Reading Re/Marks
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23
Apr
Re/Marks on Sharing Stories

Re/Marks on Sharing Stories

Stories change the world. I'm grateful to those folks who've helped me share stories of how annotation has done just that.
6 min read
09
Apr
Re/Marks on Annotation

Re/Marks on Annotation

My book about critical annotation—this academic study about a thing I call re/marks—emerges in conversation with our moment of great trauma and precarity.
7 min read
01
Apr
Re/Marks on Gratitude

Re/Marks on Gratitude

An abridged version of my book's Acknowledgements as I share some remarks on gratitude.
3 min read
25
Mar
Re/Marks on 16th St NW

Re/Marks on 16th St NW

Simple acts of public affirmation are a necessary form of resistance. Everyday text can be visibly reinterpreted by re/marks to interrupt status quo convictions.
8 min read
23
Feb
Welcome, Annotators

Welcome, Annotators

You are an annotator. Welcome to Reading Re/marks.
4 min read
23
Feb
Requesting Re/Marks #1

Requesting Re/Marks #1

Let's start with STOP. Share a re/mark by sending in your pictures of annotated STOP signs.
2 min read
22
Feb
What are Re/Marks?

What are Re/Marks?

Re/Marks are a critical form of annotation that highlight (in)justice and inscribe possibility.
4 min read
22
Feb
Re/Marks on My Cover

Re/Marks on My Cover

I wrote Gloria Anzaldúa’s phrase on the border wall at Playas de Tijuana. Then I photographed my annotation. The image is now my book’s cover.
5 min read
18
Feb
Re/Marks on a Proposal

Re/Marks on a Proposal

About three years ago I began writing a proposal for the book that has become "Re/Marks on Power." It arrives in just two months.
2 min read
30
Dec
Re/Marks on My Royalties

Re/Marks on My Royalties

For the third year in a row, my end-of-year charitable contributions included all the royalties I earned in 2024 through book sales.
6 min read