OUT NOW! Belonging and Narrative: A Theory of the American Novel. transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-460… #NarrativeTheory #AmericanNovel #SpaceandPlace #Literature #America #AmericanStudies #CulturalHistory #CulturalStudies #LiteraryStudies

Proteste gegen Urheberrecht - Ihr unterstützt datengierige US-Konzerne! sz.de/1.4378764

#fictionandjustice. After an extraordinary 2 days, my favorite line comes from 12-year old activist Naomi Wadler. Asked what gives her hope, she said: when people care.

Feeling like the Internet publicbooks.org/feeling-like-t… via Public Books

Great piece by Masha Gessen on why one must defend Julian Assange!newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Looking forward to this specialty of Dutch American Studies!

Great Op-Ed by Masha Gessen on Mark Zuckerberg's opportunistic view of free speech & the price we might pay for subscribing to it. newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Britannia, alas! At least this „bumbling farce“ has inspired great poetry. Do check it out! youtu.be/TSMffdtyOwI

A timely volume dovetailing a great conference! Thanks Alexander & Co-editors!

Yesterday, we were joined by Laura Bieger for a lecture on the art of the essay in the #1619Project. Thank you for this very informative event! Next week, we will have a lecture on European Environmental Governance: sib-groningen.nl/event/a-health…

Found this in my elevator today: Happy Women’s Day!

Eva Illouz wrote this remarkable piece for the SZ last week. Unfortunately, it is only available in German.

Reading about a nurse in New York saying „it feels like we‘re all being brought to the slaughterhouse“ broke my heart this morning. I prey for you, New York. I prey for the whole poorly prepared country.

Public art for bad times

2 reasons for reading this: "Loneliness ... is the defining condition of totalitarianism and the common ground of all terror." "The idea that we must change the world to survive this crisis and thrive in its aftermath is itself practically self-evident." newyorker.com/tag/loneliness

Here is the first question that must be asked: What have we done with America? nybooks.com/articles/2020/…

Why would [anyone] expect protests against state-sanctioned racist murder to be peaceful? newyorker.com/news/our-colum…

Hear, hear!! Das Zeitalter der Hyperpolitisierung zeit.de/kultur/2020-11… via DIE ZEIT

Academics, writers, journalists, t-shirt-makers, comedians, Tweeters desperately trying and absolutely failing to make Four Seasons Total Landscaping funnier than it already is.