Author: Joelle Mann

  • Embodied Acts of Reflection and Renewal

    Embodied Acts of Reflection and Renewal

    By Joelle Mann Last week we came together for a webinar of reflective and responsive practice organized by SUNY Council on Writing Board Members Amy Beth Wright (Purchase College), Katelynn DeLuca (SUNY Farmingdale), Tom Friedrich (SUNY Plattsburgh), along with Mitch Morris, Director of College Writing at Purchase College. Maintaining a commitment to creative, relational expression,…

  • Sound Writing and Literary Affordances

    Sound Writing and Literary Affordances

    This post was originally published on September 23, 2019 by pedagogyandamericanliterarystudies. Sonic Pasts and Literary Affordances When I teach Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad (2010), I am visited by the resounding goons of our literary past. Aside from being a satire that explores the shift from digital to analog music in the late-twentieth century, Egan’s polyphonic…