#ConferenceReview #BAAS2023 @Samsonnotuel reviews 'Race and Reassessments in the Recent Past', a panel BAAS 2023 at Keele chaired by Kristen Brill and featuring research from Shannon Combs-Bennett and Zélia Catarina Pedro Rafael of @uni_iceland. usso.uk/2023/05/24/baa…

Thrilled to see the cover of Mainstreaming Gays (forthcoming this September) at the Rutgers University Press table at #ICA2023! Use code RICA2350 by June 5 for 50% off list price. rutgersuniversitypress.org/mainstreaming-…

📢Call for papers 📢 For the 2023-24 programme of our American History Research Seminar series. rai.ox.ac.uk/article/call-p…

"They censor words not the things they denote", Censorship and City Lights, Ginsberg vinyl, Buddhist anger advice, & more - Friday's Weekly Round-Up on The Allen Ginsberg Project - allenginsberg.org/2023/06/f-j-30…

In honor of the start of summer break, we have a bonus review for this #BookReviewFriday! Zélia Rafael of @uni_iceland reviews 'Making Schools American: Nationalism and the Origin of Modern Educational Politics' (Hopkins Press) by @CodyDodgeEwert. usso.uk/2023/06/30/boo…

If you're celebrating with us today & want your own fellowships/grants/prizes/residencies to be inclusive to all writers & artists regardless of immigration status, pls reach out to us! We also recommend this resource from our friends at Define American --defineamerican.com/research/creat…

The power of words and images here is immense. Beyond the objective guilt dialectics, there is an implied sense of infinity coming through. And that is what keeps speaking to me.

Today, the statue of Friðrik Friðriksson was removed, following alleged child abuse claims. Righting history's wrongs also raises questions: why do we put up monuments for fallible people? And what do we learn from taking them down? ruv.is/english/2024-0…

We are honored to welcome the new 2023 Undocupoets Fellowship recipients, Charlotte Abotsi, Mico Astrid, and Georgio Russell. undocupoets.org

Available for review: ‘The Cambridge Companion to the Black Body in American Literature’, edited by Cherene Sherrard-Johnson cambridge.org/universitypres… Please send expressions of interest to reviews editor Harriet Stilley Kelly.

A newspaper ad from 1835 revealed a slave auction larger than any historian had discovered. This is what we know about that auction — who orchestrated it, who profited and what happened to the enslaved people at the center of it. propub.li/3QC3kSb

"Other people don't need to have information about the ins and outs of your child's emotional and personal life." "Sharenthood" author Leah A. Plunkett spoke with NPR's Life Kit about the different harms of oversharing online. n.pr/3WTflXc

My transcript and annotation of Whitman's full text of "A Christmas Garland in Prose and Verse," from the 1874 Christmas edition of the New York Daily Graphic is on my blog. See link below! theinfamousacademic.com/2024/05/22/wal…

🎉 Great news for the #Listerverse! *Decoding #AnneLister* — edited by ALS steering committee members Chris Roulston & Caroline Gonda — is now available OPEN ACCESS from ⁦Cambridge University Press⁩! Line up your summer / Pride month reading plans! 🌈📚 cambridge.org/core/books/dec…

In slave quarters, enslaved people found moments of humanity amidst cruelty. They raised children, supported each other, & built community. Despite constant surveillance & the threat of separation, they fostered love & unity – roots that defied the weight of slavery.

BREAKING: The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the long-running, closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books. Full story to follow.

Un poco de humor. Santis y Q3 continúan con su serie de "Sueños de escritor". En esta ocasión nos dicen que se acercan tiempos difíciles. ¡Amar es urgente". INFOVA Todoliteraturas Javier Oliaga todoliteratura.es/noticia/60129/…

#OnThisDay, December 21, 1837, the US House renewed the "Gag Rule," silencing debate on slavery in Congress. ❌ This 1836 rule allowed slavery to persist without scrutiny, a reminder that oppression thrives on silencing dissent. #GagRule #Abolition #USHistory