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peonies.bsky.social
A few years ago, I wrote a history of sincerity (OIEAHC 2023).
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The harpoon was hurled.

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$18 for 18 eggs

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USC folks: mark your calendars for a talk I will be giving from my almost-done (I promise) book on March 20 at 4:30 in Gambrell 429.

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march 18th at georgetown

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Um cc’ing @natewolff.bsky.social and the rest of Dental Humanities dot sky

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Join us on Thursday, February 13 to hear Rachel Cusk deliver the 2025 Finzi-Contini Lecture at Yale! Presented by @yalewhc.bsky.social and cosponsored by The Yale Review, a version of Cusk's talk will appear in our Summer 2025 issue. More details: whc.yale.edu/light-woman-...

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A vitally important corollary, which is that it takes a lot of people--imperfectly, bc people!--working together to make things better. Again, imperfectly--bc people. But this is why the endless emphasis on individuals (mostly men) in history is so bad for us. We overlook how much collectives do.

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Do it. It helps others and it’s kind of a fun writing exercise.

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Someone call this guy up plz 📞 🙏 and ask him to pitch this idea to the state university employees here in Yeehaw-Land who already *did* this and then were fired anyway for “redundancy.”

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Thinking of @moiradonegan.bsky.social writing in Book Forum last year on the desire latent in tradwife discourse less for a husband than for a parent

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I’ll have a new post tomorrow, but Chris Newfield kindly asked to cross-post “What The MLA Is…” at Remaking The University, where you can find the most extensive coverage of this episode, curated by a former MLA president who really wants the organization to be an advocate for humanities workers.

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Die Workwear pivoting to dance criticism is one of 2025’s most exciting prospects

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Wishing you all an abundant 2025

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I drew this a decade ago, but failed to finish the phenomenology 😔 #archives #hegel #spirit

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peaches, painted by james marion shull, 1933

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haden mangoes, painted by ellen isham schutt, 1914

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10 Days to MLA! 12 Truisms About the Novel Debunked. Day 3: The author is a solitary creator. To find out what's NOT true, read @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , @sdileonardi.bsky.social + @beccacohen.bsky.social in a special issue of Studies in the Novel: muse-jhu-edu.oregonstate.idm.oclc.org/issue/54034

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This is extremely relatable

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It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️

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💛💚

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in addition to passive-aggressive emails, i did write/edit a few things this year: first, Situation Critical, coedited and co-written into with @maxcavitch.bsky.social www.dukeupress.edu/situation-cr...

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Sunday morning at Jack London State Park after the rain. #nature #hiking

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A quiet moment with a swan

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A companion to our history lists, here's a list of books, chapters, and articles published in 2024 in lit studies by scholars working off the tenure track. Compiled by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social.

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⚡️🌸💕COME TO MY ZOOM BOOK LAUNCH!!💕🌸⚡️ Featuring 💞Amy De’Ath, 🌸Amy Ching-Yan Lam, 💕Cecily Nicholson, 🌸Dolores Dorantes, 💞and Gail Scott💕! Sunday, December 15, 12:30 pm EST DM or email for the link! Everyone welcome!! nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014790...

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Central Time bb

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Great White Egret reflection. 😍 #birds 🐦🪶

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no snow in Philly this weekend, so I improvised

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Fragment of painted glass depicting a red carnation on a stalk. Netherlands, 17th century. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

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A favorite ornament.

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Somebody somewhere Needs flowers tonight Best seen full screen

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Rose ‘Blush Noisette’ on our lower terrace. #roses #gardening #photography #gardeningfeed #flowers

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Announcing: A RETURN TO FREUD? NEW HISTORIES OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, a three-day symposium at UC Berkeley, co-organizeed with Ramsey McGlazer. March 20-22. In-person. More info & registration here: thepsychosocialfoundation.org/events/

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"You And I Are Earth”, 1661. Creator unknown. Found in a London sewer. Tin-glazed earthenware plate. Collection of the Museum of London.

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www.masshist.org/events/great... Hi friends, Making my very first post - Jen Manion is giving a paper that I am responding to on December 3rd. Hope you can join us!

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November surprise: first orchid of the season. Even I am astonished at how happy it makes me! #FlowerReport #Gardening #GardenGrewPeas 🌱

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