Comments for A Collage of Citations http://michaeljfaris.com/blog rhetorics, compositions, technologies, literacies, sexualities Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:16:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by Sirc, Shipka, Summers « Transmedia Me http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98611 Sirc, Shipka, Summers « Transmedia Me Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:16:16 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98611 [...] Geoffrey Sirc’s recent review essay “Resisting Entropy” (pdf). Check out Michael’s original post for links to other [...] [...] Geoffrey Sirc’s recent review essay “Resisting Entropy” (pdf). Check out Michael’s original post for links to other [...]

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by Michael http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98578 Michael Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:56:00 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98578 Looking forward to reading your post, Chelsea! And I've seen a couple posts — I'll get to posting a list of participants' links soon! Looking forward to reading your post, Chelsea! And I’ve seen a couple posts — I’ll get to posting a list of participants’ links soon!

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by Chelsea http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98576 Chelsea Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:48:56 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98576 I'm in...and it's my first blog carnival. I'm a student of Dr. Mueller's, who forwarded your post to me! http://parablematernal.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/sircblog-carnival/ I’m in…and it’s my first blog carnival. I’m a student of Dr. Mueller’s, who forwarded your post to me!

http://parablematernal.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/sircblog-carnival/

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by Sirc/Blog Carnival « the parable maternal: a blog on writing, rhetoric, and literary studies. http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98575 Sirc/Blog Carnival « the parable maternal: a blog on writing, rhetoric, and literary studies. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:47:32 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98575 [...] an undergraduate student. I’m blog-carnivaling. This is [...] [...] an undergraduate student. I’m blog-carnivaling. This is [...]

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by Michael http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98209 Michael Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:56:28 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98209 You know, I found the piece so engaging as I read it, I didn't even notice the paragraphs were so long. You're probably reading it on your computer. Grab your printed copy and read it. :D You know, I found the piece so engaging as I read it, I didn’t even notice the paragraphs were so long. You’re probably reading it on your computer. Grab your printed copy and read it. :D

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by bonnie http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98136 bonnie Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:10:27 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98136 Matt, I'd imagine that stylistic choice is a function of Sirc's disposition toward poetic delivery. If you read it aloud, it might work for you. Matt, I’d imagine that stylistic choice is a function of Sirc’s disposition toward poetic delivery. If you read it aloud, it might work for you.

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by Matt http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98113 Matt Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:14:48 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98113 I know where I'd begin: someone tell that man how to use a paragraph break! While I realize it's hardly a substantive critique, I blame at least half of my unwillingness to read the rest of his review on the length of the second and third paragraphs. Just sayin'... I know where I’d begin: someone tell that man how to use a paragraph break! While I realize it’s hardly a substantive critique, I blame at least half of my unwillingness to read the rest of his review on the length of the second and third paragraphs. Just sayin’…

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by Michael http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98099 Michael Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:52:09 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98099 Right, Bonnie. I'm not sure where I want my response to begin, either. I was interested in this CCCarnival in part because I found myself agreeing with him at a number of points, but seeing so much disagreement in other forums. Though his tone, and what to do with that? As a past adviser of mine would put it, it's fairly masculinist, in the tone of <i>English Composition as a Happening</i>. On the other hand, it's lively and rich and, well, I think, fun, rejecting the literary nod of agreement he derides in his book. And how to respond when I haven't read the books he's reviewing, except for parts of Hawk's book? Tensions, but fine tensions to write in the midst of, I suppose. It seems, though, that you've got a number of wonderful places to begin. :D Right, Bonnie. I’m not sure where I want my response to begin, either. I was interested in this CCCarnival in part because I found myself agreeing with him at a number of points, but seeing so much disagreement in other forums. Though his tone, and what to do with that? As a past adviser of mine would put it, it’s fairly masculinist, in the tone of English Composition as a Happening. On the other hand, it’s lively and rich and, well, I think, fun, rejecting the literary nod of agreement he derides in his book. And how to respond when I haven’t read the books he’s reviewing, except for parts of Hawk’s book? Tensions, but fine tensions to write in the midst of, I suppose.

