Lingerlit

New Digs. New Projects.

2011-05-09T09:04:00.003-05:00

The blogs are few, but the writing has continued in the academic form these days. I have, however, been blogging at a few different spots occasionally:Lingering Acad[m]emeThe Fargo to Southern Sudan XO / Sugar ProjectMy time has also been spent on a musical project, Black Boxes, with Steven Hammer (aka patchbaydoor). We've played a few shows and things are starting to get really interesting with

What I've Been Up To

2010-04-18T09:01:00.004-05:00

So, blogging has certainly stopped for awhile, but the writing has continued in other arenas.I've been working on some wikis lately for school and research projects:Second Life ResearchNonprofit ResearchBook Review on Conducting Socially Responsible ResearchConference Panel on Emoticon Usage (<-- will be operational come Thursday, April 22) ; )Some of the papers I have been writing relate to

Video Game Storytelling: An Isolated event?

2010-01-11T10:20:00.004-06:00

I stumbled (looking at vids using voice filtering software) upon this amateur 3d vid, where a story is told about some bounty hunters in some world where there are humans and robots of all sorts. What I found interesting, aside from the story, is that it had a look and feel of a video game. It seemed to make rhetorical moves, gestures, as well as plot moves as a video game. For example, the robot

Teaching Philosophy (beta?)

2009-11-29T22:59:00.001-06:00

Chris Lindgren takes a genre-based approach to teaching composition (influenced by Deborah Dean’s Genre Theory) that provokes his students to approach their writing by always keeping their audience and purpose at the forefront. He also follows Dr. Jill Walker Rettberg (author of Blogging) and her continuing efforts to implement blogging and other social media tools as a means to not only develop

Précis: Berlin's Contemporary Composition

2009-11-04T10:42:00.000-06:00

Berlin, James A. "Contemporary Composition: The Major Pedagogical Theories." College English 44 (1982): 765-777.Berlin seeks to ask composition instructors to redefine their views on writing process pedagogy. He prefaces his essay by addressing a disagreement on how teaching approaches should not be defined by their “emphasis” but rather its relationship to the writer, reader, audience, and

Sedgwick - Axiomatic

2009-10-26T15:04:00.002-05:00

Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. "Introduction: Axiomatic." Epistemology of the Closet. Berkley and Los Angeles: U of California P, 1990. 40-59....the scope of institutions whose programmatic undertaking is to prevent the development of gay people is unimaginably large. No major institutionalized discourse offers a firm resistance to that undertaking; in the United States, at any rate, most sites of the

Précis: The Canon as Cultural Capital

2009-10-20T22:30:00.001-05:00

Guillory, John. "The Canon as Cultural Capital." What We Read. 218-224.John Guillory examines the culture of school, questioning the relationship between American students and the works of the “Western” canon. He argues that the Western canon deracinates the multiplicity of the national culture through the study of cultural artifacts as capital, i.e. the appropriation of knowledge. Guillory

Muppets & Beaker Sing Coldplay's "Yellow"

2009-10-19T21:43:00.001-05:00

I couldn't resist posting this. Thank you Doc Mara!

Précis: Gates' Afro-American Canon-Formation

2009-10-15T22:35:00.002-05:00

Gates, Henry Louis. "Canon-Formation, Literary History, and the Afro-American Tradition: From the Seen to the Told." Afro-American Literary Study in the 1990s. Ed. Houston A. Baker, Jr., and Patricia Redmond. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1989. 14-39. ________________________Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses the developing Afro-American canon in a three-part essay. In part I, he establishes the social

Where are the villains? Where is the misery?

2009-10-13T13:51:00.001-05:00

"We are addicted to ghettoes, and in so doing refuse the antagonism of 'the political'. Where is the enemy? Not on Facebook, where you can only have 'friends'. What Web 2.0 lacks is the technique of antagonistic linkage. Instead, we are confronted with the Tyranny of Positive Energy. Life only consists of uplifting experiences. Depression is not a design principle. ... This software design

Foucault: What is an Author?

2009-10-04T22:10:00.005-05:00

In current usage, ... the notion of writing seems to transpose the empirical characteristics of the author into a transcendental anonymity. We are content to efface the more visible marks of the author's empiricity by playing off, one against the other, two ways of characterizing writing, namely, the critical and the religious approaches. Giving writing a primal status seems to be a way of

Précis :: Tradition and the Individual Talent

2009-10-04T22:06:00.002-05:00

Eliot, Thomas Stearns. “Tradition and the Individual Talent.” Selected Prose of T.S. Eliot. Ed. Frank Kermode. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. 37-44. Print.Tradition is the crux of the poetic mind, and while Western critics and those new to their craft tend to place value on the individual talent rapt with the desire to find nuance within the individual’s

Several_Interruptions as Folklore?

