Excited to be joining the C21 Literature editing team!

Had an amazing time at #BAAS2023 presenting on Cormac McCarthy, catching up with old and new friends, and discovering my true calling: pottery painting 👨‍🎨

It feels brilliant to be publishing a new @c21literature issue after a hiatus. Right now you can read trangdang.bsky.social 🌻's excellent article 'Humanity and Contemporary Post-Apocalyptic Imagination in the Work of M. R. Carey and Lauren James' here: c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/824…

CfP: BACLS-WHN Conference 2023: Look here for details of this exciting event! bacls.org/recent-posts/c…

Twittersphere, I'm searching for blind sensitivity readers who are based in the UK for my YA novel which forms part of my PhD on improving disability representation. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? Please RT and my DMs are open.

Join The Paul Auster Society! An exciting new author society has just been launched, and you can find information here: austerlibrary.ku.dk/paul-auster-so… Anyone interested in contemporary literature and in the work of Paul Auster is most welcome.

An early start as I'm heading to Uni of Birmingham for the bacls conference! Looking forward to chairing and participating in the keynote roundtable with some of the fantastic @C21Literature team Dr Melissa Schuh/[email protected] Zoe Hope Bulaitis / @zoebulaitis.bsky.social Arin Keeble Oliver Haslam #WHN23

The fabulous C21 team doing their thing at BACLS-WHN 2023! #WHN23

#PoetsInVogue explored the fashion and celebrated the work of seven poets. The exhibition's #puplicengagement activity was a huge success – drawing a wide audience and inspiring the work of young writers. lboro.uk/poets-in-vogue

My article on Gothic minimalism in Cormac McCarthy’s The Passenger and Stella Maris is out now with Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction! doi.org/10.1080/001116…

Save the Date! We are pleased to announce that BACLS 2025 will take place from 10-12 June 2025 in Stirling, Scotland. A Call for Papers will be released in the coming weeks on here and via our mailing list.

Gutted to miss brilliant former Loughborough English PhD student, Oliver Haslam launch his new book Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 1970-2020, in the awe-inspiring surroundings of Harlaxton College. Thanks to my colleagues for sending me the snaps.

This week I hosted a launch event for my book, Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 1970-2020, in the most maximalist venue imaginable. Thanks so much to everyone who came out to Harlaxton College on a snowy November night to celebrate with me! Bloomsbury Academic

📢The CfP for our next WHN-BACLS conference (10-12th June 2025, University of Stirling) is now live! Find it here forms.gle/Jmx4BBpdB7L36P… and send us your abstracts by Friday 24th January 2025.

Blue Extinction has been published! 🥳 Edited by Dr Vera Fibisan and me and featuring essays by Steve Mentz, Stacy Alaimo, dominic o'k, Henry Ivry, and many others. Do consider ordering a copy for your library: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…