Literature
The latest issue of Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is now online, and you can read it here. The issue is called "Cultural Productions of 9/11," and my friend Kara Thompson and I co-edited it and wrote the introduction together. We were fortunate to get fantastic contributions from a range of brilliant scholars. When we first put out the call for papers (a year and a half ago), we had nearly 100 strong proposal submissions; it was difficult to decide on the contents, but it is now very rewarding to see all the thematic overlaps and reoccurring tension points that appear throughout the issue as it turned out.
- Done With Deconstructing Brad Pitt
evolution of the cover Last weekend I delivered the final manuscript of Deconstructing Brad Pitt. It will be on bookshelves this coming September. This book was incredibly stressful to put together, but highly rewarding in the end. It was,...
- Fall Trips & Other Things
It's startling how fast photos can pile up in an iPhone. My colleague Tim Welsh wrote a really smart essay about Instagram that was published over at Media Commons in a cluster on "The New Everyday." I have a short piece in this series...
- What I Did This Summer: Connections & Reconnections
This summer has been a series of connections and reconnections for me. I've been up in Michigan, where I had planned to work on my book on the region, which I'm tentatively calling Notes from the Sleeping Bear. But instead of writing much on...
- On Airport Food
I'm quoted in an article on airport food in The New York Times this week. When Joe Sharkey originally asked me the two questions?1. Do you have a strategy for dining in airports? and 2. From your perspective how has the airport dining experience changed...
- Caine Prize 2013: Four Nigerians Make The Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced today (Wednesday 15 May) ? and among the five stories chosen are an unprecedented four Nigerian entries. The Chair of judges, art historian and broadcaster, Gus Casely-Hayford...
Literature
Cultural Productions of 9/11
The latest issue of Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture is now online, and you can read it here. The issue is called "Cultural Productions of 9/11," and my friend Kara Thompson and I co-edited it and wrote the introduction together. We were fortunate to get fantastic contributions from a range of brilliant scholars. When we first put out the call for papers (a year and a half ago), we had nearly 100 strong proposal submissions; it was difficult to decide on the contents, but it is now very rewarding to see all the thematic overlaps and reoccurring tension points that appear throughout the issue as it turned out.
- Done With Deconstructing Brad Pitt
evolution of the cover Last weekend I delivered the final manuscript of Deconstructing Brad Pitt. It will be on bookshelves this coming September. This book was incredibly stressful to put together, but highly rewarding in the end. It was,...
- Fall Trips & Other Things
It's startling how fast photos can pile up in an iPhone. My colleague Tim Welsh wrote a really smart essay about Instagram that was published over at Media Commons in a cluster on "The New Everyday." I have a short piece in this series...
- What I Did This Summer: Connections & Reconnections
This summer has been a series of connections and reconnections for me. I've been up in Michigan, where I had planned to work on my book on the region, which I'm tentatively calling Notes from the Sleeping Bear. But instead of writing much on...
- On Airport Food
I'm quoted in an article on airport food in The New York Times this week. When Joe Sharkey originally asked me the two questions?1. Do you have a strategy for dining in airports? and 2. From your perspective how has the airport dining experience changed...
- Caine Prize 2013: Four Nigerians Make The Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced today (Wednesday 15 May) ? and among the five stories chosen are an unprecedented four Nigerian entries. The Chair of judges, art historian and broadcaster, Gus Casely-Hayford...