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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post Having Faith in Doubt; Having Doubt in Faith in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
“Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.” — Victor Lavalle
As I begin writing my final reflection essay, I remind myself that at the same time, the act of writing this […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post “Looking Back While Pushing Forward…” A Reflection in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
As many of my classmates have stated: it seems only appropriate to end this blog posting assignment with a reflection on what I have already done. Specifically, I’d like to look back on my first blog post of the s […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post “Doubt is the Big Machine…” but What About the Other Machines? in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
I definitely do not have an answer for anything I am about to express here, but it is something I am curious about. In his novel Big Machine, Victor Lavalle constantly engages in repetition and recursion. Many of […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post We, Like Monsters in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
“Bloodchild” has changed much of what I thought I knew. Octavia Butler’s story fascinated me, yes, but more so confused me and left me so unsure of my own convictions. If there are aliens, if there are monsters, i […]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post Still Here, Still Doubting Faith in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
Wow. I have so much admiration for Victor LaValle’s story-telling in Big Machine, and so I constantly keep it in conversation wherever I am, and whoever I am with. Every time I raise a question or make a point a […]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post “Straddling” Between Genres in the group American Studies: 4 years, 10 months ago
The other day in class, we were asked to form small groups and discuss The Last Angel of History in conjunction with our course readings and concepts. Even though I had scribbled down several notes and quotes […]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post Did Ricky’s Faith Fail Him? in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
For this post, I’d like to look at “faith” and “trust” as two separate concepts. I have used them interchangeably in class, and even in previous blog posts, though they do not always have identical meanings. […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post Poetry is a Performance, too. in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
I have been actively thinking about performances. Specifically, the relationship between actor and audience and the implications that each role holds. We often associate performance with plays like Imperceptible […]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post SEE (Social, Environmental, Economic) Reflection in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
Group Members: Shakira Browne, Analiese Vasciannie, Sean McAneny, Tayler Thompson, Taylor VanTine, Evelyn Mendez, Sakshi Kumar
“My job is to notice…and to notice that you can notice.”–Dionne Bra […]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post A Moment in Retrospect to Push Me Forward in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Recently, both Jen and Michee touched upon authorial intent and reader interpretation in their incredibly thoughtful blog posts. In “Whose Story is it Anyway?,” Michee brought up a debate I have been str […]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post Looking Back While Pushing Forward in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
Admittedly, I felt a tinge of panic when I came to the blog and found that others had written about something that I had also been thinking about. EVEN THOUGH in all of the classes I’ve taken with Dr. McCoy, she h […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post Every Storm Has Its Soundtrack in the group American Studies: 5 years, 10 months ago
Something I’ve always connected to is music. Music is incredibly powerful, cathartic, and has a way of connecting people. We’ve studied natural disasters all semester, and after every hurricane we discuss, I find […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post Grounding Myself in Any Way I Can in the group American Studies: 5 years, 10 months ago
I was reading Katie’s post, entitled “In a Course Called “Metropolis,” I Almost Thought the Setting Didn’t Matter: Confessing, Reflecting, and Trying to “Do Better,”” and I thought “not only is this so eloquent […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post “Atlas” in the group American Studies: 5 years, 10 months ago
… Yes. It’s another poem. So much of my academic workload has been rooted in poetry this semester, I can’t seem to escape it. I recently came across this poem by writer Terisa Siagatonu while I was researching […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post Preserving Memory: Whose Job is it and How Do We Do It? in the group American Studies: 5 years, 10 months ago
A few posts ago, I discussed Patricia Smith’s (literal) performance of Blood Dazzler, and I promised to highlight an interview I found of hers, but didn’t, because my post already seemed too muddled at the time. I […]
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Sakshi Kumar wrote a new blog post “Great Expectations.” in the group American Studies: 5 years, 10 months ago
I know many people have already talked about the significance of naming, but I’m still fascinated by it. I’d like to cycle way back to Helen, who suggested that names are a kind of “conscription into performance” […]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post More on Patricia Smith! in the group American Studies: 5 years, 11 months ago
I suppose the time has come and gone (or at least shifted) from our focus on Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith. However, I have been moved by her words ever since, particularly those of “Katrina” and “11 A.M., Wednesday, August 24, 2005,” in which Smith personifies Hurricane Katrina. This led to our classes’ exploration on the significance of…
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post A Note on the Forgotten in the group American Studies: 5 years, 12 months ago
I will be completely honest: when I was watching Levees, the one thing that didn’t cross my mind was the absence of animals. I mean, I love them, but maybe I was just so caught up in the powerful narratives of Lee’s documentary? As Beth said, Levees is “a work of art.” It’s supposed to move us. When Beth brought up animals in the classes a…[Read more]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post Is it Possible to Remember and Forget all at Once? in the group American Studies: 6 years, 1 month ago
“To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” – Elie Wiesel
For my first blog post (I’m shocked but also pleased with myself that I’m doing this now and not later), I’d like to delve further into the discussion we were having on Monday, in regards to memory and f…[Read more]
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Sakshi Kumar edited the blog post Humanity… Where Do We Go From Here? in the group American Studies: 6 years, 3 months ago
Though I wrote a sort of closing statement in my last blog post, there are still things lingering in my brain. It’s so bittersweet that this is my last post. I really enjoyed writing these, as it allowed me to use my voice. Most of my English courses require large amounts of extremely formal writing, understandably so, but I crave every…[Read more]
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