Category: cunts

• The R-Word

  Nov 14

  A couple of weeks ago I commemorated a girl who died in a car accident forty years ago when she was ten years old. We were friends. The car was… more ›

• Shit Writer

  Dec 10

  I don’t consider Fernando Sdrigotti a friend. I’ve known him for a a few years, sure. Mostly via Twitter and several emails. He’s edited my writing. I think calling him… more ›

• NEH Evaluations, or Academics are Cunts

  Dec 28

  I applied for an NEH Fellowship for my Blanchot book. Today I received my evaluations. I want everyone to know what cunts are in charge of our nation’s intellectual work.… more ›

• Incur

  Jun 6

  She has a knack for inserting herself into his life. He does not like her, and yet she is already in view. To call her a storm on the horizon… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Dec 19

  How academia is turning me into a stingy and petty academic. When resources are already stretched too far, the small benefits afforded students and professors in the humanities become necessary… more ›

• Open Letter to the Haters

  Jun 17

  Dear Homophobic, Right-Wing Assholes: Your marriage was already a mockery. Don’t blame me. Love,Frank more ›

• What part of “don’t fuck with me” do you not understand?

  Jan 9

  I’m fairly mild-mannered as I move through my days. And although patience is not one of my virtues—blame my sonofabitch father for passing along that characteristic—years of meditation, qigong, and… more ›

• Professional Experience Optional

  Sep 13

  I love my teaching job. Really. My students are bright and inquisitive and ask really difficult questions. It’s easy to see that many of them are engaged with the subject.… more ›

• Professional Experience Optional

  Sep 13

  I love my teaching job. Really. My students are bright and inquisitive and ask really difficult questions. It’s easy to see that many of them are engaged with the subject.… more ›

• Arrival/Departure

  Jul 19

  We arrived yesterday morning in Germany without too many travel scars despite the simply lovely family that not only tried to take over our seats before we settled on the… more ›