It seems, though, that you’ve got a number of wonderful places to begin. :D

]]> Comment on Call for CCCarnival: Sirc’s “Resisting Entropy” by bonnie http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/02/call-for-cccarnival-sircs-resisting-entropy/comment-page-1/#comment-98098 bonnie Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:42:52 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/?p=2201#comment-98098 Great idea, Michael! I'm in. But it's hard to know where to begin; how do you follow Geoff Sirc? I suppose I hafta start w/ the obvi: It's tough to be critical without offending. But, to quote another alt-rock star-type icon, "everybody hurts," (Stipe) so, we have that. Jeez, if I sent out even a whiff of a nanodraft of my ideas for feedback before trashing them as *already* dated or better said elsewhere, I'd have that highly lauded book out there by now, though I couldn't even begin to hope for the kind of praise Sirc heaps on the always laudable Jody Shipka in his review of her book (can't wait to read it; somebody give me a raise so I can afford to buy books anymore!). So but I guess I'm here feeling for Miller, and I must admit that I have not read his book. And Sirc's review causes me to wonder about the extent to which it deserves the tonally and analytically painful treatment it gets. I mean, it's EASY to find oneself agreeing with the familiar lament regarding our field and its situation within English departments and all that this has meant for Composition (as a happening) in its full(est) complexity. Maybe it's too easy, and so the harsh tone calls out distinctions that are bypassed in light of the (victim's) narrative that might more productively be(come) a generative hybrid form. I have always, frankly, loved Sirc for going there, for catapulting me beyond a complacency that can at times feel safe even though I'm often truthfully uncomfy, sort of willing the courage to speak, wondering ... I want to say more, but I'm held back because I have only read Bryon's (fabulous) book, and just as I trust Sirc to have generated his review after thoroughly rigorous contemplation, I should want others to trust me in my comments, and I have read the review only once. So for now, I can only say that I sense the value in Sirc's critique, and frankly, it aligns pretty nicely with my own disposition toward Composition and its still-emerging fuller complexity. Great idea, Michael! I’m in. But it’s hard to know where to begin; how do you follow Geoff Sirc? I suppose I hafta start w/ the obvi: It’s tough to be critical without offending. But, to quote another alt-rock star-type icon, “everybody hurts,” (Stipe) so, we have that.

Jeez, if I sent out even a whiff of a nanodraft of my ideas for feedback before trashing them as *already* dated or better said elsewhere, I’d have that highly lauded book out there by now, though I couldn’t even begin to hope for the kind of praise Sirc heaps on the always laudable Jody Shipka in his review of her book (can’t wait to read it; somebody give me a raise so I can afford to buy books anymore!). So but I guess I’m here feeling for Miller, and I must admit that I have not read his book. And Sirc’s review causes me to wonder about the extent to which it deserves the tonally and analytically painful treatment it gets. I mean, it’s EASY to find oneself agreeing with the familiar lament regarding our field and its situation within English departments and all that this has meant for Composition (as a happening) in its full(est) complexity. Maybe it’s too easy, and so the harsh tone calls out distinctions that are bypassed in light of the (victim’s) narrative that might more productively be(come) a generative hybrid form. I have always, frankly, loved Sirc for going there, for catapulting me beyond a complacency that can at times feel safe even though I’m often truthfully uncomfy, sort of willing the courage to speak, wondering …

I want to say more, but I’m held back because I have only read Bryon’s (fabulous) book, and just as I trust Sirc to have generated his review after thoroughly rigorous contemplation, I should want others to trust me in my comments, and I have read the review only once. So for now, I can only say that I sense the value in Sirc’s critique, and frankly, it aligns pretty nicely with my own disposition toward Composition and its still-emerging fuller complexity.

]]> Comment on Cynthia Nixon: "It’s a Choice" by Michael http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2012/01/cynthia-nixon-its-a-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-93628 Michael Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:05:46 +0000 http://michaeljfaris.tumblr.com/post/16362556509#comment-93628 I don't know if "positions" are as important to understand as "cultural logics" or "rhetorics" — you might check out Lisa Duggan's essay "Queering the State" that approaches the rhetoric of various groups and categorizes it (which I think gets at why communication is hard amongst groups rather than positions). Also, Duggan's categories refuse the left-right continuum (perhaps not explicitly), a continuum that I don't think is really helpful when we consider queer issues (or many issues). I don’t know if “positions” are as important to understand as “cultural logics” or “rhetorics” — you might check out Lisa Duggan’s essay “Queering the State” that approaches the rhetoric of various groups and categorizes it (which I think gets at why communication is hard amongst groups rather than positions). Also, Duggan’s categories refuse the left-right continuum (perhaps not explicitly), a continuum that I don’t think is really helpful when we consider queer issues (or many issues).

]]>