Participants in the Dancing Mind Challenge are invited to submit a reflection about their experience. Read them here:
Settling in
By John Westbrook This book has been moving around between various shelves at home and in my office for about a year. Saturday was a…
Reaquaintance with a Favorite Author
By Caro Mercado Reading is a wonderful way for me to unwind and immerse myself in another world or place away from my lived reality.…
Stress Separation
By Dillon Bell Throughout the past two weeks, I’ve always had some schoolwork that needed to be done. So, anytime I wasn’t doing that work,…
Laughter
By C. Cymone Fourshey I read parts of two memoirs and a novel, each reflecting a coming of age story. Typically, I read almost exclusively…
Reading as a Radical Act of Empathy
By Anna Fox-Holladay Anyone who’s ever traveled for work can probably sympathize with this: the work day is never really over when you’re on the…
A Dancing Mind is a Free Mind
By Presly Saunier Taking part in the Dancing Mind Challenge was a much needed reset for me. Not only was I able to more throughly…
Dancing Mind Challenge
By Emily Pennington I am very grateful for this experience as it helped me unwind from an exceptionally chaotic weekend. As the challenge continued, I…
Getting lost in a book
By Amy Hark As a child and teenager, I would often get lost in books, particularly during the long days of summer (reading outside) or…
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By Lee Mack I almost chose to start a book to ensure I didn’t finish it and then need to start a new book partway…
The Importance of Books
By Nina Banks It has been several years since I participated in the Dancing Mind Challenge. Since I regularly read novels, I assumed that this…
Reflecting on Automation and Unwellness in the University through a Queer, Feminist, and Disability Studies Asian American Perspective
By Steven Beardsley I chose to read a poetry collection (Automaton Biographies) by Larissa Lai that I’m planning to teach in my Technofeminist Literature and…
Reading on the couch
By Katherine Furlong I feel exhausted and exhilarated and so emotional… I should not have picked such a powerhouse of a book. Reading steadily for…
Sinking into the Story
By Virginia Zimmerman I have always loved to read and as a young person frequently read for hours on end. I remember being suprised it…
My Dance
By Stacie de la Parra I had been planning for several days. I chose an atrium area at the local (not busy) mall, grabbed a…
The Dancing Mind
By Jamie Brouse I love to read and enjoyed the “unplugged” time to do so. It was relaxing and enjoyable. I did instruct my spouse…
Blog Post
By Sarah Bailey I loved this experience! I am a person who is definitely addicted to my phone, which can make it hard for me…
Parable of the Procrastinator
By Alicia Mack It was more difficult to carve out the time I wanted than I thought it would be. My late start and the…
The kind of reading
By Sophia Blea Núñez It was the kind of reading for which I am nostalgic, full of a relaxed intensity, accompanied by at least four…
(Re)imagining as Dancing Together
By Steven Beardsley I finished Benjamin’s manifesto rather quickly, so I decided to read Hindi’s poetry for my own work. I felt that being able…
What a treat!
By Kathy Kristjanson-Gural I love the dancing mind challenge! What a pleasure getting lost in a piece of fiction for 2 1/2 hours straight in…