When you read a beautifully written academic text, the aesthetics of the prose makes the argument land differently. In a world, where so many of us have been terrorized by language instruction how do we teach the love of a language that was meant to annihilate us?

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I just bought 10 copies of Ordinary Notes ‘s Ordinary Notes. I encourage you to support her and others protesting PEN’s harmful rhetoric on Palestine. Sending love Christina.

We need to talk about second books.

“Goddard is now the fourth college to announce a closure in less than a month, following Oak Point University in Illinois, Birmingham Southern College in Alabama and Fontbonne University in Missouri, all of which cited enrollment and financial issues.” insidehighered.com/news/business/…

.ACLS will now give awards to faculty across ranks - please apply! I am really grateful to the ACLS for supporting my second book project

The Open Letter From North American Academics Condemning Scholasticide in Gaza has over 600 signatories from institutions of higher learning in the United States, Canada & Mexico. All academics affiliated with a North American institution can sign & share: forms.gle/whJn2XkjQnevow…

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This historical moment is just as bad as we think it is.

Does anyone have a copy of .Duke University Press Sense of Brown near them? I need the page numbers for the intro because my books are still unpacked.

Yay Chris!

A really great substack post about the kinds of bottom feeders that harass and stalk women on the internet. open.substack.com/pub/aubreyhirs…

Justice for all.

Maryse Conde, presente.

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Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre (that many appreciated seeing acknowledged on #Watchmen ) are still struggling to experience some decency in the USA. We can show #solidarity with them TUESDAY at 1:30PM CENTRAL time! #JusticeForGreenwood

justiceforgreenwood.org/watchparty/