Alex Claman

Finished Reading: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older πŸ“š

Reading Jenny Odell’s Saving Time (for the first of what will definitely be multiple ruminations) and marveling at her braiding together of Bergson’s habit vs. true agency, kairos, and Arendt’s “non-time.”

Going to try posting something each day – a short thought or snippet of what I’m working, most likely

Still doesn’t entirely feel real that we had a campus lockdown two days ago because of an active shooter who killed a professor.

Currently reading: A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy πŸ“š

Currently reading: The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older πŸ“š

Finished Reading: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia πŸ“š

Finished Reading: August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White πŸ“š

Currently reading: The Peripheral by William Gibson πŸ“š

Currently reading: Saving Time by Jenny Odell πŸ“š

Currently reading: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia πŸ“š

Finished Reading: Witch King by Martha Wells πŸ“š

Currently reading: August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White πŸ“š

Probably going to get back into the habit of posting here at least semi-regularly as the semester starts up again.

Currently reading: Witch King by Martha Wells πŸ“š

Finished Reading: Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott πŸ“š An outstanding and intriguing multi-faceted exploration of obsession, power, empire.

Currently reading: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit πŸ“š

Currently reading: Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott πŸ“š

Finished Reading: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World by Barry Lopez πŸ“š

Landed on Amorgos.

It’s a very weird feeling to be in a car driving down a ramp on a ferry that’s spinning 180 degrees.

In the final week before leaving for two months of fieldwork. Trying to wrap up as much prep and organization as I can for the online course I’m teaching while slowly getting organized for packing as well as figuring out (hopefully) getting the car’s transmission replaced.

Currently reading: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit πŸ“š

Currently reading: Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World by Barry Lopez πŸ“š

Finished Reading: Speaking Bones by Ken Liu πŸ“š