PinnedRyan KirbyinAge of AwarenessWhat Anthony Hopkins Teaches Us About Living with AutismWhy his 2021 Academy Award for Best Actor was not received in vainApr 28, 20218Apr 28, 20218
Ryan KirbyinLondon Literary ReviewRevisiting Mexico City’s History in Christina Rivera-Garza’s FictionAug 3, 2022Aug 3, 2022
Ryan KirbyinQueertopiaWhether Matt Damon Said it Or Not, the Queer Stage Is Not HisRecently catapulted — by himself, let’s add — into a notoriously sparse mainstream queer dialogue, Matt Damon both has and hasn’t used the…Aug 24, 20211Aug 24, 20211
Ryan KirbyinAge of AwarenessAlone on Mother’s Day? You’re Not AloneMotherhood is a rich, deep, inimitable treasure. Just not when it’s wrapped up in cellophane.May 9, 2021May 9, 2021
Ryan KirbyinPolitically SpeakingNot Everyone Gets To Participate in Conspiracy TheoriesIndulging in social mythology might mean you have nothing real to worry aboutApr 29, 2021Apr 29, 2021
Ryan KirbyinAge of AwarenessA fourth rhetorical device: the role of kairos in narrative discourseThe lesser-known rhetorical device, kairos, is defined by the timing and appropriateness of its storytellingApr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020
Ryan KirbyinAge of AwarenessThe labor of love for other: the psychology of writing as a social actStudying the social psychology of writing requires us to identify how reading meaningful texts stimulates our collective neural networks.Apr 15, 2020Apr 15, 2020
Ryan KirbyinPredictNo, we’re not seeing eco-fascism — yetWhy we aren’t there yet, but why thinking of what the term means is no less pressing for those who will not make it through covid-19Apr 14, 20203Apr 14, 20203
Ryan KirbyinEpilogueAddressing the phenomenon of “headline reading”How writers begin to think of “headline reading” as a gateway — not a roadblock — into our readers’ multimedia mindsApr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020
Ryan KirbyinPredictIt’s Kafka, always: the boundary between us and the worldThe anxieties caused by our present-day grapple with novel coronavirus, like the abundance of absurdities experienced in not-so-routine…Apr 9, 20201Apr 9, 20201