Going into the new month with some not-so-light reading. One of my students asked me how I read, and this picture encapsulates my process pretty well. I scan a work, its arguments and its structure. Then I write in the margins questions of clarification and questions of substance (shoutout Dr. Charles Wood). Then I use … Continue reading Friday Coffee Reading
Why is some criticism vital and other, deadly?
San Francisco Airport has an amazing museum that made me pause in the hustle and bustle of travel. Currently up is an exhibit, “Women of Afrofuturism.” It kicks off with Nettice Gaskins’ piece, “mOTHERboard.” I could not have thought of a better way to end a conference on biblical studies, pedagogy, and AI. If you’re flying through, make the trip to @sfomuseum.
Waiting for the reddest of eyes. It’s not Presidents Hall, but it’ll have to do. The semester is almost a wrap, and I’m working on video scripts for my Sociology of Religion course. Looking forward to taking out my new camera for a spin too.
I submitted an article last week, so I'm back on the grind for my next book. Yesterday, one of my students was saying how hard it was to disabuse oneself of scholarship as finished work. We all know (and hope for) that finality to be an illusion if we want our work to actually be … Continue reading Vegetal, Anyone?
