Wanted: literary ecocriticism essays
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Brad Lander is shown being detained by federal agents in a courthouse. Lander wears a dark blue suit, blue shirt and blue striped tie. The agents wear sweatshirts and blue jeans. A headline reads: "Brad Lander Is Detained By ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse." Photo by Olga Fedorova/Associated Press.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
“You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking to see a judicial warrant” —Brad Lander just now as he is being handcuffed by ICE.
The publisher has cut their costs by outsourcing to this company, the company has cut their costs by using AI/low-paid staff instead of paying for a proper job, while I’ve spent hours & hours fixing the manuscript, so all the extra labour from cost-costing has fallen on me, the unremunerated author
So, I just learned that the NEA’s terrific literary team publicly announced their collective resignation, effective at the end of the month. It is a dark time for the arts in this country—which is aging a lot since they were never supported to the extent they should have been.
I am a fan of Williams & Bizup’s Style: Lessons in Clarity & Grace. Nothing special about diss research—just a solid guide to writing and self-editing strong, clear, publishable academic prose.
Speak out against these attacks: tell your representative you support the NEH. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
Reminder: join us tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET for a free webinar, Legislative Encroachment on Higher Ed, and learn how advocates are defending DEIA, academic freedom, and the right to protest and get strategies for your own campus and community.
You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?
Readers, contact your US representatives & senators to protest the Trump executive order to dissolve the IMLS. Issued last night at midnight with no news coverage. Here is the tool through the American Library Association to facilitate doing so: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
Pierre Joris (1946-2025)
From the family: We will gather at main gate, Greenwood Cemetery, 500 25th Street (Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, Brooklyn), on Friday, February 28 at 9:45am and proceed to the gravesite. At 2pm, we will meet at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook (253 Conover Street, Brooklyn).
Confirmation hearing for unqualified nominee for the threatened DOE today:
What specific oversight measures will prevent voucher funds from being misused for non-educational expenses like theme park tickets and ski passes, as they have in states with vouchers? #QuestionsForLinda
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
You can read these three books FREE for an entire month here: cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/pro...
In celebration of the #MLA2025 conference, we're excited to offer THREE #FreeReads for an entire month. 📖
Including BLOTTED LINES, WRITING TIMES, and THE MURIEL RUKEYSER ERA.
Start reading now: cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/pro...
Someone I met last night asked what I specialize in, & I gave a laundry list. Jeffrey translated it into something coherent, but I don’t even remember what it was …
You read? Books? I feel like a bad academic now.
Exciting news! You'll find our very own 1869 Podcast in this 25 Best University Podcasts lineup. 🎙️
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We filed our appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive yesterday. If we are unsuccessful in our fight, libraries won’t be allowed to own and lend digital books, only license them from big media corporations. Why is that bad for YOU? 🧵in comments blog.archive.org/2023/12/15/i...
NEW EPISODE of the 1869 Podcast with Eric Keenaghan & Rowena Kennedy-Epstein, co-editors of THE MURIEL RUKEYSER ERA.
Learn about Muriel Rukeyser’s legacy and why much of her writing was suppressed during her time.
Listen now: soundcloud.com/1869thecuppo...
Rachel Maddow’s cold open on global authoritarianism — J & I turn to each other. “So what would it take to have Coltrane sent to us if we just decide to stay in Montreal next weekend?”
Text in top left corner reads "New Books: November 2023." Four book covers presented in a row, slightly staggered from each other, on top of a red background.
It's officially pub day for our November 2023 books!
See the full lineup here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/new-books-fr...
In one week, come join me & Rowena Kennedy-Epstein as we discuss #murielrukeyser with the Flow Chart Foundation and celebrate the release of The Muriel Rukeyser Era: Selected Prose! Follow the link. Below to register for this Zoom event.
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Includes The Muriel Rukeyser Era!
"I read through everything I wrote and I feel very disappointed. But what can I do. I wrote it. It’s there."
– Chantal Akerman
"Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost."
– Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke
