@jonmsweeney “There are people who prefer to say 'yes' and there are people who prefer to say 'no'. Those who say 'yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say 'no' are rewarded by the safety they attain.”
― Keith Johnstone
@thescottbarber In my lifetime I have seen movies of at least four different men possessing spider-related powers. So I apologize that I do not share your capacity for doubt.
A trailer for my new poem, "Not Enough Vision." It uses eye-tracking software to react to your gaze. It's about Aaron Swartz, surveillance, and more. 👁️
I’m honored to be 1 of 6 Austin poets selected for Layers of Place: Austin, a project from @MIT@opendoclab's Augmented Reality and Public Space Artist Collective.
Links to the poems below 👇
my take on the relevance of Axel Honneth, Hartmut Rosa, Robin Celikates, Rahel Jaeggi, and Nikolas Kompridis for literary studies...available now at the Chicago UP website (30% discount with promocode UCPNEW) or as pre-order on amazon!
I was interviewed longform about the ideas expressed in the Boston Globe piece, so I elaborate, with stories, evidence, and charitable reconstruction of why administrators feel the need to acquire more software. I also introduce the "assessment-industrial complex."
In the new issue of @thedrift_mag, you can read a set of anonymous Dispatches on what A.I.-dominant America actually looks like in everyday life https://t.co/rUlmaS0gSu
Library staff celebrates R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World and We Know it (and Feel Fine)" in book form.
This was an absolutely delightful watch. 🤓
R.E.M.’s Document was released 39 years ago yesterday.
(📹 via @hooverpubliclibrary)
I spent much of the first half of this year working on a new history of the financialization of the insurance industry for @thebafflermag. It's online now as part of a great issue on risk and gambling.
I'm so proud to have an excerpt from DARKNESS BECOMES BRIGHT appear in the incomparable @yalereview. On Edgar Allan Poe's greatest fear and desire: to confess.
https://t.co/4zbn4Bl3pA