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Span, Fr, Eng pre-, hi- & postmodern. Whatever it is, Cervantes saw it coming. Director, Oregon Humanities Center. Deep interest in poetry; deepening interests in vis. art, perf. art. Current pivot: Velázquez, 80s feminisms and the NY art scene.
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IMPORTANT Collecting data to understand and strengthen arguments about the impact of the administration's ill-considered actions and the responses of universities... Please share!

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Dear Manager, 1. I drank a whiskey drink. 2. I drank a vodka drink. 3. I drank a lager drink. 4. I drank a cider drink. 5. I sang the songs that remind me of the good times; I sang the songs that remind me of the better times.

submitted 1 day ago • 451 comments

Dear Manager: 1. I skipped out the back, Jack 2. I made a new plan, Stan 3. I hopped on the bus, Gus 4. I just dropped off the key, Lee 5. And got myself free

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It is an extremely challenging time for higher ed, and I don't envy institutional leaders at this moment, but I am nonetheless deeply disappointed by this decision & the lack of communication to faculty about why it was made: www.thedp.com/article/2025...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

These are all so good. Another I've seen doing the rounds (I can't take credit for it, but I love it): 1. Hammer in the morning 2. Hammer in the evening 3. Hammer out danger 4. Hammer out warning 5. Hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters, all over this land.

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Here's a reason to get up and get going this morning.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Appreciation, gratitude, and solidarity to NEH staff in these devastating times. I am furious at what you are being put through. Completely unacceptable state of affairs.

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stand apart from these passions to see how they work..find passions of our own: desire for a freedom equally shared...equality that makes good on democratic promises..repair and regenerate the earth’s living processes...affirm the complexity of our embodied lives www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

"Donald Trump has done away with the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), which advises the president on policy decisions and engagement with the philanthropic and private sectors." bit.ly/4hdFIOW

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Congratulations, Miriam Gershow, upon being selected as a finalist for the Oregon Book Awards! @miriamgershow.bsky.social !

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Those moments when my heart lurches with love and gratitude for so many fellow Americans.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

So hard to figure out productive responses amid so much noise. But sí, te escucho. Estoy pensándolo. Y mientras tanto, reposting.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I generally trust The Guardian's movie reviews, but they totally whiffed it on The Last Showgirl. It's really worth it.

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Also:

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Also this (and I need to credit @brettrushforth.bsky.social for the find)

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

I have these lines rolling around in my head somewhere most of the time. But as we stare into the maw of whateverthehell it's going to be, starting today, I'm especially glad that Williams wrote them and I get to carry them.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Also love this. Humans can be witty, lovely, and OK a lot of the time. Must remember that in 2025.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Love this!

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Defending Higher Education in 2025 resource page: guidance+talking points on the issues the president elect will attack: accreditation, immigration and diversity, inclusion and equity efforts. thanks @higheredlabor.bsky.social @rweingarten.bsky.social ! www.aft.org/featured-res...

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

Kay Ryan captures it.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

So glad someone posted this poem where I could run into it again.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Let's not leave out mental and intellectual laziness. By abdicating the up-until-recently basic expectation that we as humans approach the world imaginatively, institutional leaders have found a way out of the demand that what is imagined be built by the application of techne and expertise.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Happy to comply! Congratulations, Miriam Gershow!

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

‘Last Tuesday morning I taught my first class of the winter term. After about an hour, a student abruptly left the room; I later learned he had received an automated text message ordering him to evacuate his home.’ Anahid Nersessian writes from LA: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

@hightheorypodcast.bsky.social might be my favorite among the gifts bluesky has sent my way since I joined. Great stuff, Kim Adams and Saronik Basu. Thanks, and congrats on finding your audiences!

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Here's a clearer path to the relevant info about the search for an editor at La Corónica: lcclacoronica.org/journal/call...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

La Coronica is seeking an editor. What a terrific opportunity. Can't wait to watch this new chapter for an important journal unfold!

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