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Titles I've Yet to Use

2/20/2017

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My friend Dave Daniel is an author from Lowell, MA. He has several novels and short stories, but has recently been authoring writing tips for an online magazine. His latest is on titles: 
 http://thestoryside.com/index.php/2017/02/07/please-disregard-previous-suicide-note/
What titles do you have saved for a story or poem?
http://thestoryside.com/index.php/2017/02/07/please-disregard-previous-suicide-note/
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Writing as Art/Art as Writing

2/15/2017

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Codex Zouche-Nuttall, British Museum

Mixtec peoples​
"…had many books…that the historians inscribed with characters so abbreviated, that a single page expressed the place, the site, province, year, month, and day with all the names of the gods, ceremonies, and sacrifices, or victories that they celebrated, and recorded in this way by the sons of the lords…their priest had instructed them since infancy to illustrate the characters and memorize the histories…I heard some elders explain that they were accustomed to fasten these manuscripts along the length of the rooms of the lords for their aggrandizement and vanity, they took pride in displaying them in their councils."
(Friar Francisco de Burgoa, A.D. 1674)
source: ​http://www.famsi.org/research/pohl/jpcodices/pohlmixtec2.html 


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As an artist and scholar, my interests lie in the intersections of writing, art, and archival work. Works like the Mixtec Codices intrigue me. The lines of writing and art blur; the stories emerge.  Much has been discussed among scholars as to what is writing, what counts as writing, or should all early communicative acts be read as texts. Handcrafted objects tell stories, just as we do through alphabetic means. Human beings strive to have their stories heard through various means. 
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19th century basket
We might think about graffiti and how that works upon the social consciousness. We can think about how objects, drawings, clippings and more inspire our writing, stretch our minds. 

How do you understand these intersections, these blendings?
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Pipelines and Water Protectors

2/2/2017

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Since April 2016, there have been Native peoples gathered at Standing Rock, ND to challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). They reject the word protesters and want to be known as water protectors. DAPL is a 1,172 mile pipeline that crosses four states and if there is a leak threatens the drinking water of millions of people. This post is left open to let you comment on what you might know, what questions you have, and to think about the rhetorical aspects of this stand against power. 
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Recommended Readings

1/24/2017

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What have you read of late that you would recommend to us. Write a short review.
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"Alternative Facts"

1/24/2017

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Watching Sunday morning news shows certainly has become entertaining of late. As a rhetorician, I am interested in the spin that shapes (or tries to shape) the analysis. Whether or not you caught the argument between Chuck Todd of Meet the Press and Kellyanne Conway representing the Whitehouse, the phrase "alternative facts" has likely crossed your social media.

I'm curious how this phrase will affect discourse, teaching, and, of course, the rhetoric of the Whitehouse. Urban Dictionary has already defined the phrase as follows: "When truth is so unfavorable to a pathological liar, that they must invent a whole new category of lies to describe their nakedly intentional acts of deception." You may have also seen the image of the children's book:
While I'm not looking for a political stance here (that is your support or not for the current administration), I am interested in how you see the impact--if any-- of such spin as this phrase.
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  • About Me
    • Contact Me
    • Curriculum Vita
  • SPRING 2023 CLASSES
    • ENGL 301 Writing and the Teaching of Writing >
      • ENGL 301 Profiles
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      • ENGL 301 Blog
    • ENGL 493 Material Rhetorics (Senior Seminar) >
      • ENGL 493 Readings
    • ENGL 513: Composition Pedagogy >
      • ENGL 513 Readings
    • 2023 SENIOR COLLEGE
  • Fall Courses 2022
    • ENGL 101/144E-20
    • ENGL 324 Language and Society >
      • ENGL 324 Readings
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      • ENGL 326 Readings
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