhthuhn from my demeanor for the past couple of years until I got around the Peabody porters. Whenever you ride in the elevator, they ask where ya’ll from and … Continue reading
Drove over to Memphis from Little Rock today. The Peabody is lovely, but our RSA experience thus far consists of the inside of the room, lots of beverages, and TheraFlu. I think it’s just a little, sudden bug that can … Continue reading
Mammoth Site, SD
Thus far: dusty, sunburnt, freckled, sweaty, washed, barbecue, frozen custard, beaded glasses of tea, the curtain of green. Fambly and friends. But damn, there are ghosts around every corner in this town. Last time, there was just the overwhelming sensation … Continue reading
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Back when I lived here, G. and I developed a New Year’s ritual that we enacted every year. Now that I’m never around on the actual day, we declare whatever day we can get together to be The Day and … 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.
