English @ SUNY Geneseo | Tayler Thompson | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/taylerthompson/activity/ Activity feed for Tayler Thompson. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f506eb5bdc91cd1ae716d62a57b77cec Tayler Thompson edited the blog post Final Reflection in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12834/ Tue, 14 May 2019 14:00:02 -0500 “Word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference–the way in which we are like not other life. We die. That may be the meaning of l […]

]]> 0 ee56aba11bdd19cf3aa985a90f2de9af Tayler Thompson wrote a new blog post Generational Differences in Technology in the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12823/ Wed, 08 May 2019 18:04:43 -0500 A topic we have often discussed in class is generational differences in opinion on technology. One thing that often comes to mind when I think about this topic is how technology creates distractions for students […]

]]> 0 3c4513c0ffe8c2980f4e355a0b0dcc24 Tayler Thompson wrote a new blog post Meaning & Measure in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12718/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 19:47:11 -0500 We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.– Toni Morrison, 1993 Nobel Lecture

Looking at this epigraph from Toni Morrison reminded me of the end of The […]

]]> 0 6e17e802b506d69ba731bd4e7b46d4e2 Tayler Thompson wrote a new blog post Institutions in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12711/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 18:56:36 -0500 While looking through my classmates’ blog posts, one that really stood out to me was Maria Papas’s blog post “How Do Institutions Fail You?”. I liked her post because in class, a topic of discussion I found very […]

]]> 0 39d3ea5f39e2e1a47a008ee7db560360 Tayler Thompson edited the blog post Inspirations in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12686/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:20:35 -0500 Writing my blog post about the connection between Vachel Lindsay’s poem The Congo: A Study of the Negro Race and Victor LaValle’s The Big Machine led me to think about the other inspirations behind the novel. […]

]]> 0 42b3cdb5e28b5788aef5ea47c9ecdf64 Tayler Thompson edited the blog post Angels from the Congo in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12684/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:32:19 -0500 Throughout reading Victor LaValle’s The Big Machine, I had questions regarding the Devils of the Marsh, Solomon Clay, and how everything in the story tied together. Working in groups after finishing the book t […]

]]> 0 800ea046a6c1f6f74d137ba02d9f8b36 Tayler Thompson edited the blog post On Being Subjects in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12634/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:09:17 -0500 When we discussed Suzan-Lori Parks’s Imperceptible Mutabilities in class the other day, Professor McCoy told us how in the performance of the play, actors stare and single out audience members, making them […]

]]> 0 725670f4ca0f5e1395f3c395c1f5ef68 Tayler Thompson wrote a new blog post Growing in Confidence and Knowledge With Computers in the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12557/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:36:19 -0500 Since the first day of this class, I have constantly been learning new things and expanding my knowledge of computers. One of the things that has been most interesting to me has been learning how to use coding and […]

]]> 0 2f8f3639e270ce9595744676925cf0a9 Tayler Thompson edited the blog post A close RE-reading of "You and I Are Disappearing –Bjorn Hakannson" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12536/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:04:47 -0500 After writing my previous blog post, “A Close Read of “You and I Are Disappearing””( https://morrison.sunygeneseoenglish.org/2019/03/24/a-close-reading-of-you-and-i-are-disappearing/ ), it was brought to my […]

]]> 0 b8ef97ef0506f59cbb847c2d1472c7ff Tayler Thompson wrote a new blog post A Close Reading of "You and I Are Disappearing" in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12439/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:25:21 -0500 My favorite poem from Charles Henry Rowell’s Angles of Ascent was Bjorn Hakannson’s “You and I Are Disappearing.” What initially drew me to this poem was the repeated imagery of “burning” and how it is used in […]

]]> 0 14c8707de7e3e3379cf7608aad80fc13 Tayler Thompson started the topic Group 2 2/27 in the forum Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/group-2/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:04:41 -0500 Do you feel people romanticize the idea of being “unplugged” from technology? What are the pros and cons of being “unplugged”?

]]> 569e2e1c0ce0195a5cb33312929ba6db Tayler Thompson edited the blog post Stolen Songs in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12345/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:39:16 -0500 An issue we have often discussed in class is the lack of recognition of African American artists’ impact on American culture. Du Bois raises the question in Call & Response, “would America have been America w […]

]]> 0 f31817e3f258aae6d7a09698b7bb4eb1 Tayler Thompson wrote a new blog post Technology and the Humanities; an Inevitable Connection in the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12303/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 04:22:18 -0500 I have to admit I was nervous coming into English 340. I feel comfortable with basic computer skills, and my friends often come to me for help with simple tasks. Last semester, I took an IT course and learned the […]

]]> 0 71c32896ca54f59820c901dc85a2c1ff Tayler Thompson started the topic Group 2 Discussion in the forum Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/group-2-discussion/ Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:07:44 -0500 How do you think our fears of technological advancement have changed over the years from the creation of the telegraph to modern advancement?

]]> cbcf1a792d4e72dfa53ffe13464e4d38 Tayler Thompson edited the blog post The Hindrance of the Single Story in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12207/ Sat, 09 Feb 2019 14:07:00 -0500 Black authors are not as represented in literature as white authors, and thus “black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form”(Toni Morrison).  In class, we watched […]

]]> 0 7c9392b25168d2e74815df4e42ad7a20 Tayler Thompson joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12058/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:20:18 -0500 0 af72ab6cf7c7f24175bbe501261fd63a Tayler Thompson joined the group Digital Humanities https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12057/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:20:08 -0500 0 cfc48f2475eac11494169a8ebc92a843 Tayler Thompson became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11998/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:00:02 -0500 0