I’m a Magpie
So I’m on campus today, finishing up all my end of semester work and enjoying the campus quiet. It’s been, to say the least, an odd semester. And it’s an odd feeling, too, going into winter break, not knowing when (and if) we’ll be paid or what sort of situation we’ll be coming back to.
Frankly, [...]
His trail glows clear — like a track of fire.Invisible and silent — the spoor Of the polluted man.The smell of his mother’s womb clings to his heelsAnd sweats from his instep.Plain as the blood-slashed route of a wounded stagIn the noses of the hounds.
Oh, I am just not good* at being busy. This semester I’m working full time in addition to teaching a class — that’s 43 hours out of the week that I have to be someplace and be working, never mind the unstructured class prep hours I need to work on top of that.
Now, technically, [...]
The hardest thing about writing a syllabus is the editing down. Last semester, I had the gall to actually edit the Iliad (and I questioned throughout the course whether I’d done the right thing, though I’m happy I included all the supporting texts I did).
But this time it’s even worse. There are stacks of texts [...]
I really love teaching. It’s without a doubt the hardest thing I’ve ever done (think you know about something? Try preparing lectures on it and then fielding random questions about that and everything else you know for three hours), but it’s also absolutely, positively the most rewarding job I’ve ever had. Think of all the [...]
I'm a freelance writer and perpetual graduate student living in San Francisco. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset reflected in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and started library school in the fall of 2009.