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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“literacy” list
The biggest annoyance I have1 is when I tell someone I’m a PhD student in English and they assume I have read every canonical text there is, even after I explain that I study rhetoric and composition. Via Dennis, here’s … Continue reading
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some random stuff akin to notes to you the reader
• I went to New York City last weekend, as I mentioned in my previous post. State College leaves me unfulfilled in so many ways, but mostly it has to do with the lack of people, diversity, good food, interesting … Continue reading
English 30 reflections post #3 and my own reading experiences
I’ve been meaning to journal about teaching English 30 a bit more frequently this term, but just haven’t been forcing myself to write this term like I have in the past. So far, I’m excited about the strong conversations my … Continue reading
textually mediated memory
Professor Browne has asked us to come to class with an artifact today dealing with public memory. Since I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Milk over the last few months, esp. in regards to queer activism and its relationship … Continue reading
New Yorker Review of Of Montreal
Heather alerted me to this New Yorker review of Of Montreal, one of my favorite bands. Read it. Kevin Barnes is gorgeous. One of my favorite lines, though: There is a generation of eighties semiotics students who wish that Barnes … Continue reading
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