Will Canoe-Sick

@willcanoesick

Associate Professor of English. he/him. I’m giving the internet one more shot.

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Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jul 15

See:

Jason Isbell wearing very fashionable round metal glasses

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jul 14

I thought it said “strategies to . . . *retrain* professors in tough times”

Strategies to Motivate and Retain Professors in Tough Times

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jun 2

Nailed it

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· May 27

Happy “Hot Bald Guy Summer” to all who celebrate

Bald guy in sunglasses and comedically large hat

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· May 12

Sometimes I accidentally dress like 1994

Selfie of bearded middle aged man in blue flannel and green stocking cap

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· May 9

You can’t take a picture of this. It’s already gone 😭

Peter Krause and Lauren Ambrose in the series finale for SIX FEET UNDER

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· May 2

Obligatory annual smartypants selfie

Middle aged man in a cap, gown, and doctor hood on a bucolic college campus

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Apr 24

Today was the last day of classes and I’m 47 so I dressed like a cross between Ian MacKaye and Mike Watt

Middle aged man with round metal glasses in a green beanie and a blue flannel posed pretentiously in front of a bookshelf

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Apr 23

Just because you are a student in my literature class and not college writing, don’t think that means you’re not going to be subjected to one of my “Modern Technology: What is it Good For?” surveys

End of semester evaluation form that asks students about their experiences with technology in education

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Apr 22

Happy course evaluation day to all first-year writing instructors in 2026

Student evaluation form that assesses student use of AI in learning

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Mar 7

Gloria by Patti Smith

Cover of the album HORSES by Patti Smith

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Mar 5

Took my students to Special Collections on my campus today to visit this beautiful object

First Edition of Virginia Woolf’s MRS. DALLOWAY

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Feb 22

Cartoon of a young man pushing on a door with a sign on it that says pull, next to a sign that says Midvale School for the Gifted

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Feb 17

Good morning, everyone! My iPhone is teaching me the value of dominance

Screen-cap of iPhone fitness notification that says: Fitness. Keep it Going. Will, you showed your move ring who’s boss yesterday. Keep the momentum going

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Feb 3

I’m so good at marginalia

A passage from Jane Eyre with the word “plot!!” written next to it in the margin in black ink

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jan 29

“I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down / Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town”

Middle aged man wearing round metal glasses sitting in front of two bookshelves

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jan 22

You know it’s cold in Iowa when the kid from Rhinelander attaches the hood to his parka

Middle aged man wearing a hooded parka with the hood up

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jan 21

Sounds cool, Norton! I’m definitely actively looking to experience more ways things can be ruined these days

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jan 13

Was given this wall art by one of my aforementioned buddies to commemorate one of the shows we went to ✅

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jan 13

I’m old and pretty uncool these days but, in the interest of spreading some joy on this app, this album slaps af:

Screenshot of SEND A PRAYER MY WAY by Julien Baker and TORRES

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jan 5

My jacket needs a bigger pocket

Painting of a man standing at a public assembly about to speak, wearing a blue shirt and brown jacket

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Jan 1

Great

Screenshot of a Merriam-Webster Bluesky post that reads:

Take a screenshot of this gif and whichever new word you land on is your word for 2026

Moribund

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Dec 31

In contrast, in this book I argue that AI is neither artificial nor intelligent. Rather, artificial intelligence is both embodied and material, made from natural resources, fuel, human labor, infrastructures, logistics, histories, and classifications. AI systems are not autonomous, rational, or able to discern anything without extensive, computationally intensive training with large datasets or predetermined rules and rewards. In fact, artificial intelligence as we know it depends entirely on a much wider set of political and social structures. And due to the capital required to build AI at scale and the ways of seeing that it optimizes AI systems are ultimately designed to serve existing dominant interests. In this sense, artificial intelligence is a registry of power.

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Dec 31

This one:

ATLAS OF AI by Kate Crawford sitting on a sofa cushion

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Dec 29

I highly recommend taking a long winter walk, if that option is available to you and you don’t mind the cold

Middle-aged man wearing a winter hat and parka, standing in front of snow covered trees

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Dec 6

A black video game start screen with the words Final Fantasy II on it. The “T” in fantasy is an ornate sword.

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Nov 27

PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! This is my published book: iupress.org/978025307179... This took me a long time. Working with IUP was a wonderful experience

Cover of THE ILLEGIBLE MAN by Will Kanyusik

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Nov 18

Finally catching up on some light reading

Paperback copy of Erich Auerbach’s MIMESIS sitting on a wooden desktop

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Nov 4

A brief photo essay on civic responsibility:

Will Canoe-Sick@willcanoesick· Nov 3

I want my faculty headshot to look exactly like this