As part of my application for promotion to full professor at ODU, to accompany copies of Volume, I made a limited-edition book of additional writings for internal and external reviewers. The writings are a selection of articles, essays, and miscellany that were either written after receiving tenure and not included in Volume, or written after [...]
The World on Yr Cornershop
Imagine walking the streets during a bazaar, street fair, or some other festive gathering where celebration mixes with people’s everyday activities: strolling, shopping, errands. Perhaps you’re in or near an urban park during a festival or parade.
Music animates the air: blaring from boom boxes, spilling out of open doorways, buzzing from loudly tuned iPods, spouting [...]
More from Mark
Thanks to Mark Andresen for the typographic illustrative styling of my name in his excellent Not Caslon face.
A Portrait of etc.
When I was in third grade, I resolved to win an award in my school’s next Art Fair.
From an adult perspective, this wasn’t a particularly challenging an ambition. But as a child, you work within the goals of your immediate world, and this was mine. Saint Joseph’s School was a small Catholic grammar school in [...]
