Here’s what I’ve been thinking about, lately: Lately, I’ve been thinking about the way that research papers and dissertations and just general academic papers are written. I’m talking genre here. I get that there is a set and recognized form to what is written. That the dissertation and – to some extent – it’s lesser [...]
KCET Web Video about the Black Cloud: We all know that air pollution is a major problem in Southern California. Last year, Los Angeles topped the American Lung Association’s list of cities with the worst air quality. But air pollution levels vary depending on where you live. Students at Manual Arts High in South Los [...]
I just watched the film The Fall. It mysteriously arrived in my mailbox in one of the regularly received red Netflix envelopes, even though I don’t have any recollection of adding it to my ‘Flix queue. (To be honest, this isn’t at all as mysterious as I it sounds. I’ve come to accept the fact [...]
After seeing Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney become the illustrious Superwolf as part of the McCabe’s 50th Anniversary Show, I decided to dig out an interview long since swallowed up by the Internet. Below is a Q&A from a now defunct magazine followed up a profile done a year later (for another defunct magazine). The [...]
Look, I get it. Most of you aren’t comic book readers. It’s a genre still too stigmatized to be really acknowledged or embraced by most. Though I think we’ll all talk about the medium’s merits when it comes to youth literacy, I think any discussion of comics will end there. And as much as [...]
During one of my courses, the instructor encouraged us to have “if not a whole foot, at least a toe” inside some sort of primary or secondary school setting. Of course, still being a teacher, I don’t really have a hard time getting a foot into that door. On the other hand, and this goes [...]
Despite my previous efforts to move past reflecting on David Foster Wallace’s death, I spent part of my lunch today listening to this reflection on the life and work of the late author. I’ve enjoyed Michael Silverblatt’s show in the past. However, today I found myself (with headphones on) leaning in closer and closer to [...]
So it’s a late Wednesday night, which means my classes for the first week are finished. (Yes, it’s nice to only have classes two days of the week. No, it’s not so nice to have 8 straight hours of classes in one afternoon – and it won’t be any nicer once B-track reconvenes). In any [...]