David Anderson

Assoc. Prof. @UofLEnglish
American Literature, African American Poetry, Sea Literature
Music Lover and History Buff

[David Anderson @DRAnderson15]

Good morning, everyone!

[Hadas Weiss @weiss_hadas]

but enough about academia

[Lloyd Frank @ljfrankviola]

I just signed a @phlafscmedc47 petition: Fair Contract Now for Penn Libraries and Dining Service Workers. Sign here: https://t.co/H2vKujpxWv

[V. Joshua Adams @vjoshuaadams]

Went to Brazil this summer where the Association for Philosophy and Literature was kind enough to honor my book.

There’s now recording of the panel available. DM for a link. Topics include: skepticism, impersonality, poetry, Stanley Cavell, postcritique, teaching, Larry David.

[Lloyd Frank @ljfrankviola]

Let Penn know that my union siblings & I deserve fair wages in our contract negotiations. It is outrageous that the largest corporation in Philadelphia, the Univ. of PA, is playing these games. I am on the negotiating team for the Local 590, & I see what they're doing.

[Tim Gill @timgill924]

Who in the fuck sees someone die and then thinks ‘Hey let me use this opportunity to promote my new book’?

[Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd]

This is spinning a little bit out of control. What is this movement on Twitter to denounce the existence of entire academic traditions, as though they should have never existed?

[Nikhil Pal Singh @nikhil_palsingh]

Central casting Nazi ghoul.

[Kyle Reis, 58% Neanderthal @kyler416]

The thing about lefties vs Baez is, You really have to bury breaking balls inside on him to beat him. Which, you know, isn’t easy

[David Anderson @DRAnderson15]

@pschofie79 I'm so sorry about your loss. Thank you for the story, and I do hope your fond memories provide some comfort.

[V. Joshua Adams @vjoshuaadams]

at the college open house today a couple of young guys came up to the English table and one asked about using AI for their essays.

I was ready: “Would you go to the gym and watch your bro here do your workout for you?”

“No way, I wouldn’t get big.”

“Exactly.”

[David Anderson @DRAnderson15]

@vjoshuaadams I'm glad you didn't go through the seppuku attempt. We need you!

[Nikhil Pal Singh @nikhil_palsingh]

I believe what Tyler wrote is true. But it is not an accurate rendering of what has happened in large academic departments in major state and research universities, thus encouraging, in its own way, a distorted picture.

[V. Joshua Adams @vjoshuaadams]

Sweeping generalizations like this are false outside of the most rarified institutions. But nobody in the press seems to care what academia is actually like at most places.

[David Anderson @DRAnderson15]

@vjoshuaadams Be sure to give him back his jacket and shoes, or else he'll be in big trouble with Mother Rabbit.

[Jane Coaston 🏔️ @janecoaston]

an entire genre of boomer humor was "being married is the worst thing in the entire world"

[Graham Parker @ItsGrahamParker]

For Bob Andrews https://t.co/9STb3qCyzW via @YouTube

The tribute to Bob Andrews now up on YouTube. Thanks to everyone who made this possible. ❤️

[David Anderson @DRAnderson15]

@vjoshuaadams Encyclopedia Britannica at home and World Book at school.

[V. Joshua Adams @vjoshuaadams]

“Predominantly taxpayer-funded revenue streams” meanwhile my public R1 employer gets *ten percent* of its budget from the state.