2009-10-01T08:52:00.003-05:00

Karl (a colleague of mine) and I just presented a field report on Folklore, and many of the questions from our other colleagues stemmed from the simple question of what folklore is exactly.One of the other students, Heather, noted that it is the rituals, traditions, sayings, etc. that are passed down from generation to generation, ruminating throughout the culture. With this in mind, would the

I tried to meet Portland

2009-06-18T21:25:00.001-05:00

I tried to meet PortlandOn Naito: tripping over the art of sun-dried bums (of stature) strewn upon the cool, sullen grass and their routine visitors upon the waterfront concrete, thenTo 5th Ave: look, DON’T TOUCH! the maenads pounding beats for sheiks in the key of SW stilettos—the cuckoo of men respond in anything from mini-coops to mile-high monads—To, (ah, yes!) the mall: a consortium of

ePoetry Search Party

2009-06-18T21:16:00.001-05:00

I'm bored with you. Why!?I am personally a fan of poetry, but it's hard sifting through the shit lately. Someone point me to the good epoetry!In the clip below, you will find "John Cayley's Imposition [e-piece which] was a work that enlisted the audience to download and play one of about 20 files, creating a whispering cacophony in the auditorium." This is reminiscent of John Cage's 4'33'',

Just Call Me Charles in Charge

2009-06-03T22:54:00.004-05:00

I think the Arts Partnership needs a proofer/fact checker. Although, Charles does sound like a great name. Just call me Charlie.The funny part is that it was correct initially. I wonder who/what sparked the sudden change.

2009-06-03T22:21:00.004-05:00

Last week, I met with an old high school friend who I've ran into a few times since moving back to the Fargo area. We decided to meet on account of developing a writers group. I must say I had a good time, and it was interesting to hear some of the connections she was making with my latest writing project. Thanks, Alicia!She has written a mystery/suspense piece of which has a pretty cool main

Cold War Kids: Interactive Music Video

2009-05-22T10:55:00.003-05:00

A pretty cool remix of the music video process brought to you by the Cold War Kids featuring their song "I've Seen Enough."Simply "Choose a color to change tracks. Click a band member to mute/unmute them."

Supporting the young artist

2009-05-19T13:56:00.004-05:00

We often have heard the stories about the young, misunderstood artists—all struggling to make a difference, to inspire, to be inspired, and most importantly to struggle with the nature of creation. We have also heard the cliché stories about how the work of an artist is never ‘worth’ anything until he/she has died, rendering his/her’s works to be more rare and sought after tan ever before. Such a

Exploiting the Audience/Environment

2009-05-14T13:48:00.007-05:00

I have been thinking about the subject of environment--our's to be exact--and due to too many hours with my eyes fixed upon various McLuhan books, I have specifically been questioning how aware of our environments we truly are.McLuhan specificaly calls the process of one's awareness to the environment/medium: anti-environment. In his book, War & Peace in the Global Village, he compares this

Art Links To Consume:

2009-05-05T12:25:00.001-05:00

novelsin3lines - "Narratives compressed into a single frame, these 3-line news items from Le Matin 'are the poems & novels Fénéon never otherwise wrote.' Translated by Luc Sante."ArtFagCity - "Art Fag City. Art news, reviews and gossip."Mez Breeze - An archived mailing list; you may need to verify you're human b4 you rummage around the hidden treasures.answersonly - It is a

Oblique Strategies Site | Context Collapse

2009-04-21T20:27:00.000-05:00

Oblique Strategies is a site that spins around the idea of context collapse. It provides numerous bits of micro-suggestions on how to resolve an issue--randomly."Thumb" through the supposed 5 editions of fortune-cookie-esque resolutions.And find your knees tapping on the mouse.

NDSU | Red River Graduate Student Conference

2009-04-17T22:00:00.000-05:00

If you're in the Fargo area, and you want to meet some very cool cats from the world of rhetoric and such, come to the Red River Graduate Student Conference organized by my friends Erik and Katie (and I'm sure some more folks).Erik asked if I would present on a panel that would have a creative writing theme; I said, "Sure."My presentation is dubbed, "Storytelling in the Global Village: A glimpse

TeaspoonCAS - Oh, how I wish I could afford you!

