About Michael J. Faris
I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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Scot McCloud is in Portland… and I can’t really go
I’ve been wanting to see Scott McCloud in Portland (he’s there now) during his tour ever since I found out he was going to be doing a panel on the graphic novel with some Oregonian cartoonists at the Multnomah County … Continue reading
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Bitzer: exigence
Let us suppose that our total environment presents no problems — no poverty, injustice, or war; no personal illness or tragedy; no petty squabbles; no questions inviting answers; no controversy needing resolution; no object or idea awaiting discovery or invention; … Continue reading
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new draft of chapter 2
So today I finished revising Chapter 2. There’s a whole lot left to do (2 more chapters which have been barely started, and then a conclusion), but I feel good about how Chapter 2 looks. action agents allows assumption audience … Continue reading
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new draft of chapter 1
I just emailed Lisa my new draft of Chapter 1. I’ll be honest — I’m not the biggest fan of revision. The major revisions I do when writing are as I write, and often my writing is done in quick … Continue reading
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papers done, just the thesis left
I just turned in my last paper as a Master’s student. yay! Just my thesis is left. Which reminds me, a few weeks ago I won a philosophy department award for best graduate student paper this year, for my paper … Continue reading
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