I defended my dissertation on March 22, and passed with revisions. I interviewed for a job at a junior college on April 11, and was offered the job on April 14. I accepted the job on April 18. I submitted my revisions for my dissertation on April 27. I graduated on May 12 with my… Continue reading Coming back to the world
I went to Rhetoric Society of America’s Institute in May. It was my first time attending, and it was a an intensive and challenging learning experience. I’m still processing what I learned. I’m hoping to have some posts about it soon. For now, I’ve let my new doctor brain rest for a few days, because… Continue reading RSA Institute 2017
I’m a doctor, now, you know. I haven’t yet grown weary of saying those words. I grin and giggle when the syllables slip from tongue to my ears. “Hi, Dr. Alger,” a friend will say and I duck my head and blush as if I’m thirteen and the boy I liked said hi to me.… Continue reading I’m a doctor, now
wild tongues cannot be tamed, they can only be cut out. – Gloria Anzaldúa Grad school meant learning the art of biting my tongue shaping my mouth correctly so only the right words exited lips. Grad school meant descending into shame when the right books hadn’t been read and apologizing for my unsophisticated taste. Grad… Continue reading Grad School
I’m done with the PhD and I should be nothing but ecstatic But I’m really just nothing but tired. Seven years, two before that for the MA. And finally I have a PhD. There’s relief there. But also this kind of numb feeling. Ups and downs of emotion lately, and it can’t just be about… Continue reading Tired
I finished my PhD, finally. After setbacks and missteps, I’m done. I submitted the revisions for the dissertation on April 27, after defending on March 22. I filed my paperwork, and took all my library books back to the university library. I haven’t known what to say, about all this. I’m trying my damnedest to… Continue reading Finishings
Back after a long hiatus from poetry, and from any kind of writing not directly related to the dissertation or teaching. I journaled and have plenty of scraps of poems that I haven’t finished, but this is the first poem I’ve finished in a while. I performed this poem, a couple days ago, at the… Continue reading Pier Jumping
