My ride or die @PDabashi and I wrote about the desires compacted in scholarly book covers, by way of introducing a #Visualities series Modernism/modernity feat. short essays by some of our favorite authors reflecting on their book covers! Pls read & share: modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts/j…

After this great podcast -- podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…, I was curious. Spender thought Passage to India helped end the British Raj; Twain thought Fenimore Cooper helped start the Civil War. What are other famous attributions of Big Historical Agency to famous writers/texts?

This will be worth your time- Rochelle is such a sharp-eyed and inventive critic!

The Future of Decline ! with Jed Esty ! ! on May 21 ! ! ! in Fitzroy ! ! ! ! Register yon: events.humanitix.com/the-future-of-…

Penn English so grateful to Jennifer Egan for joining us as an Artist in Residence and for tirelessly, passionately championing the value of studying literature and the humanities at the university level. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Jennifer-…

SNS is always a great conference! Grateful to Aarthi Vadde and @SarahmQuesada for all they are doing to prepare a new round of fantastic exchanges. Worth it for all novel students scholars and fans!

The grooves are back, the drinks are flowing, and the dance floor is hot. Our new single, Charlie the Stingray, is available NOW. This release also includes a lyric video AND an acoustic re-imagining of our tune Raindrops. Enjoy! LISTEN AND WATCH AT linktr.ee/thestoneeye

Kudos to Goodlad and Stone for this dense map of how bad AI can be for universities and for real knowledge-making. AI boosterism and Ed Tech flimflam ignore all these damaging forms of expropriation -- of workers, of ideas, of resources at large. Can't wait to read full essay!

Coming in 2025! Sarah Cole and I have edited the Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells There are 47 chapters covering a huge range of topics, written by scholars from literature, politics, history, sociology, and more Table of Contents below academia.edu/124132072/Oxfo…

Bernie Sanders in statement issued as Harris is about to give her concession speech: "It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them."

Arnaud Bertrand in the book Esty argues that America losing its international influence should not be seen as a negative thing. Infact when the British empire ended, British became very strong domestically. The same path exists for America too.

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This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”

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