Personal essays

Essays

Personal essays, notes on teaching, and pieces still taking shape. Works in progress are marked, and they change.

  1. Let the Record Build: Revision, Reflection, and AI

    Writing or creating in public usually means letting people see the process along with the product: the drafts, the missteps, the number of times you’ve changed your mind.

    Oct 4, 2026 · 4 min read · 4 rounds of revision #teaching #writing #ai
  2. The New Spiritual Literacy Practices of A Now Only Somewhat Atheist Adjunct Professor After An Alien Appeared by His Bed

    I woke up in the middle of the night in the summer of 2026 to a gray alien standing by my bed.

    Oct 2, 2026 · updated Oct 3, 2026 · 17 min read · 3 rounds of revision #teaching #writing #spirituality #hermit-crab
  3. How I Use AI, and Why I'm Publishing Here

    What I wrote, what Claude wrote, and who made the decisions. How each essay on this site is made, and why I'm stepping back from journals for now.

    Sep 28, 2026 · updated Oct 2, 2026 · 3 min read · 5 rounds of revision #thoughts #ai

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