I teach American literature and cultural studies at Penn State University. I've written for a variety of academic and popular venues, such as the New York Times Magazine, American Quarterly, Dissent, The Common Review, The Nation, and the minnesota review, a recent issue of which includes this interview with me.
For spring 2008, I'm teaching a graduate seminar on disability studies in the humanities.
Once upon a time, I had a "web" "log" of my very own. Its archives (2004-07) are here. These days, I can occasionally be found blogging at Crooked Timber, Pandagon, or the TPM Café.
With Chris Robinson for North Country Public Radio, May 3, 2007
With Scott McLemee for Inside Higher Ed, September 26, 2006
Valve Book Event, October-December 2006:
Bitch. Ph.D., December 13
Joseph Kugelmass, November 28, and Valve cross-reference
Dave Maier, November 21, and Valve cross-reference
Adam Kotsko, November 11, and Valve cross-reference
Timothy Burke, November 9, and Valve cross-reference
Jodi Dean, November 8, and Valve cross-reference (my reply to Dean is here)
Mark Bauerlein, November 3 (a cross-post of his New Criterion review)
Dr. Virago, November 2
Daniel Drezner, November 2 (and brief reply to Drezner by Eric Rauchway at TNR's "Open University")
John Holbo, November 1 (event announcement and kayfabe kickoff)
Ophelia Benson, Butterflies and Wheels, October 26
Other Reviews / blog discussions:
Chris Potter, Pittsburgh City Paper, December 21
Glenn Altschuler, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 22
David Horowitz, FrontPage.com, October 20
Maximilian Pakaluk, National Review Online, October 19 (my reply to Pakaluk is here)
Ezra Klein, Campus Progress, October 18
Jonathan Liu, New York Observer, October 9 (my reply to Liu is here)
Aaron Swartz, Raw Thought, October 4
Eric Rauchway, American Prospect Online, Sept 29
Aaron Barlow, ePluribus Media, Sept 16
Alan Wolfe, New York Times Book Review, Sept 10 (my reply to Wolfe is here)
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution, Sept 7 (my reply to Cowen is here)
Chris Clarke, Creek Running North, Aug 30
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon, Aug 18
Interviews:
With the Pittsburgh City Paper (Chris Potter), December 21
With The Talking Dog, November 27
With the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Bill Schackner), November 26
Free Exchange on Campus, part one and part two
Adaptations into other media:
Brilliant and beautiful and profoundly moving graphic novel in .pdf format by Chris Clarke.