This book is one of the most rigorously researched I’ve EVER read. It is a game-changer.

I made a thing

Olivia with another 💯 correct take here.

I love Rose Casey as much as I hate Gordon Gee. ✊🏼❤️ publicbooks.org/in-defense-of-… via @publicbooks

It made my heart happy to see Jay Shelat in conversation with my sometimes student but always teacher Sahar Tarighi about her solo show, Şamaran, at The Berman Museum! 🐍❤️

I am a million years late to this but I'm trying to write a thing about the internet and groups and prosocial narcissism and I want to shoot this brilliant essay by Mitch Therieau straight into my veins. thedriftmag.com/vibe-mood-ener…

If you're in the DE area and have an interest in material culture, please join us Material Culture @UD later this month for a collaborative, conversational symposium (featuring a printing workshop by Katie Garth)! Program and registration here: mcstoday.com

NEWSNEWSNEWS! This fall I will begin as Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs at Dartmouth. I’m truly honored to have the opportunity to serve Dartmouth’s amazing faculty so they can do their best work. I can’t wait to see ya soon in the green place 💚

When in doubt, LISTEN TO THE STUDENTS

We're back with another great season of conversations Novel Dialogue! My episode with Katie Kitamura and Xander Manshel goes live tomorrow and I promise you do not want to miss the brilliance of these two in dialogue.

One of my favorite critics talking to one of my favorite novelists-- YES PLEASE! Listen up: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nov…

New Hampshire Dispatch 1.0: This is a SMALL.

NH dispatch #2: built a cat enclosure and now Trudee sits at the kitchen window hoping for service like it’s a damn drive-thru.

NH dispatch #3: Squirrelfriend munching at the bird feeder every day like he’s 50 Cent.

NH dispatch #4 from Home Depot 😱😱😱:

Contemporary fiction friends: what very recent (2023-24) novels have you read that are retellings of previous novels or true stories (James, Demon Copperhead, The Fraud)?

Reading Jameson taught me the joys of generalist work, the courage it takes to make a real argument, and the rigors of expansive thinking. And Jameson himself taught my greatest teachers in many direct and meaningful ways. I'm glad he lived so long and kicked so much ass.