Dr. Laura Hartmann-Villalta

oh no I just read it and it is so stupid and...kinda like saying "oh, use your common sense on the internet." oh geez thanks.

Another excellent MLA 2027 guaranteed session for which I will help evaluate abstracts: "Postcolonial Indigenous Ecocriticism in the Global Anglophone." 200 word abstracts. Deadline: 3/15.

More info here: mla.confex.com/mla/2027/web...

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An excellent 2027 MLA guaranteed session for which I will help evaluate abstracts! "Literary Studies Beyond the Academy"
200-word abstracts.
Deadline: 3/15

More info here: mla.confex.com/mla/2027/web...

Please re...bluesky??

The Enclosures of Free Verse Throughout the twentieth century, scholars accepted that there was something called “traditional” poetic meter, and that free verse liberated poets from ...

In honor of the publication day of The Enclosures of Free Verse (uncpress.org/978146969306...), here's a little thread about what the book does and does not offer.

"bride & prejudice"!!!!

okay but what about the zombies version?!?!?!

this **hand waves at all academic instability + parenting** is all too real

girl.

High School English and the Making of American Readers Abstract. The high school English classroom is the most influential literary institution in the United States, and the most overlooked by literary scholars

Last week, scholar Alexander Manshel published a vital paper about American reading habits. He noted that “high school English is the place where many lifelong readers are made,” he declared the high school English classroom “the most influential literary institution in the United States.”

I agree with DRC!! and these are super photos! (your hair looks lovely! curls!)

ha "faculty-led discussions" where faculty were yelling nooooo?!

at an institution where the library's ceiling literally missed directly falling on me b/c I got up to pee, I'm not surprised all the *pennies!* are going to AI & not, like, current educational initiatives or instructor compensation.

Since this site is apparently dying, I would love to get @contingent-mag.bsky.social to 10k followers before the end.

precisely! all the things! I'd call up the medical debt companies and be like: "put it on my platinum diamond vibranium card." headline would read: NEBRASKANS' MEDICAL DEBT FORGIVEN BY ANONYMOUS DONOR and I should share post being all IT ME IMMA DONOR 😂

AMIGA! planning the summer around it. I was hoping I'd see you there! 🎉

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I have a Samsung phone?

Credit: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, center, winner of an alpine ski, men's giant slalom race, jumps in celebration on the podium flanked by second placed Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, left, and third placed Switzerland's Loic Meillard, at the 2026 Winter Olympics.(AP)

What a great photo of Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, the first South American to ever win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games.

on my phone, you can?????

High School English and the Making of American Readers Abstract. The high school English classroom is the most influential literary institution in the United States, and the most overlooked by literary scholars

As some of you may know, I’m writing a book on the history of high school English in the United States, and I’m excited to share a new article from that project—“High School English and the Making of American Readers”—out today in American Literary History! 🧵

academic.oup.com/alh/article/...

wait the Spencer Pratt from "the hills" is running for LA mayor?!?!

Y'all DO NOT DO IT. have we not watched "the hills" and all subsequent reality TV nonsense? they literally faked a divorce initializing to boost Heidi's career. do y'all not knoooooooow?!?!?!

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Save the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building — the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”

This art is extraordinary! Please sign to help save the building from being sold.

c.org/SXQV7sQQgj

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott received a Haka tribute from her fellow Kiwis after her silver medal performance in the women's big air event, claiming New Zealand's first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Aotearoa NZ -- showing another way is possible.

www.news.com.au/sport/olympi...

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mamita was diagnosed with Alzheimer's last summer; I feel ya in terms of indignities and the pile on. 🫂

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Hi, all. Teaching oral communication & am including focus on “being a good audience member” covering active listening, how to do Q&A.

I would also like to tell what to avoid or anticipate (potentially).

If ok & willing to share, please drop your conference panel or Q&A horrors below (no names).

Cover of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau. The title is in large white and yellow letters against a background featuring the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. The subtitle reads is highlighted in a black and yellow box. An illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The authors' names are displayed at the bottom in red and blue text.

Through this #SuperBowl weekend, you can get the e-book edition of "P FKN R" by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau for $9.99 or less! Links to retailers are on our site. #BadBunny
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Me holding copy of the book

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽

www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

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definitely, and not for the reason christians think, am I right.

also Bosie would totes drink it.