6/18

My mind has been on fire since our time together yesterday (btw, I apologize

for gobbling up your whole afternoon, I had no idea how late it was). I want

to thank you for setting my mind into motion thinking about dissertation

research, topic focus, and career options. I talked James' ear off when he got

home.

I actually signed up yesterday for a graduate seminar in American Studies with

Bianet Castellanos (do you know anything about her?) on Transnationalism. I'm

not certain I'm going to take it yet (I would take it in place of an

independent study on the body with Tim), but I'm definitely thinking more about

how digital forms of writing have been taken up by immigrant populations in the

US (If interested see link below for more info). I'm not so hot on the word

"immigrant" but feel I need to learn more about the history of "transnational"

before I start using it as a word.

Digital storytelling, national identity, and literacy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrw66BL-Izo

I met Clifford Lee (Asian man in the video) last year at the National Writing

Project Conference in NYC. He is leading this initiative with the work he does

with his students in Oakland, CA. I'd love to start/work with a similar project

here in Mpls/St. Paul ... oh my illusions of grandeur ?!?