2009-04-16T15:13:00.000-05:00

The pangs! The throes! Mr. Squarewave is doing it right by putting this, this and that on ebay.The TeaspoonCAS (CreamAndSugar) has all the fun of the first and plenty of bells and whistles, as he says: I've taken a few liberties with it in an attempt to make it as universally applicable as i could manage. knobs cover gain, volume, storage size, granular window and feedback. toggles allow real

The Passion | Web 2.0

2009-04-10T10:38:00.001-05:00

"Trinity Wall Street is making its Stations content available for syndication. This means you can travel the Stations on our site, or take the source code for your own site or blog."Also, Jesus Tweets:"In addition, Trinity will put on a unique Passion Play that marries this timeless Christian tradition with the latest in social networking trends.The play begins on Good Friday, April 10, at 12

US, THEM, OUR SELVES, & WEB 2.0

2009-03-29T13:39:00.000-05:00

"In this wiki we offer the beginnings of a resource for electronic literature from beyond the current realms of ELO."After reviewing this, I can't help but feel virtually blind to this new concept. I read something that resonated with me and how I relate to this idea of storytelling in the 21st century or more currently, Web 2.0. In Marshall McLuhan's book, War and Peace in the Global Village (©

>I.dig ][Mez Netwurker_:

2009-03-12T16:23:00.000-05:00

f.[h]ound_: h[ear[ere]].

2009-03-07T20:34:00.000-06:00

Her daddy loved her but not as much as money and the men who gave it to her.

Goats do Roam

2009-01-01T13:29:00.001-06:00

Where are we, childrengrown, the goatswho roam?The herders, gatheringthemselves, uponour backstheir rod, with too few, facts totame toherd with, figures, grounds, for templesfallinginto lines, becausewe often, do roam.Tell us,why transfigure-ate into, the skywhere nyenever go, and tripwe know, neverdo weroam these fee-fie-faux hills, I forget where, did we last stand?American ghosts, dancewith

2008-06-30T13:36:00.000-05:00

1.Where’s the bride?I hear it's hungry.I hope it's white.__________________________2.The weekend and A partly cloudy park.Soccer balls and mariachi.A trumpet rallies—Summer’s here.__________________________3.Stages and strings—Both leaving vertical—Bonding both mob and mental.__________________________4. Summer leaves bygones—An apple waiting for no one,Never falling soon enough._________________

A looped diddy...

2008-06-17T22:15:00.000-05:00

2008-05-08T01:24:00.000-05:00

(Verse)Somnambulist, shalom.Do not awake, your home.Midwests and pests and Reader's DigestsThere's no sense to share for what you long.(Chorus)Sleep, Sleep, Wait...(Verse)A different dream, deferredTo toil with hands, unheard.Dinners at noon and suppers too soonThere's no sense to share for what you long.

From the dust we travel (in true streaming consciousness)...

2008-04-27T02:09:00.000-05:00

From the dust we travelFrom the water we riseAnd from my mind I force that which isn’t there, to come out and show me that it is real, it is for real, and that I, or maybe god knows something that I don’t know and that I should complete this sentence, but it just doesn’t occur, and it probably won’t, damnit, I just think writing can truly suck the balls from my body and take the wind from my

Going Somewhere?

2008-04-11T01:59:00.000-05:00

I drive to get to where I go. I am fixed within my mode and I don't have to acknowledge you for you. Moving boxes: the harmony of the mob mentality. The beauty of sin, rubber on pavement, windows always rolled up (except to toss my shit out), and feet that are never really on the ground ere the suddenness of stops and point B's.I don't know you because I won't get out of my car and when I do I'll

Archival release party...

2008-03-20T00:44:00.000-05:00

You’n’I let’s, gowake the Jesus,bury the church—foolsover his deadly, risenbody—as it’s flesh, shedslight on not, throughtheir bodies out, partyingthemselves—no martyrs here—like children, buyinginto Wonka bars, orold cons giving, Biblesto nons on, streetcorners named, desireshouting, By my stripes,you will be healedvia thoroughfares, intotimesquares, forsouls pressed for, creditonly the card’s

Writer's Block

2008-02-01T15:02:00.000-06:00

holding the railing, ofcontext means, livingthe descent of death,of writer's block,slipping downany crack worth the trip,Now, the highlight of today'sreel is no subject,worth teaching.

The Hyphen: Khattam-Shud!

