J. Ryan GarnerMaking is inextricably tied to livingMaking is inextricably tied to living. From a daily perspective, their connection underlies our sense that we are always “making”…Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
J. Ryan GarnerAfrican and Appalachian: the Archive and the RitualI am from East Tennessee. According to the archives, we do not have a deep historical relationship with slavery. That fact is most likely…Mar 2, 2020Mar 2, 2020
J. Ryan GarnerSkin DeepI am fixated by a two part question. First, is there a perceptive, and erotic, look that births and builds? If there is, what does it see?Feb 17, 2020Feb 17, 2020
J. Ryan GarnerInexorable: On the Linguistic Limits of ExorcismRhetoric never fails. At least, not so long as we have bodies.Apr 2, 2019Apr 2, 2019
J. Ryan GarnerRecapitulation: Cronenberg’s ChimeraLet me put forward an obscure thesis in summary here: decapitation is inversely recapitulation. That is, to do violence to a “victim” — by…Mar 29, 2019Mar 29, 2019
J. Ryan GarnerA Few Thoughts on OngThis past week in my cultural research seminar, no doubt, Ong fascinated most students by his honing a question that was prompted in the…Feb 18, 2019Feb 18, 2019
J. Ryan GarnerErectile FunctionI write here as a reprise of an earlier email to my cohort colleagues wherein I asked about the nature of representation. Below, I…Nov 12, 2018Nov 12, 2018