-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Am I Good at Critical University Studies? | Associations: Beginning Writing in an Age of Complexity on Private Pain, Public Humanities: Critical University Studies and Composition
- Nora Yood on May
- Jessica Yood on After Sabbatical: Beginning Again and Bob Dylan
- Matthew K. Gold on After Sabbatical: Beginning Again and Bob Dylan
- drunkenly on Teaching and a Trip to the Gramsci Monument: August in The Bronx
Archives
Discipline-Profession
Meta
Links
Author Archives: Jessica Yood
Reading in Reverse: May Again
I read in reverse. Here are two examples: Ocean Vuong’s poetic On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous got me through the endless month of pandemic March. But inexplicably I turned its mystery into my mania. “Magical realism in the outskirts of … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Comments Off on Reading in Reverse: May Again
Being A TryHard In An Era of FailBetters
I am a tryhard. A tryhard wants to fit in and stand out at the same time. They want to be noticed but not remembered. Being a tryhard can be exhausting and sometimes leads to serious regret. (See my class … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Comments Off on Being A TryHard In An Era of FailBetters
Visiting Day II: Revision and Expectation
“Visiting Day,” last week’s entry, was revised eight times. Eight times (8!) I returned to that short piece, tweaked and tightened until I forgot why I wrote it in the first place. Long gone now, that first draft surprised me. … Continue reading
Posted in pedagogy, Writing
Tagged Elbow, freewriting, Revision
Comments Off on Visiting Day II: Revision and Expectation
Visiting Day Again
A rite of passage followed me back to the city. Visiting Day at summer camp came and went. But I can’t let it go this time. The day started out as it always does: we do what we’re supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Sabbatical and the Writing Process, Writing
Tagged David, writing
Comments Off on Visiting Day Again
When Composition and Literature Meet
March 15, 2019: This is the brief talk I gave as part of a panel welcoming students accepted or wait-listed to The Graduate Center at CUNY. Here I describe a class I’m teaching now, focused on the “academic novel” and … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Comments Off on When Composition and Literature Meet
Private Pain, Public Humanities: Critical University Studies and Composition
This is the talk I gave at the Critical University Studies Friday Forum at The Graduate Center , CUNY on Friday October 20th. I’ll open my talk with something participatory. If that’s upsetting to you (as it would be to … Continue reading
Am I Good at Critical University Studies?
Is activist scholarship like all scholarship: meant to be judged? I’m wondering because, thanks to my CUNY colleagues, more than ever I feel connected to the activist field of Critical University Studies. Critical University Studies aims to intervene in higher … Continue reading
Posted in critical university studies, Writing
Comments Off on Am I Good at Critical University Studies?
Tomorrow We Revise: November 2016
Dear Readers, Tomorrow my writing class meets. I can’t wait. I teach literature too and love wrestling with how reading works in our world. But it’s a week into worry for what might happen to this country and to my college and … Continue reading
Congratulations Award Winners: Now Here’s Your Writing Assignment
On November 10, 2015, I was the guest speaker for the Induction Ceremony of the Golden Key Honors Society at Lehman College, CUNY. Here’s what I said: Congratulations! Thank you so much or having me here and for giving me … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Comments Off on Congratulations Award Winners: Now Here’s Your Writing Assignment
Teaching is Embarrassing: Manifesto on Higher Education for the Start of 2015
On September 16, for Convocation at Lehman College, I was honored to be awarded Teacher of the Year. I gave a one minute acceptance speech. I hope this serves as a welcome back to the blog and to the new … Continue reading
