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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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Measured, eloquent, devastating.

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Always a beautiful thing to see the Berkshire Eagle singled out for doing what newspapers should do best. Rock on, Berkshires.

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New book alert! An English translation of 17thC literary & archival materials on Catalina/Antonio de Erauso.

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We extended our deadline for general submissions to the Hispanic issue. Send us your work! mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mln

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 46 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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The US government doesn't subsidize university research. Rather, universities subsidize government research. I've seen recent threads deceiving the first half of this, but nothing recent describing the extent to which universities are doing the subsidizing.

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Got to talk about Emergency in Transit w Miranda Melcher on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social -- thanks for the conversation! Here's the episode newbooksnetwork.com/emergency-in... The open-access book is here www.ucpress.edu/books/emerge... @ucpress.bsky.social @uogsl.bsky.social @uocas.bsky.social

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All rail traffic in Spain has been halted after widespread power outages. Parts of Portugal and southwest France have also been hit with blackouts. Follow live updates: cnn.it/4cRreTF

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This is happening and it's beautiful. Thank you Senator Booker and Representative Jeffries.

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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I'll be launching a new culture podcast this summer. Music. Literature. Film. Visual art. (Wordplay!) And all the rest. I'll look at where the arts currently stand and where they might be going. Possible title: Fate of the Arts.

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Finally got to Lucy Alford on my stack of "must reads" (I know...I know...shoulda gotten there sooner), and it's another of those Books I Have Been Waiting For...right up there with my first read of Poetry and the Fate of the Senses, or The Sighted Singer, or Post-Petrarchism. That kind of great.

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If you are an artist or someone who had an NEH grant rescinded and are open to being interviewed about this for ARTnews, I can be reached on Signal at karenkho.45

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“A new humanities department survey (HDS) demonstrates both the challenges the field faces today and the resilience of many departments in the face of those difficulties.” bit.ly/HDS4_Intro

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@eleanorbpaynter.net needs to know this

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A morning of drinking coffee and remembering there is still a lot of great stuff out there to enjoy.

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nationalhumanitiescenter.org/careers/?fbc...

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prax.oregonstate.edu/residencies/...

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Once again, it’s critical to say here that Republicans in Congress endorse this with their silence

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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

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BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

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Ahhh...truly one of the greats. So glad to stumble upon this post.

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Exactly. Stand up, universities.

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Good for the UC Academic Council. And good for Rutgers Senate a couple of weeks ago. University leaders: How clear does it have to get that heads-in-the-sand just makes it easier for the predator to pick us off? It's beyond time for some collective spine. If we go down, do it fighting, and together.

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UCLA standing up to #KillTheCuts! Thousands of research, healthcare, & education workers across the country are out on campuses & in the streets today to demand that our elected officials #KillTheCuts to lifesaving research.

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Four of the Big Five Publishers Sign Letter Urging Congress to Restore IMLS 📚 www.wordsandmoney.com/four-of-the-...

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FTW!

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I'll stop soon, but these are all just too good

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I love this

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Amid all that's happening, I'm excited to celebrate Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present at a hybrid author-meets-critics launch Fri, April 11, 10:00 Pacific (19:00 CET). I'll be joined by Kemi Balogun, Angelica Pesarini, Julie Weise, Nathalie Hester... & perhaps you!

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Pretty beautiful day to be out in the sunshine in Portland, Oregon! People were saying 30,000 strong. We think it might be more!

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Timely.

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