@jjjjgal Also teaching it for the first time this spring. I loved reading as a reader and it feels perfect for courses focusing on race and empire. Also V. SHORT!
Um, yes: we need to pay attention to how Victorian ecocrit AND other sub fields like my own (book history, sound studies) become white flight spaces when VS more broadly tries to center race + empire.
Like (I imagine) any dream coming true, this still feels a little strange, but in the most beautiful way. I'm incredibly excited to say that my manuscript, Sweet Movie, won the National Poetry Series, and will be published by @BeaconPressBks. https://t.co/4zisZ8cCQm.
Our latest #blogpost, by @sdraucker, argues that Hulu's 2021 series Only Murders in the Building reprises Victorian-era stereotypes about musical women as depraved, deranged, and dangerous. (Note: spoiler alert!) Read here: https://t.co/77EpzmRVLi
Paulina Mena, associate professor of biology at Central College, has been appointed as Faculty Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion at Central.
https://t.co/InJbAeHcBo
that satisfying moment when my already awesome grad assistantship allows me to write an article about one of my peers doing incredible and inspirational work! https://t.co/H67VlRaqD8
It's release day for the 2021 issue of The Writing Anthology! We're so excited to honor our student authors and artists, as well as @ChronicallyGabi and Emma who worked so hard on this publication as student editors!
https://t.co/PQ4z1vYIYm
In my new piece for @LAReviewofBooks, “‘Model Minority,’ Still Other,” I argue that Asian bodies are being treated as tools for human rage during the pandemic. We are sick of being objects for American plunder. Get angry FOR us. #StopAsianHate
I AM ON THE FLOOR MY BOOKS ARE #1 & #2 ON AMAZON AFTER 1 DAY! Thank you so much to everyone for supporting me and my words. As Yeats put it: "For words alone are certain good: Sing, then"
Hey y'all,
Joined twitter just in time to share how excited we are to be included in #Bello100 Outstanding Podcasts from 2020!
Give us a listen at https://t.co/cntYCrcgPy 🧛👻🦇
What an energizing career panel yesterday with Central English alums @clay5714 , @davidchivers , @acsobiech , @KyleMunson , and Dr. Carrie Jo Calisesi! We heard about the lifelong value of the intellectual curiosity and sense of wonder our panelists cultivated studying English.
Bob Leonard of KNIA-KRLS radio interviews Assistant Professor of English Valerie Billing about her courses, Central's Writing Anthology, and the value of the humanities:
https://t.co/53NttEBgN3