“Genres have a history and impose a historical character upon the writer. What is interesting in the poem involves a certain kind of dramatization of the self that you don't have to engage in in the essay. In fact, the essay is a more social medium than the poem.” KindSelfCharacterFactsCertainSocialInterestingHistoricalMediumsGenreEssays Author:Vijay Seshadri
“All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There's a science-fiction aspect to our contemporary life. What's virtual, what's real.” IdeasRealSeemsCoursesSocialFictionMediaIdentityFitAspectScience FictionSocial MediaContemporaryWonderlandContemporary Life Author:Vijay Seshadri
“When you're an immigrant, you're at the bottom of the ladder. You might not be at the bottom of the ladder economically. Those contradictions led me to feel that the role in society I was given didn't jive with my sense of myself. I think, in fact, that is the case with most people. Everybody feels themselves to be in an original relationship to creation, and feels confined by their social role.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFactsMightGivenSocialRolesCasesCreationOriginalsBottomContradictionImmigrantsLaddersConfinedSocial Roles Author:Vijay Seshadri
