Sue Sorensen

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thanks for listening to my sue talk

during the pandemic, I took on the direction of my university's academic press w/ 1 course release (!)

CMU Press is mostly me + lovely student assistants + great freelance designers & editors + some wonderful, patient authors

I realize that I've now published 12 books! for @cmupress-ca.bsky.social

so in my co-working space, in my publisher life, I got used to working in parallel to Josh, coding while I edited... we often worked til late, usually not talking, though once I gave him a doughnut & once he tried to explain coding... he's moved to another city & I wish him well but dang it's lonely

I don't know--shouldn't he automatically be given citizenship, some snowshoes, and a supply of Tim Hortons for life?

tiny bits of agony

this week I had the task of describing briefly the novel I recently wrote, and I swear it would be an easier task to write another novel #booksky

A film, I remind you, that you have still to see in its totality since you had a little nap.

A ★★★★★ review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) So shoot me. I loved this thing. I went into it with my 12-year-old self in hand, and she said YES to pretty much all of this except slicking back Julia Garner's trademark curls. Yes to the strong hin...

My ridiculously affectionate, softhearted ★★★★★ review that made my kid so happy of The Fantastic Four: First Steps on Letterboxd boxd.it/aBsltx

your semi-regular reminder that screwball comedy of 87 years ago was better than almost anything today

but it's a superhero movie with a supermom and a very cool mid century modern aesthetic

a teaser from @ariel-gordon.bsky.social's lovely personal essay in The Fiddlehead in which I have a wee walk-on part (or, I guess, that should be a swim-on part)

thefiddlehead.ca/content/exce...

Just listened to Simon Mayo's interview with the lovely Guy Pearce on @kermodeandmayo.bsky.social and have now decided to normalize saying, "I reckon." Although it sounds better in Aussie.

In my days as a student journalist, the headline for my pubnite review (in the U of Regina Carillon c. 1981) of a short-lived rockabilly band was: "Honeycomb Your Hair Like The Kingbees." Much gleeful snorting at the layout table among beer, pizza, exactos, and hot waxers.

Out this fall from Bloomsbury Academic: I'm pretty chuffed to be in this collection of essays about music in/as literature.

love Colbert so much

& the words of the profits are written on the studio wall

Approve, not approved. Take away my doctorate.

nothing says I'm a professor of literature who fell in love with the pre-Raphaelites 40 years ago than my new racerback William Morris tank top of which he would most vehemently not approved

I taught you to DEFEAT me??

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford. Why has no one told me how wonderfully sharp and funny she is?

is it weird that I like it when my mini crossword times are consistently halved by my 22 year old kid

there's still a surviving Dionne quintuplet ?? and why can I remember all their names? was I alive in the 1930s? -- shut up -- the correct answer is no

Orlando Bloom Spotted At Dinner With Angela Merkel BERLIN—Just weeks after announcing his split with fiancée Katy Perry, English actor Orlando Bloom was photographed Friday dining with former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “Angela kept Orlando laugh...

"She’s a huge fan of Pirates Of The Caribbean, and he’s super into the German economy."
theonion.com/orlando-bloo...

an evening on the patio at Langside Grocery feels a bit like walking into a movie

Woo Hoo. You're hired, not that I'm in a hiring position.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups Reports detailing killing of children and elderly, forced displacement and starvation likely to add to pressure for action * Middle East crisis – live updates Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it. In reports published on Monday, the two groups said Israel had targeted civilians in Gaza only because of their identity as Palestinians over nearly two years of war, causing severe and in some cases irreparable damage to Palestinian society. Continue reading...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups

The concentration of American wealth has been, over the past dozen or so years, largely limited to the top 0.01 percent of American households, and half that concentration has benefited just 19 households.

That’s oligarchy.

Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Opposition to AI is a key path to renewal for the NDP In charting its path forward, the NDP should place a bold opposition to AI at the heart of its political agenda. This stance must go beyond tepid calls for regulation or ethical oversight. It should r...

Yes. Just yes.

canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Baby dies from malnutrition as Trump warns of ‘real starvation’ in Gaza Infant is among at least 14 people who died from malnutrition in 24 hours across Gaza, hospital source tells Al Jazeera.

Infant is among at least 14 people who died from malnutrition in 24 hours across Gaza, hospital source tells Al Jazeera.