The tree is walking around in the rain moving past us in the squishy gray. It has a job to do. It picks life out of the rain like a blackbird in a cherry orchard. As soon as the rain … Continue reading
David Swick: A lot of people, though, feel that no matter how hard they try, they are not going to be happier. They feel they cannot overcome their problems. Alice Walker: That’s because they believe in trying rather than in … 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.
