English @ SUNY Geneseo | Soul Sapience | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/andre/activity/ Activity feed for Soul Sapience. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 32e6ebecf6169d593a061e1629b4087a Soul Sapience's profile was updated https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4918/ Wed, 13 May 2015 21:31:40 -0500 0 dbe6f45eae202f705da60f2312285dd5 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=681 Tue, 12 May 2015 01:05:14 -0500 As I finished working on my bibliographies a couple weeks ago, I narrowly beat the deadline for submission and wiped a sweat gland off my forehead right after submission. I think I am becoming more and more of a […]

]]> 785eb5a9a057db75f47d593e9a971a2b Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=561 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:12:24 -0500 A few weeks ago, Dr. McCoy presented us with the question “Why live?” My answer was “to search for one’s purpose and fulfill it.” I said some more about it as well which I have written below:
I think one must […]

]]> d0c17c7cc5be7154588387673c9688df Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=557 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 15:02:56 -0500 What’s in a name? One of the interesting things I thought about the Oankalis and the ooloi are their names. In chapter one in Metamorphosis after Jodahs escorted the couple to the guest area before the arrival of […]

]]> 3ddbdb6bb054bcd2964113d302e507e4 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=550 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 17:12:29 -0500 There is so much to say by the end of the Xenogenesis trilogy and I have to hand it to Octavia Butler once again. Thanks for giving me the curve ball just as you did in the Patternist Series. But I was not […]

]]> ffd90cebeac783e5643e2e33588bc95d Soul Sapience commented on the post, The Power of Pronouns, on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/04/09/the-power-of-pronouns/#comment-790 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 19:25:12 -0500 Interesting post Nikita. Just the same as you mentioned that Dr. McCoy and yourself mistakenly refer to the characters in Octavia Butler’s novels as a sex that is not assigned to them, I sometimes find myself […]

]]> 36550c315f305001dd61454234020cfe Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=500 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 04:56:14 -0500 When Dr. McCoy shared with us that Octavia Butler had given up on writing save the world novels and instead, wrote Fledgling without taking any medication (which was the cause of her writer’s block) made me feel […]

]]> d33a322654486b225354452e42acfa7d Soul Sapience commented on the post, Slavery in "Bloodchild" is Only Seen if it is Brought to Ones Attention, on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/03/27/slavery-in-bloodchild-is-only-scene-if-it-is-brought-to-ones-attention/#comment-616 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:47:36 -0500 Good point Clarissa and you’re welcome. Your second read which invoked a new interpretation as a result of the class discussion highlights the point of subjectivity. You had another lens to interpret Octavia […]

]]> c2560373f1065ff693a75607b47497e9 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=438 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:55:57 -0500 After Dr. McCoy mentioned in class that Lil Wayne was raped as a boy as he explained on Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel, I quickly turned to the internet to find out more about it and was shocked at another video […]

]]> ab86bdc5c3ef10f399564d9a5c2357d3 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=370 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 04:11:06 -0500 In the interview with Larry McCaffery and Jim McMenamin in 1988, Octavia Butler shared a lot about her Patternist Series which included her comments about once considering to include Kindred as part of the series. […]

]]> f7cebe656cc447cd6dfaf7bb5418082e Soul Sapience commented on the post, Doro ain't Dead, on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/02/20/doro-aint-dead/#comment-273 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 06:52:33 -0500 I must say, this was amusing as I read it and I imagine you writing speedily on the keyboard trying to get the thoughts out onto the screen. I do agree with you that Doro is possibly still alive. I feel that is […]

]]> b1c7748e91398bcb14009720c94564c4 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=273 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 06:34:46 -0500 Wow, this novel had me on the edge of my seat as it came to a close. Will Doro win or will Mary dethrone him? Back and forth they fought in the one body and at last, Mary triumphs and becomes the Queen. But is […]

]]> 3c6ba61f121f298c21110c2cc13a84e3 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=257 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 04:01:54 -0500 Since evening I stumbled upon a clip of my favorite childhood cartoon – Dragon Ball Z (DBZ). About forty seconds into the clip, the purple villain whose name is Bills told Vegeta (pun on vegetable) that he would […]

]]> 45c9135bb637cf982aef0b0cacd5fbe1 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=188 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 03:38:00 -0500 The teacher is like an Ina.

Today in class, as I sat listening to the overwhelming amount of information I so desire to have to learn from, I began to think that a/the teacher is an Ina. I began to think about […]

]]> 4d33c4b692ec9313010dc9166d6dc3ea Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=134 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:14:59 -0500 The article “Top Yoga Studios Unite to Racially Profile Black “Yoga Thief,”” on the feminist wire by Sabrina Strings explains how a young black man has being considered the “yoga thief” because he has stolen […]

]]> c8eb4da7d2c7cef65abc8cd2d8435d42 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=91 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:32:30 -0500 “It amazes me that some people have seen “Bloodchild” as a story of slavery. It isn’t” asserted Octavia Butler in the Afterword of her short story “Bloodchild.” This knowledge of her assertion is what I brought […]

]]> 5410245b2d03b3b8b416a3d7f076d20f Soul Sapience commented on the post, More Thoughts On Friday's Discussion, on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/01/24/more-thoughts-on-fridays-discussion/#comment-5 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 20:23:13 -0500 Liam, I also thought about the idea of “power dynamics” and its role in people coming together and staying together. Proximity was also something I thought was important to this topic. As in my post I recently […]

]]> a4734ac0f79abfd4a7c91bb7db997733 Soul Sapience wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=75 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:39:57 -0500 A few years ago, I met a young lady who was on my track and field team. Beyond the physical attraction, her mind captivated me. She was motivated, determined, and she challenged her present capabilities with a […]

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