A few days ago, I stumbled across a Twitter conversation about House of Leaves. That's generally enough to get my attention. The people involved were an added enticement. But the conversation among Jesse Stommel, Chuck Rybak, Sean Michael Morris, and Paul Benzon took a different direction when Paul asked, if anyone had "theories on what's up … Continue reading Mapping some Familiar Mark Z. Danielewski Tweets
Category: Reading
Graphic Novels for 9 Year Olds
My oldest recently turned 9. And with birthdays, it turns out, come gifting opportunities. While there are always some good standbys for him (e.g., LEGO), he's really been enjoying the Tin Tin collections from our public library. Since it's been hard to get him to read long narratives—or even listen to them—we have been excited … Continue reading Graphic Novels for 9 Year Olds
Guest Post: Pick 13 at MLA 2011
The following is a guest post from MLA Executive Director, Rosemary Feal. Rosemary asked on Twitter yesterday if anyone would be willing to post a short guest post from her on his or her blog. I volunteered, and the rest is history. If you want to play along, you can find the 2011 MLA Convention … Continue reading Guest Post: Pick 13 at MLA 2011
WordPress Books
Last week I asked several people on Twitter if they could recommend any books on WordPress. We're working to more effectively implement a WP Install at Emory for faculty use and for low-key digital scholarship projects. (Bigger projects will most likely be running on Omeka.) A few others asked that I make the list available … Continue reading WordPress Books
Adjuncts –> The Glenn Beck-ification of Cultural Commentary
One of the Big Issue books to hit academia this year is Louis Menand's The Marketplace of Ideas. The book got some notice at the close of 2009 when an excerpt--"The Ph.D. Problem"--was published in Harvard Magazine. In this article, Menand argues that the production of people holding the doctorate is broken due to the … Continue reading Adjuncts –> The Glenn Beck-ification of Cultural Commentary