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Noreen O’Connor

@noreenoconnor.bsky.social

Transnational Modernism. Women and comedy. Medical humanities. Elizabeth von Arnim Society President. Professor of English at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre.

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Noreen O’Connor@noreenoconnor.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Trump’s ballroom blitz sparks chorus of disgust: “Trump moved ahead with construction despite a lack of sign-off from the National Capital Planning Commission, the executive branch agency that has jurisdiction over construction and major renovations to government buildings in the region.”

AAUP@aaup.org · last yr.

Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat. 1/

Noreen O’Connor@noreenoconnor.bsky.social · last yr.

Luzerne County canceled the only show I wanted yo see this summer in their Rocking the River series. So heartbroken to miss the great fun of a Low Cut Connie show in my own backyard. I guess punk is still shocking the bourgeoisie. www.phillyvoice.com/low-cut-conn...

Low Cut Connie says Wilkes-Barre show was canceled over band's political views

The group released a track protesting the Trump administration and withdrew from a concert at the Kennedy Center this year.

phillyvoice.com

Noreen O’Connor@noreenoconnor.bsky.social · last yr.

The New Yorker magazine published today a glowing article by Claire Jarvis about Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Enchanted April. Jarvis calls the novel "quietly subversive” (!) The Enchanted April is a great read. It was recently reissued by Oxford Classics with an introduction by Isobel Maddison.

A Quietly Subversive Novel About Renewal on the Italian Riviera

In “The Enchanted April,” by Elizabeth von Arnim, four Englishwomen are transformed by a temporary loss of self.

newyorker.com