About Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
This blog serves as a place to think through things, record thoughts, share interesting stuff, and hold conversations. Welcome!
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- Elizeth on Bersani (2010): Is the Rectum a Grave?
- Joe Schicke on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Teaching/Learning in Progress: Thinking about the “Backchannel” – Liz Ahl on Robert Brooke on ‘underlife’
- Ariane on the idea of a writing center
- Editorial Pedagogy, pt. 1: A Professional Philosophy - Hybrid Pedagogy on Miller’s “Genre as Social Action”
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Category Archives: Suggestions from others
note to self
don’t forget to check out the blogging article at http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm04/erm045.asp?bhcp=1 that Lisa Ede sent me – it’s linked on the sidebar.
Kish article
Don’t forget to check out an article by Judith Kish in the Fall 2000 issue of The Journal of Basic Writing. Discusses the use of technology to overcome writing blocks; creative computer activities to alleviate the pressure of writing (got … Continue reading
Cathy Acker
Lisa mentioned in class Tuesday Cathy Acker’s book, a violent and perhaps pornographic text that is composed by plagiarizing other texts. Look into this sometime.
House of Leaves
Emily just suggested to me House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski, in which text is in all different directions, there are blank pages, and the word house is always in blue. Additionally, the author uses fake sources, blending fiction and … Continue reading
My Meeting with Lisa Ede on Monday
When I emailed Lisa Ede and told her I’d like to meet on Monday, I was planning on shooting off perhaps up to a dozen ideas about what my seminar project would be for this class. However, last night I … Continue reading