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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single flan must be in want of a knife.” When my two worlds, #JaneAusten and #GBBO, collide!

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Harriet Powers (1839-1910), African-American former enslaved woman, folk artist & quilt maker from rural Georgia. Only 2 of her story quilts survive, both present applique & piecework, reflecting African textile traditions, & mythical or religious narratives #Womensart

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Today’s thought about why I loathe #Chatgpt was prompted by a student writing very much in their own authentic voice. A response to Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” began with: “this one was definitely more of a ride to understand than Wordsworth or Blake.” Real human voices make such a difference.

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Imagining “beyond skull and skin” other life-ways. I am so excited to read Is A River Alive by the brilliant Robert Macfarlane this summer (and to hear him at Politics and Prose in DC on his book tour!). lareviewofbooks.org/article/what...

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“The sense of flux, of some reality just beyond one’s reach, and the necessity of a reader’s active engagement in creating the text characterizes much of Woolf’s fiction.” From Mark Hussey’s new bio of Mrs Dalloway. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature-b...

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Channeling my inner Emma Woodhouse to share Bloomsbury’s flyer for Jane Austen in 50 Words. In one of my favorite letters to her niece Fanny, Austen wrote, “I shall not plague you with any particulars. The pleasures of vanity are more within your comprehension , and you will enter into mine…”.

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Might have to use this the next time I teach parody. Pitch perfect. Sad!

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Day 1 of summer online course, a Brit Lit survey, and very first discussion post by student refers to Woodsworth. A new record!

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“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing / there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” A lovely Monday morning discovery: Rumi’s poem “A Great Wagon.”

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“What surprised me most was how the feathers moved as I turned the pages, and especially as I breathed.” Fascinating essay! publicdomainreview.org/essay/bright...

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Ok, this is pretty great

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“For him the four elements were indistinguishable; he treated land as if it were air and air as if it were water.” Terrific essay on Turner here: www.newstatesman.com/culture/art-...

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The vulture chick who would be king. This Bronx Zoo baby is EVERYTHING.

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“I died in 1960 from a prison sentence, and poetry brought me back to life.” “Pin Pricks of Loneliness,” by Etheridge Knight. Beautifully read here by Amanda Holmes: theamericanscholar.org/pin-pricks-o...

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Crystal clear to me that Canada elected the right man.

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“…taking pleasure in the works of the imagination without forgetting to apply reason and judgement.” Austen in a nutshell. Excellent short essay here: www.historytoday.com/archive/out-...

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Babs Pease, contemporary artist printmaker living in rural Scotland #WomensArt

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This woman is my hero.

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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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“We will see that life is radiant and beautiful and dignified and we’ll look back on these unhappy moments and we’ll feel nothing but compassion….We shall rest.” Hugh Bonneville was wonderful in the title role of Chekov’s “Uncle Vanya,” but it was Melanie Field as Sonya who grabbed my heart.

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“Sold by nobody and printed by herself.” Lovely essay on printing this amazing bit of Charlotte Brontë juvenilia. “We all start somewhere.” So true. lithub.com/on-publishin...

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I always feel afraid to teach Parable of the Sower, thinking I don’t have the proper expertise. Then the novel works its magic and students who have been quiet all semester have so much to say and report conversations they started after calling their parents to talk about it. TY Octavia Butler.

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On the third day Chelsea rose again, according to the scriptures. (I so want a White Lotus Easter Special this year).

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It’s a wander lonely as a cloud kinda day.

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Prepping classes for Parable of the Sower next week and found Octavia Butler’s Comment on her protagonist, Lauren Olamina: “she never develops a ‘things will work themselves out somehow’ attitude. She learns to be an activist.” Instructions for our time.

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“Fox gave me self esteem,” she said “I am way more like Fox now.” Fascinating article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/b...

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Gorgeous photo and also reminded me of the wonderful short story by Lily King: “When in the Dordogne”

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His face is the balm I needed today. Thanks!

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Paths like this are our paths forward. This message gave me hope!

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Teaching Braiding Sweetgrass this term and what a spirit lift it always is. Today’s gem, from the “In the Footsteps of Nanabozho” chapter: “we send gratitude to the East, for the chance to learn every day, to start anew.”

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If you’re tired of @schumer.senate.gov constantly falling for the okey-doke and you want bold winning leadership that is willing to go on offense, then #TheReformers is for you. We are calling for Sen Schumer (D-NY) to step down from his leadership role and let someone else take over the reigns.

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Agreed! The “rapid, unscheduled disassembly of the Trump regime” cannot come soon enough.

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“But there will always be Elinors and Mariannes - and Willoughbys, I fear.” Today’s delight is reading about Austen readers’ favorite reads. Never enough! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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“It’s crazy. That’s all you can say.” Yes, we so agree with you, PM Mark Carney. Please guide those of us behind the lines with crazies at the helm on what we can do to support Canada and one day right our country’s wrongs. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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It’s not even a fresh hell anymore. Just a continual hell.

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“Now I read these books as dialogues within a community of women.” That’s the way to do it! On Jane Austen and the women writers she read and in various ways engaged with. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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I want more than a name! How do pro-Canada Americans stop the Trump-fueled bullying of Canada sooner rather than later? Mid-term elections, assuming we have them again, are too far away.

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Hear, hear. So sick of all who fail us when they fail to register their disgust with Trump’s disgraceful and repugnant behavior. An abomination of a human, let alone the president of this country.

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