2007-09-24T13:54:00.000-05:00

The following articles touch on the new Short Oxford English Dictionary that apparently as severed around 16,000 hyphenated words:Thousands of hyphens perish as English marches on - ReutersSmall object of grammatical desire - BBCAn excerpt from AskOxford.com: "Lovers of the hyphen, look away now: it seems to be on the way out. Drawing on the evidence of the Oxford Reading Programme and our

Found a poetry slammer online...

2007-08-27T10:10:00.000-05:00

Well, not just any poetry slammer, but an old colleague, Jerry Covington.We went to college together, and here is his Poetry Slam Performance of Punk With A Gun (it plays within Real Media Player).

NADSAT

2007-03-28T13:49:00.000-05:00

So once again I've kopat into nadsat. One of my favorite books is Burgess' "Clockwork Orange" and the main character, Alex and his 'droogs', use this slang/language. One of the characters in the book explains it as: "'Odd bits of old rhyming slang,' he says. 'A bit of gipsy talk, too. But most of the roots are Slav. Propaganda. Subliminal penetration.'"Anyways, it ain't just chepooka! I

2007-03-26T20:01:00.000-05:00

And so I was commenting on a poem N8 wrote, and after I was finished, I wrote this:The Lord saw it good, that you found your cool And so he blessed you.The Lord saw it good, that you ain’t been no fool And so he blessed you.The Lord saw it good, that you don’t sport no school And so he blessed you.Now, The Lord saw the devil cross your path And so he cursed you.The Lord saw the devil talkin’ s’

2007-02-14T15:14:00.000-06:00

Hector let's, govector down, rodeoSabaothTo give, Sunday'schoice, massmedium rare, mess--age is, t(o)(o) frontalnudeness as, workthe ranks, is HandelTo hell. Begone with, yourMedussa's stone--truth.The Beatles, sangfor love, unrequitedMorrison's mottothough the, beau ideal,in turn, reaps thepeople--trills to thrill!Rhet or Ric,Right or wrong,Seek and ,ye shall--find--but there's, timefor

My favorite phrase lately...

2007-02-08T01:31:00.000-06:00

"And all to the wars and the whores and the wares and the ways of a rotten season." --Thomas McGrathAlthough, don't say this aloud idly.

Too much to say

2007-01-21T22:31:00.000-06:00

I am starting a journey into Imagism. I have no writing contacts out here in Portland, and personally the main local poetic scene is rather boring and vulgar (for the sake of it's vulgarity), and with that I am venturing off alone. I hope to expand on its core as Ezra Pound states as a form of "super-position, that is to say, it is one idea set on top of another." Pound's key poem that

Stumbled Upon L. Cohen's "Suzanne"

2007-01-02T15:41:00.000-06:00

A gorgeous song by Leonard Cohen:Suzanne takes you down to her place near the riverYou can hear the boats go byYou can spend the night beside herAnd you know that she's half crazyBut that's why you want to be thereAnd she feeds you tea and orangesThat come all the way from ChinaAnd just when you mean to tell herThat you have no love to give herThen she gets you on her wavelengthAnd she lets the

2007-01-02T14:37:00.000-06:00

Since I found an online forum today that is based solely on Flash Fiction, I thought I'd post the first piece I wrote. The Beauty of God in MarriageBy Chris LindgrenA young wife pulls up in a truck, as her husband leans patiently against the steel grain bin, both intent on storing away the beloved cargo. The young farmer leads his wife into position. He signals to stop. Her work boots meet the

Word Exercise

2007-01-01T18:20:00.000-06:00

The following is a small word organization exercise that I did while bored on a road trip. I chose random words from a conversation for 5-10 minutes, listed them out, and used them to make a short story of some semblance. (I am not so sure it worked.)Oh, I gave myself the liberty to add a few prepositions.List of Words:Weird, priscella, ummm, know, fargo, and, work out, not, shoot, to, I don’t

2006-12-05T02:04:00.000-06:00

I wrote this thinking of Ava, my daughter, but I hope its not limited to one soul.This world I give seems undone,As if ocean and land will never meet;Currents spiraling into the offing,Never evenhanded, with your brillianceWaiting; stillYou've been mine to bring nuance,A timely wind to guide my breathingYour heart to break darkness' featAnd your hope to bridge the world begun.UPDATE: I just found

Untitled

2006-11-23T03:35:00.000-06:00

The curmudgeon that I amSees the young dandelion,As nothing more than my own soul.Lightning yellow perfect sunsWither like prodigals run,And it’s those seeds this world controls.