Category: privilege

• 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 ›

• Tyranny of the Text

  Dec 29

  WritingThe irony is that in the year that I’ve written the most, I’ve blogged the least. You would think that writing is writing, and that one kind of writing would… more ›

• The Shit We Live In

  Jan 2

  I often complain that the society I live in is shit. Most people here appear beholden to the inherent nihilism of American mediocrity, including the systems of power and bureaucracy.… more ›