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Janice Fiamengo's avatar

I'm sure that's the case.

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Back in 1988, I first encountered Jacques Derrida in grad school. When probed to see if I understood the method and the style I threw up a fresh crunchy word salad with a nice ginger sesame (sticky sweet) vinaigrette just to demonstrate I could follow the bouncing ball. When I turned in my first paper, however, I was skewered for not playing in the "major league." My response was this: "Just because I can 'Derrida,' why would I want to?

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