To read Elise Partridge’s 2002 collection Fielder’s Choice is to enter a highly-  tuned world of memory and perception. The poems are precise, guided by observational skills and a lifetime’s worth of knowle […]

On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, I will discuss contemporary Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid’s recent novel Exit West as part of the American University in Dubai’s Arts & Sciences Lecture Series. Hamid’s novel […]

I’ve always thought William S. Burroughs’s novels would make brilliant illustrated texts, but illustrators have largely overlooked his work. The one notable exception is Malcolm McNeill, a British artist who coll […]

I’ve been considering migrating my personal site and Academia.edu profile to MLA Commons for months now, but I’ve hesitated to do so for several reasons. First, I’m attached to the feeling of independence that […]