It (nearly) lives! Forthcoming from OUP in November or December! My first reaction, for once, was glee — though the terror of writing a book is that it’s never finished. Eek! Woohoo! Wild to have proofs in hand!!!!
Tricia Matthew
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The community to grieve and rage about Jason Arday doesn’t exist. I keep coming back to this hard truth. The way this world is broken, fractured on all sides.
People come to New York City from all over the world to experience Broadway. The kids who grow up here should be able to do the same. We’re partnering with TDF to give away over 2,000 free Broadway tickets to NYC High School students at on.nyc.gov/broadway. Break a leg, high schoolers!
First review of Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale is in. Very grateful to Lucy Davies who describes the "rigorous and engrossing studies of the novels" as "set[ting] up further possibilities." www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/08/rezn...
Reznicek, Matthew L., Tales of Health: Illness, Disability and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale – The British Society for Literature and Science
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If you think you were a token in academia, just wait until you figure out why you are on the anti-woke beat at The Atlantic.
The State Must Provide, my first book baby, a history of racial inequality in higher education, turns five today. I shared some thoughts about it on IG, but figured it might be good to share here, too: First: I wrote the book because I felt like I had to.
So many immigrants I've interviewed break down about this. "Monsanto Maler was one of several Haitian immigrants who traveled from Springfield for a check in...after an ankle monitor was attached to him, Maler was seen collapsing to the ground and crying." www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/hundre...
Hundreds rally at site were Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPS
Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal immigration office Sunday morning to show support for Haitian immigrants from Springfield who were called to report for immigration check-ins.
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podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Camille Simone Thomas is a brilliant playwright! You can learn more about her here on the @race-regency.bsky.social podcast, hosted and produced by @shruti-jain.bsky.social
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Arts Podcast · The Race and Regency Pod, supported by the Race and Regency Lab works as a dynamic sonic space to lend an ear to all things Race and Regency. Using the intimacy, accessibility, and flui...
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Re: Shakespeare & Black Women. In June I worked with these extraordinary women to write a guide to the Folger archive’s holdings on sugar and the Caribbean. Patricia Lott (center) led the project @msbrittanyjoy.bsky.social (left), Camille Simone Thomas (right), and I contributed annotations.
Available for pre-order (The exhibition opens October 18th @folger.edu) Patricia Akhimie’s work here is phenomenal. Featuring work by @profkfh.bsky.social and yours truly.
“This catalog documents and expands on the Folger Shakespeare Library’s 2026 exhibition To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare, curated by Dr. Patricia Akhimie, the Director of the Folger Institute and an internationally recognized scholar in the field of premodern critical race studies.”
To Hear Her Speak
Recovers a previously hidden theater and performance history of Black women engaging with Shakespeare as actors, playwrights, costume designers, and directors.This catalog documents and expands on the...
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No congressional candidate in Democratic history ever had as much outside money dumped on them in one primary as Abdul El-Sayed. But El-Sayed has now survived the onslaught in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Barely.
Michigan’s primary reckoning for the Democrats
Despite record outside spending, Abdul El-Sayed and a slate of left-leaning candidates triumphed over establishment and incumbent rivals.
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People who think Emily Wilson is being mean have clearly never presented a paper at an academic conference
The only team not to lose to Spain at the World Cup? Cape Verde.
I know World Cup is complicated and FIFA is just trash, but I still like watching it all, especially in Brooklyn.
Cabo Verde are the true winners of this World Cup.
*Famous for not being able to tell a lie* Tired: George Washington Wired: Shakira’s hips
Yes, the muppets. I’m glad to finally see BTS. And little kids singing with muppets: I’m digging this. #SorryNotSorry
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 4w ago