Hang on hang on hang on. This essay is fabulous. I can't believe I taught an entire course on, essentially, co-reading science and/as literature and didn't have this at my disposal. thenewinquiry.com/book-of-lame...

Passed with no revisions. That's a PhD then.

#MedHum students responded extremely well to the methods of History of Medicine and Philosophy of Science. I'm becoming increasingly convinced these are essential missing pieces in a lot of MedHum programs.

Wrapped up my course on the "Medical Surreal" last Wednesday. A bittersweet moment with amazing student discussions reflecting back on the work of the course but with no knowledge of when I'll be able to offer something like this again.

The admin tasks are never ending, but today's somewhat helpful although probably not to be prioritized task was compiling a performance resume on the website. Musicianship and scholarship occupy very much the same place in my head, but it has been a challenge figuring out how to convey that.

Another fun aspect of this course is forcing myself to re-read some of my earliest grad school encounters while pairing them with something radically different. Tomorrow is Walter Benjamin's "The Story Teller" with selections from William Carlos Williams "The Doctor Stories."

nearly perfect representation of my dissertation trajectory.

It can be nerve-wracking assigning challenging texts on difficult topics. I think many instructors these days work with an amount of anxiety that a student might respond poorly. But that makes it all the more gratifying when instead students respond with serious engagement and consideration.

I'm afraid I must once again beg academics to learn how to deliver a lecture. Speaking is a skill! It can be trained!

I absolutely loved A Real Pain and I'm really surprised to see some of the critique of it as "not going anywhere" or not "doing enough"?? For once I actually think this is a genuine misunderstanding of the film.

Very amused at all the darkwave bands finding me on here. You're not wrong, but how did you know??

New Blog Post: Let Words Be the Garden. Inspired by my amazing round table at #mla2025. Looking forward to engaging more with the working group on academic forms. skyesavage.com/2025/01/17/l...

Had an unexpectedly inspiring time at #mla2025. Highlights: Lee Edelman vs. the Jury on Queer Theory Teaches us Nothing (incredible and passionate dialogue); Butler's amazing address and forceful positioning for truth and refusing to self-censor on Humanities and Democracy.

At one point on Twitter I was following a decently-sized group of scholars and writers. A lot of really amazing conversations and opportunities arose because of that community, and I hope to begin to recreate some of that here. To that end, I wonder who I'll be seeing at #MLA2025?

Finally bit the bullet to do some end of the year housekeeping, including finally updating the personal website I'd abandoned nearly 4 years ago. It was the only place I tracked my online publications and nearly every link is broken now--journals gone, magazines shut down.

Beginning the slow and arduous process of rebuilding some kind of online presence. Let's see what we can make of this.