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Summer 2016 is all about being between two conferences
“Why do I go to conferences?” is the question on my mind right now, as it always is in the days leading up to a big conference trip.…
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The Hatred of Poetry; The Hatred of Rhetoric?
Just finished reading Ben Lerner’s short but good The Hatred of Poetry in which he attempts in great Burkean fashion to “create gain out of loss” by claiming poetry…
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Rhetorical Distortions in the Classroom
Talking this morning with people from Student Affairs once again connected me to the classroom as a place, a topoi, a site of inquiry, and possibly the most…
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The Rhetoric Society of America
Back in Atlanta for another event that centers around talking at and to other people about complicated ideas. One month ago I was just here teaching and learning…
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Discomfort, Embodiment, Argument
At the USU national tournament held two weeks ago in Atlanta, BP debaters found themselves confronted with two motions that I believe were the first moments where debaters…
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USU Reflections 2016
No shortage of thoughts about USU floating around the internet. For me, it was one of the best tournaments I’ve been to in a long while. No I’m…
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