The Decline of the English Department

Early in his analysis of The Decline of the English Department, William Chace asserts that what is at the root of the decline is the failure of departments of English across the country to champion, with passion, the books...

Posted by mistersquid on October 10, 2009 11:57 AM

Resurface

The two areas which have absorbed my attentions for the last two months (outside the shambles that passes for my personal life) has been my teaching and my writing. This entry is about the writing part of my life, research...

Posted by mistersquid on May 10, 2008 10:09 PM

Robot Vernacular

(source) Clicking downloads a 2.5 MB file. Please be patient while the file loads Ctrl/Right-click here to “Save File As . . .” I'm interested in the kinaesthetics of such dances, the way in which mechanism and organism are...

Posted by mistersquid on February 11, 2008 9:17 AM

“Fresh as harvest day.”0

While notable for its pioneering visual effects, Michael Anderson's 1976 Logan’s Run has been relatively neglected as a result of its defiantly clumsy scriptwriting and remarkably bad plotting. After the film’s release, several attempts were made to build a...

Posted by mistersquid on July 18, 2006 12:35 PM