Designing for a Flood
Jazz drummer and Pontiac, MI native Elvin Jones, painted by SINTEX at the now-defunct Lyrics on Vinyl, downtown Pontiac. Like Elvin, LOV had a good run. But...
The Bridge is Over
The Red Cedar river runs directly through Michigan State University, separating north and south campus. A series of walking bridges allow people to cross on...
Of Vandals & Typographers
One of the most beautiful books I own is Christian P. Acker's Flip the Script: A Guidebook for Aspiring Vandals & Typographers. The book sits right in the...
A Confession and the Sweetest Taboo
Walk with me on a short tour of art through a parish hall in Rochester Hills, MI. These first two pieces are by Franciscan friar Robert Lentz. About his...
Notes from Nassau
One of the things that does not suck about marrying someone from another country is spending the holidays in Nassau. Typically, when the semester is out,...
Class Diggs
I took my #BreakBeatLit class record shopping last semester. Actually, we didn't go record shopping; we went digging. I told them that digging is a...
Tests Across the Crossroads
Indiana has a problem. The Crossroadians of American are not happy with the exam they use to test aspiring teacher into or out of the profession. They are in...
Solely Status
Status Board Reading: Marlon James says in the Acknowledgments of A Brief History of Seven Killings that at some point while writing, he didn't know who's...
Unbreaking My Brain
I've been trying over the last year to unbreak my brain. By unbreak, I mean recover some of the focus, depth, and concentration that dings, pings, and rings...