I loved this week’s selection of reads…Such a cry from the DSM 5 attitude toward the not so normal which sometimes, though painfully so, ends up being an enrichment to our lives as Longden affirms at the end of her … Continue reading →

The first Day’s Night had come— And grateful that a thing So terrible—had been endured— I told my Soul to sing— She said her Strings were snapt— Her Bow—to Atoms blown— And so to mend her—gave me work Until another … Continue reading →

The Practice of Writing: A Conversation with Ann Cvetkovich and Saidiya Hartman April 27, 2015 6-8pm Kelly Skylight Room The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10016 Ann Cvetkovich and Saidiya Hartman will discuss their turn to … Continue reading →

Group 1: Amber, Julia, Jen, & Justin Amber: For my project, I will put the scientifically trained performance artist Stelarc into conversation with Alva Noe. Both Stelarc and Noe believe consciousness is dynamic, action-based and extends beyond the flesh. Julia: My project … Continue reading →

My project will focus on self perception and Schizophrenia. This will be executed in the form of a literary review of sorts. Some questions I will explore are how does this illness impact self perception and how does the illness … Continue reading →

Maud Casey is a 2015 recipient of a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Professor Casey is the author most recently of The Man Who Walked Away (Bloomsbury, 2014). During her fellowship, she will be working on a … Continue reading →

This book emphasizes what I believe to be an immeasurably important aspect of the self, the mind and psychology, which is context. To what extent the environment shapes us is still argued and attempts are made everyday to understand the … Continue reading →

For me, this was the best book I have read all semester. It was particularly poignant because I have two “daughters” in Nairobi Kenya who refer to my wife and myself as “mum and dad”, and through this book I … Continue reading →

I don’t know if I have missed any previous posts, but it doesn’t appear that there are any projects that resemble mine…I hope that the project is within the scope of the course. With this, I must bid you all … Continue reading →