Bruce Leland
Professor of English and Director of Writing
Western Illinois University
Macomb IL 61455
mfbhl@wiu.edu
Welcome to my web manifestation. It is an illusion, of course, but I
hope not an unrealistic one. Proserpine adds her paradoxical greetings
to mine. "Manifestation" is my best shot, so far, at an alternative to "home
page." I do rather like the "home" part of the concept--it sounds
inviting, non-threatening, comfortable. But "page" isn't right. I don't
think we can appropriately understand what we're all doing on the web if
one of our primary metaphors is the printed page. Not that I hope to change anybody else's usage. . . . It's just one more
windmill for me to tilt at. In any event--this is my third version of this representation of
myself. The first was written just a year ago (hard to imagine that I've
been writing in HTML such a short time). It was cleaned up and updated
this past spring. This time I'm trying for a new look--or rather several
new looks, with different designs for each of the pages here (oops--I guess
I'm not ready to completely abandon the metaphor after all).
Bohemian Rhapsody courtesy of Vilkram's MIDI-Fest
I'm so
proud! A small sampling of
the work produced by students in English 480, Computers and Writing.
"The Construction of Selves in
Class Email Communities"
My paper for the Computers and Writing Conference, May 1996.
(And
here's a photo that Cindy Selfe took of Debbie Holdstein and me at the
conference. I'm not sure if I'm laughing because I just finished my
presentation or because Debbie just cracked wise.)
About me: My resume
and personal page
More about me: Family
History page
Kevin Bacon and Me (Only three degrees of
separation!)
Eileen's Paris Page
Yeats on-line: A
literary link
Other links: The rest
of my links to unusual and amusing (and sometimes useful) places
[5/22/95, rev 7/23/96, 1/10/97]
