Category Archives: Reading

Trails of Structure and Tales of Self

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Francois Lachance

First the indication of a long sweep in the reading: The Stubborn Structure: Essays on Criticism and Society (London: Methuen, 1970). Fyre was rightly known for his long attention span and would not mind, I hope, that in shaping this … Continue reading →

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Mapping, Proximity and Simultaneity

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Dan Llyod. Radiant Cool: A Novel Theory of Consciousness Caffeine intake; computer interaction. Provide epiphany. I imagined an arrow swooping like a blackbird through the labyrinth. It says “YOU ARE HERE!” in a point that gets its meaning from the … Continue reading →

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Repurposing Rites

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Francois Lachance

There is a certain thrill in hollowing out a framework and replacing its content. The form serves another purpose. Take for instance the six rights regarding the administration of medication which can be adopted and generalized to communication situations. (http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~lachance/pedagogy/sixrights.htm). … Continue reading →

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After Glow Rash

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Joseph Chadwick “Toward Gay Reading: Robert Glück’s ‘Reader’” in Easthope and Thompson Contemporary Poetry Meets Modern Theory (1991) pp. 40-52. Reading, this sentence, suggests, doesn’t stop when one puts down the book; rather, it continues as long as one remains … Continue reading →

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Semagraphic Thought

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Francois Lachance

Ted Chiang “Story of Your Life” — the linguist Louise explaining her acquisition of the writing system of the Heptapods … As I grew more fluent, semagraphic designs would appear fully formed, articulating even complex ideas all at once. My … Continue reading →

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Mere Pattern

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Wendy Steiner. The Colors of Rhetoric It is the norms of pictorial realism that allow us to see process in pictures; without them we see mere pattern. This takes on a certain coloration when one considers the earlier considerations on … Continue reading →

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What is Taught and What Teaches

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996) Volume 1 – Looking Forward Looking Back Part Three: Building the Foundation of a Renewed Relationship Chapter 15 – Rekindling the Fire in the subsection “Words Are Not Enough” The perception of the world … Continue reading →

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Lures and Sinkers

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Sven Birkerts (The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age) generalizes from his experience with hypertext to characterize the hypertextual environment as counter to sinking into receptivity which is what book reading does according to him. For … Continue reading →

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Sampling the Burdens

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Francois Lachance

Harryette Mullen. Muse & Drudge collected in Recyclopedia. Described as a blues meets lyric poetry project, reading is a type of sampling. her songs so many-hued hum some blues in technicolor blurred rubble slew of words stutter war no more … Continue reading →

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Backwards into E-evidence

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Francois Lachance

The poet brings us through manipulation of the stuff of language to consider our investments. In particular, to meditate upon the meaning of evidence. Suffice it to say that his discourse on e-gap turns towards the end on agape … … Continue reading →

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