The Author's Discourse of his Name

The author is an influence that a text can never separate itself from. Knowing the author’s name is a way that the reader knows the text; understanding comes from similarities uncovered that makes the reading feel a sense of companionship. When speaking with an author, one is speaking with a person and in human conversation the introduction is always the initial mode of interaction.
Foucault, in his work questioning ‘What is an Author’, can "…indicate that an author’s name is not simply an element of speech (as a subject, a comlpement, or an element that could be replaced by a pronoun or other parts of speech). Its presence is functional in that it serves as a means of classification" (What is an Author 1263). Humans feel that to know the name of something, (a type of food, an animal, another person) gives a deeper understanding of that thing’s essence. Certain and specific information, such as "…an author’s name on the book cover, a newspaper by-line, or the author information in a blog" (http://incsub.org/blogtalk/?page_id=40) increase the potential that a reader will find common ground with the text, and the author, they are reading.
When a person discusses a text that the person they are speaking to is unfamiliar with, the first question asked will be, "Who wrote that?" It is easier for a person to reference a work, and remember it, when they know who wrote it—this memory of a text does not come from its title or even its context.
"Discourse that possesses and author’s name is not to be immediately consumed and forgotten" (What is an Author 1264).
The blog is a form of representation in which a person does not leave their ideas alone, hanging on the precipice with no connection to reality. The influx in blogging proves that it is not only important to get information out to other people, but the source of that information as well. A blog is a direct classification of the author through its unique ability to represent a characterization of one's self.
"The uptake of blogs proves that reports of the death of the author are greatly exaggerated. The Author is alive and well, and has a blog" (http://incsub.org/blogtalk/?page_id=40)