Jon Hegglund

@jonhegglund.bsky.social

Prof of English, Washington State U. Narrative theory, psychoanalysis, environmental humanities, humanism in a dehumanizing age. Minor character in Baseball Prospectus extended universe. Yes, that is a moose in my backyard.

really trying to build slowness and close attention into my courses, which means I am basically cutting the amount of reading in half from previous iterations. it feels weird! I'm excited for it!

if your "retreat" is an all-day event in the same departmental meeting room as every other department meeting, isn't it just "an interminably long department meeting"? gtfo with this fake pastoral bullshit

the initial glowing praise followed by mild pushback cycle that seems to be happening with the odyssey reminds me of the reception of one battle after another almost like celebrated dude directors benefit from hype out of the gate and when this recedes more sober, critical evaluations emerge