• Map of Hope and Hard Work

    Here’s a map indicating most of the twenty-five positions I’ve applied to this autumn. It doesn’t show those positions overseas (in South Africa, Egypt, and Turkey). Most of them are full-time, tenure-track openings looking for specialists in my fields: phenomenology,… more ›

  • Prostrate Before Saint Genet

    I spent the day focused on work and research, and yet this day has felt like debauched decadence: I began this morning reading a chapter in the Irigaray text, and then I spent the rest of day reading various essays by… more ›

  • I’ll Tumble for You

    I’ve been microblogging on Tumblr for the past few months as l’immoraliste. Usually my posts are nothing more than links for calls for papers, to conferences, and to other professional sites. I also post lots of quotes and citations from… more ›

  • The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part III

    Maurice Blanchot’s own biography—the writing of his life—attests to the experience of life as, through, and by way of writing. We know almost nothing about the man, even when we include his and others’ writings about his life. The first… more ›

  • The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part II

    Because writing, for Blanchot, exposes all of us (authors, readers, translators, interpreters) to the impersonal anonymity of (and in) language, our task of assigning “reality” to our experience is problematized by the ethical demands of writing itself. Can we declare… more ›

  • The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part I

    The myth of the origin of written language as told by Socrates in the Phaedrus: Theuth declares that written language, the materiality of the word, will make the Egyptians wiser by improving their memory. But Thamus instead insists that the… more ›

  • The Writer

    ♦ The writer, his biography: he died; lived and died. The writer writes to live on. Writing to live on, her life is a kind of survival. Sur-vival: a living beyond. Beyond what? One’s own death. The writer’s biography, then,… more ›

  • Crisis of Meaning (And Yes, You Will Misunderstand)

    Churches contribute to gay suicides, most Americans believe. I wonder if blaming region also somehow gives it more power or credence in the lives of those who would commit suicide. It seems Americans believe all sorts of crazy shit, so I’m… more ›

  • Itinerary

    Here is the itinerary for my upcoming and far-too-short trip to Europe. Please let me know if our paths will cross at some point. Wed 25 May Arrive FRA (Frankfurt am Main) 07:20AM; take train to Köln Thurs 26-Fri 27 May… more ›

  • Griga Leaf March 19, 1994 – April 30, 2011 Pure and complete love. Rest in peace, Baby Griga. more ›