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By happenstance of typesetting, it stands alone on the page at the top of a vast white space that figures the future. Finally, the flow of my life changed after meeting Rich Murray. The passing of time feels different now, … Continue reading →

Family resemblance. Call for clarity. Clear call. Philosophy as envisaged by the Tractatus is therefore a futile attempt to say what cannot be meaningfully said but which can only show itself. So, philosophy, insofar as it is possible at all, … Continue reading →

Making Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights a “she” reveals some of the presuppositions that structure the novel. The question arises: who follows whom where? This calls to mind another occasion. Ti-Grace Atkinson opens a speech she gave “On ‘Violence in the … Continue reading →

This is a little mnemonic to be mindful of critique even while working in the state apparatus. KNOWLEDGE WORKERS … EXPLORE: Ferret Out Information IMPLORE: Foster a Culture of the Question Gives new/old meaning to the term “collaboration”. And so … Continue reading →

Matthew Kirschenbaum Am I a Digital Humanist? Confessions of a Neoliberal Tool “To the scholarly mind, every [sic] smallest datum of that inheritance has a right to make its call.” In this McGann seems to follow Edward Said, who in … Continue reading →

Quentin Crisp Manners from Heaven So if you are determined to speak evil of people you must do so behind their backs. You just have to hope that what you say isn’t reported. In any case the breach of manners … Continue reading →

Quentin Crisp Manners from Heaven People are more likely to forgive you for uttering expletives under stress than for decorating an ordinary conversation with obscenities. A steady diet of the shortest-words-for-the-longest-things is never a very good idea for you may … Continue reading →