I heard there was a party going on over here.
Laura M. Furlan
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Associate Professor of English @ UMass Amherst. Author of Indigenous Cities (UNP 2017). VP of ASAIL. Adoptee. Native Chicagoan. Queer mommy. She/her.
Paul Bassett DaviesEventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.
Holly CumminsTIL there's a technical name for why ideas happen in the shower: the "default mode network" is a pattern of brain activity, measurable using fMRI, that happens when we're unfocussed. When the brain goes into idle mode (reduced activity), this part of the brain actually becomes *more* active. What does the default mode network do? Research is ongoing, but part of it definitely seems to be making connections, which is associated with curiosity and creativity.
I have to say, I’m really surprised that my brother hasn’t haunted me yet. Like, it’s really out of character for him.
Honestly, my only childhood memory of New Year’s Eve involves recording Casey Kasem’s Top 40 Countdown on cassette tapes. 🎉
#introductons Now that I am spending more time here, an introduction: I teach Native American literatures at UMASS. I live in Northampton, MA with my wife, two kiddos, and a black dog. I write and sometimes teach creative nonfiction. I grew up on the South Side of Chicago (the baddest part of town). I am an adoptee in reunion with my birth mother. I am currently writing two books, one about Indigenous archives and the other a memoir. I like to hike and kayak and read. I’m a Gemini.
Grief is so hard on our bodies. After my brother died in January, I had chest pain for at least 3 months. Now, after losing my dad, I have swollen, itchy ears.
I often post about bears in my yard. Today’s bear fortunately did not choose to eat our trash.