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Michael Sacasas

is working toward a PhD in Texts and Technology at The University of Central Florida and he blogs at The Frailest Thing.

Essays & Reviews

Dead and Going to Die

By Michael SacasasOctober 21, 2013
The famous photographs of Lincoln assassination co-conspirator Lewis Powell show modern self-consciousness being born before an indifferent lens.
Essays & Reviews

Circle of Presence

By Michael SacasasMay 18, 2012
Smartphones pre-empt the possibility of conversation even before we choose to look at them and look away from the person speaking to us.
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