Hot off the @academic.oup.com press: Thomas Allen’s vital book on vitalism in 19th-century American Lit. Gives us a rigorous genealogy of vitalism to think about alternatives to the extractive human relationship to the nonhuman world.
I’ve been witnessing its evolution over the past few years, and I am so excited to read @aarthivadde.bsky.social’s We The Platform in its final form. I just started and am already inspired by its clarity and optimism. Down with fatalism! Up with collaborative creation!
Congrats to the class of 2026! Pomppomppomp 🎓 Feat. @roopikarisam.bsky.social and @jeddobson.bsky.social
I’ve peaked!!! The lead in a story about tiny toilets!! But for real I’m glad to have this artifact of the class I taught this spring and the 31 students who taught and inspired me🚽 💕 vnews.com/2026/06/05/c...
I posted a “secret file” on my course canvas site and never mentioned it to my students. Love seeing notes about it in their final exams 😻
Like the author himself, @guenterleypoldt.bsky.social ’s book with @academic.oup.com on literary value from 1800-2000 is incredibly learned, rigorous, and persuasive. So glad this must-read is out in the world! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Sometimes you get to review a great book by a great human for a great journal.
Alexander Manshel@manshel.bsky.social · 4mo agoHard to put into words how I feel about this review of my book in the latest issue of NOVEL from the brilliant @sarahlwasserman.bsky.social. To have my work read this closely, and (I feel) seen this clearly, is an honor that I will not soon forget! drive.google.com/file/d/1oNLF...
Okay I am gonna try this Bluesky thing again, mostly so I can celebrate the terrific books that @ericafretwell.bsky.social and I have the privilege of stewarding into the world for OUP’s American Literary History Series. Watch this space 👀
Novel Dialogue (the official podcast of SNS) is back with Season 9: TECH. We have a great lineup of novelists and critics ready to help you make sense of these senseless times. @sarahlwasserman.bsky.social, @rosecasey.bsky.social, @lizmiller.bsky.social, @vauhinivara.bsky.social, and more!
I got to write about things I like: Freud, 80s computers, and @katemarshall.bsky.social's treatment of genre. Plus one I dislike: academic trend. Check out the whole "interlocutions" cluster, also featuring @ericafretwell.bsky.social and Thomas Constantinesco. academic.oup.com/alh/article-...
Lost and Found: Alien as Object, Unconscious as Method
Abstract. In a little-known essay, Freud defines “transience value” as “scarcity value in time.” This essay draws upon this strange formulation to explore
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Happy to see everyone here!! I’m very bad at clever content so please enjoy my cat in his new donut bed.
T-minus five days until submissions are due. Come teach @mitchrmurray.bsky.social and me about the 👻👻👻 in the contemporary! www.acla.org/forgotten-fo...
WE'RE BACK! And this season we're weeeeird. Look out for a special drop later today, featuring the brilliant @katemarshall.bsky.social! 👀👽
Cross-posting non-sh*t news from the sh*t place: It's a beautiful day to pre-order some books! @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social @alexandermanshel.bsky.social @pdabashi.bsky.social @katemarshall.bsky.social
