Ana Schwartz

I just looked up the TU essay--what a treat! TY for sharing!

I'm joking but I'm serious when I say this tweet worked on me the way Rilke's Apollo poem works on me

So we’re all going to spend that $10-$20 a month on local, niche, &/or independent news subscriptions…right?

UT’s Women's and Gender Studies won a department. Then politics closed in UT faculty say women's and gender studies is a long-established discipline that’s being gutted and defined without their input or voice.

The first draft of the history of the demise of US higher education is now being written by journalists like the tenacious Lily Kepner. Read all her stories for the receipts on what's happening at UT Austin.
www.statesman.com/news/educati...

"we should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend"

"Days only: that was how young we were, with so much time on our hands" 😭

Guys, the video of Zohran officiating weddings is making me cry on Valentine's Day, plz send help

Guys, I *immediately* took a break from my grading college-level essays to read this, and I can't really explain how yet, but it was such fucking balm to my soul to have someone give back to me such an important part of the history of my present experience.

Here is 30% off on Here Is a Figure!!

Quilicura, Chile, one of the communities I wrote about in EMPIRE OF AI, has launched a brilliant initiative to inspire more responsible AI prompting. Today, don't use AI; ask the townspeople instead: quili.ai. So heartened to see this creative act of resistance.

Arielle Zibrak, Writing Against Reform: Aesthetic Realism in the Pr... In “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson denounced those who dress uncharitable motives in the flattering garb of compassion: “I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. ...

Very moved by this nuanced and thoughtful review of WRITING AGAINST REFORM by @natewolff.bsky.social

(free to read in English at: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti... )

"this critique (of sentimentalism) needed an extra dash of dialectics."

💙💙💙How can you not love this scholar?💙💙💙

Lol I made a very happy mistake! I thought I was using a sunburst #quilt pattern. Nope. It's a starburst pattern. So, even better per the final image of the quote! #dhmakes #dhtries #letterpress #textiles

MLA 2026-Bound Gente: The Latina/o Forum Cashbar has shifted off location to a bar a short walk from the Convention Center, January 9th, 7:15pm-8:30pm #MLA2026

Zohran Mamdani is going to use Arturo Schomburg's copy of the Quran for his swearing in ceremony.

www.nypl.org/press/schomb...

Happy New Year, folks!

As 2025 ends, I'm thankful for Matt Seybold and his extraordinary, synthetic, research-intensive, innovative, podcast scholarship, which is a gift to us all

New Year's Resolutions—1934 1. Write some poetry everyday. 2. Write some prose everyday. 3. Draw everyday. 4. Improvise at least ten pieces of music. 5. Invent several dances, including variations of the tap dance, and know them perfectly. 6. Sing persistently and improve voice by 1935. 7. Have at least seven stories accepted, and paid for by 1935. 8. Have at least fifteen poems accepted and published during the year. 9. Practice the piano continually. 10. Use correct English.

Gwendolyn Brooks (at 16)

One of the things for which I’m so grateful is that I didn’t read Moby Dick till I was in my 30s. I don’t think I would have been able to experience the sheer surprise and awe at what it’s doing and what it’s about had I read it when I was younger.

Extremely cool to see some of the best literary scholars in early American studies show off our field like this:

grateful that Sarah Mesle articulated this, in this precise way. Beef & fucking prunes. (from Reasons & Feelings, 2025)

The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years

Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense.

Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.

I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Stories for the masses The Mass Market paperback format is ending with a whimper

The era of the mass market paperback is coming to an end, and that’s not good thing for anyone.

I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...

The Custom Oregon Plate LOGOUT was previously assigned, but is now available for reservation. https://dmv2u.oregon.gov/eServices/?link=custom #Oregon #LicensePlate #VanityPlate #OregonPlates #CustomPlate #LOGOUT

Tying my shoelaces now!

The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.

My irregular visit to BSKY for December has arrived; I'm here to insist everyone close out their existing tabs and read @johannawinant.bsky.social's latest in the @bostonreview.bsky.social: www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

Also, while, I'm here, @johannawinant.bsky.social, your BR essay on close reading was so good it made me cry!

omg! "My rambling brat (in print)"!!

Witness the unprecedented speed with which I opened up a new browser to find this book at my library!

For @mid-theory.bsky.social, @johndownesangus.bsky.social wrote about @tomcomitta.bsky.social’s awesome book at @columbiaup.bsky.social! It was so fun to edit this piece!