Syllabus Update: A Little More Science Fiction, a Lot More Cohesion

Some of you might recall that I am hard at work on a syllabus for a survey in American literature for the summer.  I expressed some concern over the lack of women in my selections and a number of you made suggestions, which I have taken to heart.  I haven’t included all of your suggestions […]

A Science Fiction Thesis Fragment: Some Tobias Buckell Love

I have been inspired by a friend to post something from my academic work in hopes that it will bore you to tears.  Then again, the fragment I plan to post is about science fiction; more particularly, it’s about the work of Tobias Buckell, who I spent half of my thesis talking about. Here you […]

Mr. Library: What Have You Got Checked Out?

We all know that libraries are under attack these days, and I intend to do my part to show their importance by checking out books (because I have some delusion that using the library is somehow recorded and then sent to evil government people who are forced to reconsider cutting library funds because people actually […]

The Forgotten Pilot: My Foray Into Scriptwriting For Animated Shorts

Last night I posted something unusual on my Twitter account:  the script for a pilot episode of an animated miniseries I wanted to do with some friends way back when I was still trying to write comics.  The show was called “Cheese and Crackers” and featured exaggerated versions of myself and people I knew (mainly […]

Syllabus Woes: That American Lit Class I’m Teaching

If you don’t follow me on Twitter, then you don’t know that I’ve been putting together a syllabus for a Survey in American Literature course for Summer B (the second 6-week chunk of the University of Florida’s summer “semester”).  Picking texts has been difficult because the course is so short; showing students some of the […]