Donovan Hohn

Author of MOBY-DUCK (2011) and THE INNER COAST: ESSAYS (2020). Acting editor of Lapham’s Quarterly. Twitter account in hibernation.

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New book in June. Dedication page.

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@PhilKlay @RBMD1982 That essay distills her book *For the Time Being.* Perhaps you’ve read the book. (If not, I recommend.) Not as funny as the earlier essays. No “froggy yikes,” or “general vamoose.” Dillard up her beanstalk gazing upon the wreck of time, thinking about De Chardin & sand.

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@zenahitz Terrence Malick.

[Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College @Arendt_Center]

We’re thrilled to be partnering with ⁦@laphamsquart⁩ to become the new steward for the celebrated journal of history and ideas founded by the late Lewis H. Lapham. https://t.co/9FMyqB0xA4 via @NYTimes

[Donovan Hohn @donovanhohn]

@_ryanruby_ @AmericanGwyn Marilynne Robinson has written about the Puritan/Cavalier opposition in her essays. The idea goes at least as far back as Henry Ward Beecher. From Robinson’s “Which Way to a City on a Hill?” in NYRB:

[Lapham’s Quarterly @laphamsquart]

Lewis H. Lapham, the founder of Lapham’s Quarterly and one of the great American essayists, journalists, and editors, died in Italy during the night of July 23-24. He was eighty-nine.
https://t.co/5KdhjiFnpg

[Donovan Hohn @donovanhohn]

A tribute to Bill Richardson by Daniel Fenster: “What I really wish I’d known then – and what he’ll likely be most remembered for – is the career he’d made of negotiating the release of Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad…” https://t.co/8Wpy6Zb2uw

[NYU Journalism @nyu_journalism]

Applications now open for the 2023 Matt Power Literary Reporting Award, a $12.5k grant to support a story that uncovers "the human truth beneath the sorry facts." | Apply by March 2 — Learn more here: https://t.co/WuUNaaWljM #journalism #grant #nonfiction

[Meera Subramanian @Meeratweets]

Deadline extended to 3/2 for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award ($12,500 #reporting #earlycareer #nonfiction #writer). Apply & share! @sejorg @ScienceWriters @uproot_project @ReligionEnviro @IBWellsSociety @NABJ @NAHJ @najournalists @aaja @sajahq https://t.co/bO9XZgPaTe

[Donovan Hohn @donovanhohn]

@Shawn00Guerra @simongerman600 Yes, there is indeed a whole book about it. I'm afraid the map shown in original tweet displays some factual errors, as does the Wikipedia page. But it is a true story.

[PEN America @PENamerica]

HAPPENING NOW: Join us for the Day of the #ImprisonedWriter, with writers & advocates Ma Thida, @AhmedNajiTW, @JewherIlham, and @karinkarlekar; featuring renowned writers @azarnafisi and @aranama in solidarity with writers jailed globally #FreedomToWrite: https://t.co/YZgSv0H6cm

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"In an abrupt reversal of fortune, metro Detroit native Danny Fenster, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison with hard labor in Myanmar on Friday, was set free on Monday."https://t.co/kyFUZSYTkh

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Joyful news.https://t.co/kTL8xevM8X

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[The Detroit News @detroitnews]

Levin, family raise concerns over health of detained journalist Danny Fenster https://t.co/fBauUhIooI

[Donovan Hohn @donovanhohn]

"PEN America calls for Danny Fenster to be released without charge and allowed to leave the country immediately, and for other journalists to be allowed to do their essential work freely, without fear of arrest or other forms of intimidation."

[PEN America @PENamerica]

Myanmar authorities have detained U.S. journalist Danny Fenster, editor of one of the last remaining independent media outlets in the country. We demand his immediate release. https://t.co/8kol0aSufs

[Donovan Hohn @donovanhohn]

This June, I'd planned to road trip through an archipelago of indie book stores, from Detroit to Seattle to San Diego. Will be zooming instead, keeping excellent company.

[David Stein @DavidpStein]

Urgent piece by @JeanneTheoharis @AlanAAja1 and Joseph Entin.

“The biggest scandal in American higher education today is the staggering disinvestment in public universities like CUNY...”

https://t.co/S9F0E0pA3i

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@RobGMacfarlane Found it at the edge of a gairneag.

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So glad you liked it, @RobGMacfarlane. I'd been reading Landmarks, so there's probably some influence there in my seeking of fluencies. https://t.co/1CFwMk1iLN