I’m on Mississippi State’s campus for @msfreepress to cover MSU faculty & staff’s living wage protest.

This Sunday (28 April) is the free PREMIERE of a new documentary about Elizabeth Cary’s Tragedy of Mariam, directed by me and produced by my students. Join us at 7 pm EDT for the film and 8:30 pm EDT for a talkback with the cast and crew. Registration link below!

The film features interviews w/ Kim Coles (now on bsky soc) Lara Dodds Michelle M. Dowd, Richard Dutton, Margaret Ferguson, Dr Becky S Friedman, Hannibal Hamlin, Grace Kimball, Carol Meija-LaPerle, Dr Rebecca McCutcheon, Jasmine Silk, Liz Schafer, and actors from Lord Denney’s Players

Progress is happening on the second floor and if all goes well, the Writing Center will move into their new location inside Mitchell Memorial Library this summer. The central location will allow the center to better serve our students. Stop by and check out the progress. Mississippi State

Look at our beautiful official poster for Looking for Mariam, 1613, designed by LDP’s Cat McAlpine.

Looking for Mariam, 1613, directed by Elizabeth Kolkovich Elizabeth Kolkovich and produced by ENGL 4520.02, will premiere on YouTube on Sunday, April 28 at 7pm.

Congratulations to our 2024 Undergraduate Poetry Contest Winners – 1st place Evelin Aguilar, 2nd place Kamree Howard, and 3rd place Haylee Morman. The winners will be honored Wednesday during our Poetry Reading event. guides.library.msstate.edu/c.php?g=137415…

All, pass it on! MS YMP (YMP) is looking for summer contractors to project manage (onsite required; $10,000 min) and to copy edit student work (can be remote; $25 hour min) this summer. Please share this gig notice:

mississippifreepress.org/gigs

I’m missing this? THIS?

Delighted to announce that Early Modern Women on the Fall: An Anthology, which I co-edited with Thomas Festa, is now available in open access from ACMRS Press! Check it out here: asu.pressbooks.pub/early-modern-w…

I change my mind a lot during the research process. Happy to have had a chance to write about it

So I have a story about a missing finger. I was teaching with this book books.google.co.uk/books?id=e-9Qk… Which is a lovely fun early copy of Herbert with lots of interesting ownership marks and other features. (1/8)

Somewhat depressing poll, but, academics on permanent contracts in the humanities, are you confident that you will have a job in five years?

EMILY DICKINSON, JEDI KNIGHT

So Clumsy is a Blaster --
Aleatory -- in its Rage --
More Elegant -- the Saber --
More Civilized -- the Age

Mississippi State University’s Starkville and MSU-Meridian campuses are being impacted by winter weather and will begin the spring semester Jan. 16 with remote operations. Get the specifics here: msstate.edu/newsroom/artic…

This is OUR State.

#HailState 🐶

“There is no black Mississippi or white Mississippi. There is no red Mississippi or blue Mississippi. There is only a hungry Mississippi.” - Governor Tate Reeves, probably

We should bring back giving birds as gifts. Like the song

I always praise our small regional airport, but this morning the guys who drive the fuel truck over slept! Delay, missed connection, and detour through LAX.