“Learning about each other this way has reminded me that we can glean other things from didactic forms than what they profess to teach us.” Miranda Hoegberg on novels and reality TV
https://t.co/kO2vYP8h3U
“Amid its Rabelaisian cast are heads growing out of heads, heads growing out of behinds, plungers for hats, nude vagabonds, and eaten babies.” @tylerleeholter on the 50th anniversary of Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends
https://t.co/swqzAnK5J8
"At its core, Amber Brown is about accepting the normal many kids are dealt." Abigail Spencer on finding troubled parental relationships in children's literature.
https://t.co/HbKkuKM6JZ
Give thanks—The Rambling is out! From Lost to Lord of the Rings, reality TV to “succubus chic,” you will not lack for conversation at the dinner table after reading our latest issue, now live at https://t.co/BsUibgAHWd.
Presenting PubLab Issue 7.0: Boundaries. Delve into essays, fiction, and poetry exploring transformation, love, place + time, and the human/beyond human experience. Join us in pushing the limits of our shared experiences. https://t.co/vQec2TzibT
We were lucky enough today to have our workshop kicked off by the wonderful keynote speaker @dan_sinykin! Thank you so much Dan for taking the time to share your wisdom with us.
Fellows: Feel free to drop a cool fact or two you learned from today's session in the replies 💡📝
“As horrible as this has been for all of us in America, what we are encountering is not the worst thing happening to professors right now.” @thrasherxy on the recent crackdowns against academic dissent, at home and in Gaza.
https://t.co/6yG8YTwzKq
“My baby writhes against my chest. I hold him close and vow not to move a muscle, because like an animal, he can sense fear and this is a test.” Nada Alic writes the first draft of motherhood in the new issue of LARB Quarterly. https://t.co/W6DNIOr4DT
.@ASU English professor @devoneylooser is author or editor of 11 books. Her best writing advice? "Write even when you aren’t feeling inspired" and "don’t read over and fuss over everything you wrote last time." Learn more via @xtnaboyd: https://t.co/JAvcppH2zv #ASUHumanities
"Writing prose for experts is seen as harder than writing prose for non-experts, and I just don’t think that’s true. They’re both hard in different ways, and they’re both a practice." @bethanysays_ talks with #SisterNovelists author @devoneylooser
https://t.co/jEaBlSdB1c
"I hope that people will return to these primary sources that I used to find new things and tell us new things." That's @ASU Regents Professor @devoneylooser, speaking @TheRambling_ about researching her book, "Sister Novelists." Read more: https://t.co/ruMb2meh2f #ASUHumanities
@TheRambling_@bethanysays_@devoneylooser Great convo! I wrote about one of those forgotten novelists, Carolyn Wells, for my column today:
https://t.co/uE0iBmuZwW
I'm so excited to have been part of bringing out the latest Rambling, which is chock full of great, thoughtful pieces you should check out...and most especially thrilled for the opportunity to interview @devoneylooser in its pages, which was a dream!
Our new issue is here, featuring even more encounters with favorite books from our youth!
Up first, Aaron Santesso on eighteenth-century literature’s troubling absence from banned book lists.
https://t.co/CzUlzngTdA