Monthly Archives: April 2010

Wunderkammern: Opening is Closure

Posted on April 29, 2010 by sh

Last time, I responded to Gunther Kress’ book Multimodality: A social semiotic approach to contemporary communication. Here’s a quotation from p17 of that book: Theoretically, how do we now need to things about or define ‘text’? How do we now … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-24

Posted on April 24, 2010 by sh

1 3-bay composter with doors, 1 fixed fence, 1 trimmed weed/tree and a saved overhead cable: thanks Frank! #fb # @dmg541 Feeling a little snarky today? in reply to dmg541 # The problem, says Carol, is hostility. # RT @cornelln … Continue reading →

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“ontological wild goose chases”

Posted on April 21, 2010 by sh

When I was active in the theatre, I got very upset when my fellow actors would simply deliver the essence of a line, and not the line as it was written. My thought process was that the playwright had spend … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-17

Posted on April 17, 2010 by sh

Vegan, black cherry and walnut pancakes. Hempy, "sausage" patties. A pot of yerba mate. A hangover. # Cats both sprawled out in the back yard. Cherry tomatoes roasting on the grill. Neighborhood sounds. Beautiful wife. Why am I crabby? #fb … Continue reading →

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My thoughts on A Better Pencil by Dennis Baron

Posted on April 12, 2010 by sh

I’m taking a tutorial called “Topics in Compositions Studies: Multimodality and Essayistic Literacy,” and for that tutorial, I am going to be keeping a reading blog. Said reading blog will simply be an appendage of/to this blahg, and will be … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-10

Posted on April 10, 2010 by sh

@ThePR One of the eds. is a poet at DU, and I think she met the other ed. when they were at Brown. A small press of relatve longstanding. in reply to ThePR # OMG, how did we end up … Continue reading →

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Readings: Tonight & Tomorrow!!!

Posted on April 7, 2010 by sh

This week, the AWP conference is in Denver. It will be a circus, a zoo, and a madhouse all put together. There are readings planned for nearly every moment during which there aren’t panels planned, and even some that overlap. … Continue reading →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-03

Posted on April 3, 2010 by sh

Reading a book published published in 2009, but which is making a 1995 argument (and is also resorting to cutesy humor and mom jokes). # Why is 19th C. German prose (translated) such incredibly slow going? Aren't I supposed to … Continue reading →

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