Author Archives: Marjorie Pak PhD
Toward a Theory of Alternative Lifestyles
Theodore McCombs, 2023 Wow, I had so many more thoughts about this story after our class today. So first, thanks to all three of you for helping me reflect on ‘TTAL’ and appreciate some new aspects of the story. At … Continue reading
Amnesty
Octavia Butler2004, Callaloo, 27.3. Also in the collection Bloodchild and Other Stories [jstor] Many of the readings we do in this class make us appreciate just how remarkable it is that we can change other people’s minds with language. To … Continue reading
The Easthound
Nalo Hopkinson2012. Available at baen.com. In After: Dystopian and post-apocalyptic tales, ed. E. Datlow & T. Windling; and Falling in love with hominids (2015). Like ‘Mazes,’ ‘The Easthound’ doesn’t have the hallmarks of typical sci-fi: no science, tech, or space/time travel. … Continue reading
Elliott Spencer
George Saunders2019, The New Yorker; reprinted in Liberation Day (2022, Random House) Noam Chomsky is sometimes asked how the two parts of his work intersect: Do his linguistic theories have anything to do with his political ideology? In one interview … Continue reading
