English @ SUNY Geneseo | Joe Blasioli | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/jblasioli/activity/ Activity feed for Joe Blasioli. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7ce9e643a07aa591c4b2166ea775a8f0 Joe Blasioli wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=508 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:48:11 -0500 Learning that Alison Bechdel took 7 years to complete her graphic memoir Fun Home was important when it came to the interpretation of the illustrations. It is reported that Bechdel spent so much time on this […]

]]> 264e7bd96b23d139c83d9e7d3a280c3c Joe Blasioli wrote a new post on the site Reader and Text http://readerandtext.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=758 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 05:16:40 -0500 In chapter four of Joe Moran’s educational book interdisciplinary  there is a section titled “Knowledge and Power”. It explores Michel Foucault’s work in a field that can be accurately termed “the history of […]

]]> c6f1faad98ca30639e1fddf00d101766 Joe Blasioli wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=459 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 03:42:17 -0500 Thumbnail

“So if it’s a touch of reality that isn’t pretty, then we want to get rid of it”

– Senator Dina Titus (D-NV) from About a Mountain by John D’Agata

As children, we all discover the sad reality that, a lot of […]

]]> b7ff8ccd72fa6739a2587abd7a3e744c Joe Blasioli commented on the post, Sociology as a Cultural Study, on the site Reader and Text http://readerandtext.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/03/16/sociology-as-a-cultural-study/#comment-39 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:34:04 -0500 I think social structure versus individuality is an interesting idea. In my opinion, social structure washes individuality eight times out of ten. You have the outliers, the hippies and the liars, but most times, […]

]]> cd91cb6678d343d732ab07bb7ee50d8a Joe Blasioli commented on the post, Autobiofictional, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/03/11/autobiofictional/#comment-255 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:45:30 -0500 I agree with your stance on Lying. I believe it’s appropriately categorized as memoir. I, however, disagree with “dictionary.com” and their unthoughtful definition of the word memoir. It is not hard to find the […]

]]> 1408b6e59a7052886f5015e01e0bbda6 Joe Blasioli wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=400 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 03:27:25 -0500

Even before the smells and sights and, later, the terrible slamming seizures, even before all this, my mother thought I was doomed, which, in her scheme of things, was much better than being mediocre. (Slater […]

]]> 85db014ade31c5bc314618ec1f56e224 Joe Blasioli wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=303 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:45:05 -0500 Thumbnail

“This is not art, this is life!” – Charleen

Some might be confused by the name: Sherman’s March
 I think Ross McElwee made the right choice in the naming of his documentary. Not only did he tear grant providers […]

]]> e4be5e396dabdaf94b7b86eaa2f27f0e Joe Blasioli commented on the post, Serial and the Dynamics of Nonfiction, on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/02/14/serial-and-the-dynamics-of-nonfiction/#comment-135 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:12:58 -0500 Do you think audio is a viable replacement for paper based text? Some would argue that children these days don’t read enough printed literature as it is? Would comprehensive tests need to be used to reinforce […]

]]> bef0c52288c8ebb165ec732a7b0d0200 Joe Blasioli commented on the post, Relevance of "Selling Out", on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2015/02/01/relevance-of-selling-out/#comment-123 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:02:54 -0500 “It’s only natural that, even though the same situation, 10 different people will have 10 different accounts of what actually occurred. ” Reminds me of Serial.

]]> 27221bc47f461bf43fc34dbc23579fa8 Joe Blasioli wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=188 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:56:40 -0500 Thumbnail

When I think Serial by Sarah Koenig, I think of a few different arguments and disputes:

  • The most glaring and obvious one is the ethical struggle of Adnan’s fate. Should he be where he is just because one […]
]]> 4c5748a61e721da04f8084a757a1d5a6 Joe Blasioli joined the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4117/ Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:20:05 -0500 0 55403585b54879049d8190805dcd51c6 Joe Blasioli's profile was updated https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/4084/ Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:49:46 -0500 0 979ab1e30678296e337f8217903778ca Joe Blasioli wrote a new post on the site Fact vs. Nonfiction http://nonfiction.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=54 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 15:31:34 -0500 ThumbnailIt is interesting that Joan Didion acknowledged her style of story divulgence in the preface of her collection of essays, Slouching Towards Bethlehem. It was a move that revealed a self-awareness of her […]

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