A real thrill to see my book for sale at the @metmuseum.org ! Go see the fantastic Musical Bodies exhibit, on view through 9/27! @sunypress.bsky.social
Shannon Draucker
@sdraucker.bsky.social
Associate Prof., English & Gender/Sexuality Studies @ Siena U. Clarinetist. Author of Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature (SUNY Press, 2024). All views my own.
“Classical music is having a moment in popular culture.” New at PB: From Tar to Maestro to headline-making “orgasm” at a 2023 LA Philharmonic concert, @sdraucker.bsky.social explores the ways other art forms are taking classical music as their subject.
Can Literary Fiction Save Classical Music? - Public Books
Classical music’s most troubling traditions include erasing Black performers, abusing and harassing in conservatories, and refusing to acknowledge physical injuries.
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New at PB: @sdraucker.bsky.social reviews 6 books that look at “the ways in which the classical music world extracts and exploits performers’ bodily labor, presenting—often in agonizing detail—the physical pain that music making requires.”
Can Literary Fiction Save Classical Music? - Public Books
Classical music’s most troubling traditions include erasing Black performers, abusing and harassing in conservatories, and refusing to acknowledge physical injuries.
publicbooks.org
“Writing about the ‘most conservative’ performing art, these novelists present especially nuanced critiques of racial exclusion, gendered violence, sexual abuse, and labor exploitation.” New at PB: The classical music novel, from @sdraucker.bsky.social.
Can Literary Fiction Save Classical Music? - Public Books
Classical music’s most troubling traditions include erasing Black performers, abusing and harassing in conservatories, and refusing to acknowledge physical injuries.
publicbooks.org
"Teaching Victorian Literature in the Aftermaths" promises to be a timely exchange on emerging pedagogical thought by Shannon Drauker, Kimberly Cox, and Abigail Droge #NAVSA2025
The forum on reproductive and sexual justice features essays by Livia Woods, Ashley Miller, @drrd.bsky.social, Erin Spampinato, @sdraucker.bsky.social, Dara Rossman Regaignon, @dustinfriedman.bsky.social, Riley McGuire, Simon Joyce, @alexisdoeslit.bsky.social, and Jill R. Ehnenn
It was an honor to write about @cjdenial.bsky.social ‘s amazing book, A Pedagogy of Kindness!
Robin E. Field@robinfield.bsky.social · last yr.In this issue of Zeal, you'll find an Author Meets Critics forum on A Pedagogy of Kindness by @cjdenial.bsky.social, with responses from @sdraucker.bsky.social, @lcsantangelo.bsky.social, @caitskirby.bsky.social, and Shannon Cupido, as well as Cate's response. zeal.kings.edu/zeal
It was an honor to interview violinist and mystery author Brendan Slocumb about his new book, The Dark Maestro! van-magazine.com/mag/brendan-...
Learning Culture
Brendan Slocumb on combatting racism through classical music fiction, and his new. book, The Dark Maestro.
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I spent the last five years serving public history, arts, and culture at NEH. Please take a moment to let your representatives know you support NEH. Or read on and I can tell you a little bit about why I believe in public funding for the humanities.
National Humanities Alliance@humanitiesall.bsky.social · last yr.On Monday, March 31, 2025 we learned that DOGE is targeting the NEH with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded. Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
On Monday, March 31, 2025 we learned that DOGE is targeting the NEH with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded. Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
Save the NEH! – National Humanities Alliance
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Fun fact: the MLA discount code is good through Feb 12th. 30% off all the books via the link, including preorders on paperbacks. Shop shop shop!
SUNY Press@sunypress.bsky.social · 2y ago#MLA25 Visit us in New Orleans at booth 314 or browse our virtual booth to save 30% through February 12, 2025. #ReadUP tinyurl.com/44hfp74x
Ahh the ever fabulous @sdraucker.bsky.social with her ever fabulous book 🤩
SUNY Press@sunypress.bsky.social · 2y agoSo happy to see @sdraucker.bsky.social at the American Musicological Society meeting! Shannon Draucker's new book Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature is out now! #AMS
Thrilled to share that my book, Sounding Bodies: Acoustical Science and Musical Erotics in Victorian Literature, is forthcoming from @SUNYPress this summer! sunypress.edu/Books/S/Soun...
This was so great! Went to today’s session while waiting for my flight. There’s another one tomorrow! @katopodis.bsky.social is a wonderful workshop leader!
Christina Katopodis@katopodis.bsky.social · 3y agoNew teaching workshops in Jan! We'll brainstorm + commit to our priorities so we know what to say "yes" to & why, & what we can say "no" to when we have good reasons. I'll also share my student self-evaluation assignment. Register here! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
New Job Posting! The English Department at Boston University is hiring a tenure-track professor of Native American and/or Indigenous Literature in English. Any historical period. 2/2 teaching load. Deadline Oct 20. Please share widely. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37520616...
Back to school! Here’s hoping my students are more enthusiastic about this semester’s readings than my dog is.
