Amy Pajewski

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  • ‘Diversity,’ feminized work, and other truth bombs at ACRL 2017

    Our profession is steeped in a murky racial and gendered history. When Roxane Gay came on stage, the first thing she said to us was “man, there’s a lot of white people in this room.” And, she’s right. Librarianship has been feminized and white ever since Melvil Dewey. You remember, the Dewey decimal system guy?…

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  • Companion to ‘Beggar’

    From Sam Shepard’s Savage/Love: Beggar Could you give me a small part of yourself I’m only asking for the tiniest part Just enough to get me from here to there Could you give me something Anything at all I’ll accept whatever it is Could you just put your hand on my head Could you brush…

  • Companion to Listening Faces

    Listening Faces When we sat across from each other in the place where we met you talked about your nights by the fire                                                                         face listens You talked about yourself                                                                         face listens When we were lying next to each other you told me what…

  • PASSHE Graduate Research Symposium

    Today I am presenting “Hypermedia Poetics in the Digital Age”  at the 6th Annual PASSHE (Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education) Graduate Research Symposium featuring keynote speaker, Dan Goldberg, author of Lighten Up and other books.  This symposium is an opportunity for Graduate Students in the PASSHE system to present their research and network with other…

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  • Walking around with jess in March

    In the tree- box on Lemon Street, dog shit and a Duracell battery rest together. Cradled, by roots.

  • It aint easy strangling helpless neonates

    Lilith lives down the block with the man who collects aluminum cans on Monday nights.