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Elizabeth Alsop

@elizabethalsop.bsky.social

CUNY prof, writer, editor, unionist, author of Elaine May (U of Illinois Press, 2025). Words in LARB, NYT Magazine, The Atlantic, Ms., The TLS, Public Books

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is there any word more cursed than innovation

04.12.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently so this year!

04.12.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had no idea they’d be such a hot commodity!

04.12.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

T discovered at a Whole Foods near work! He was literally walking out when they started unboxing a new supply

04.12.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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it wasn't easy but we got it

04.12.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

75 πŸ‘΅

04.12.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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my deadhead bestie from HS is laughing so hard right now

04.12.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Theory at the Bargaining Table https://interccect.com

Theory at the Bargaining Table https://interccect.com

tomorrow!
how to strategize faculty power in technofeudal times!

03.12.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

look I have sharp elbows, but I would prefer not to have to throw them so much

03.12.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.bloomsbury.com/us/generatio...

03.12.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have some questions

03.12.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research

02.12.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 904    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 16

Amazingly yes!

02.12.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for saying it! I also really believe this!

02.12.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"People want the humanities. People want to care about literature. People want to be able to talk to each other about how art works in complex and skilled ways."

I said this in the interview and I mean it!

02.12.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Home Page Lucia Pizza of Avenue X, an Italian American eatery focusing on New York Style pizza and atmosphere. Our roots date back to 1974, so stop by for our signature pies or enjoy a slice, see you there!

not the point but have you ordered from Lucia of Avenue X? soo good & they deliver to us! lucia.pizza

02.12.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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People of the World: Relax! | Los Angeles Review of Books β€œPeople of the World: Relax!” is excerpted from β€œThe Complete C Comics,” a collection of Joe Brainard’s innovative work, and featured in LARB Quarterly no. 47: β€œSecurity.”

In case you also needed to hear this message today! lareviewofbooks.org/article/peop...

02.12.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally started to put some book proposal words on a page, about 491 of them #acadecawriteathon

02.12.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Algorithm of the Night, by A. S. Hamrah β€œA. S. Hamrah’s criticism is hilarious, irreverent, full of passionate and ingeniously defended judgments.” β€”Dana Spiotta

My new collection, Algorithm of the Night, is out today from @nplusonemag.com shop.nplusonemag.com/products/alg...

02.12.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote 300ish words this morning before I found out about #acadecawriteathon, and know that I know I’m in! Thank you @annakornbluh.bsky.social for the community & structure!

02.12.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating!!

02.12.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do tell πŸ‘€

02.12.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A spread of black and white snapshots laid out on a white table. Photos include protest signs, cops on horses, crowds of people including students and faculty outside City Hall. Faculty are wearing regalia, one has a skeleton on his shoulders, while others carry a big fake coffin with text saying β€œBury Pataki’s Budget Cuts!” And someone holds up a huge skull that says CCNY 1847-1995 on its forehead.

Other signs say: 
No Death Penalty for CUNY-SUNY
Save Higher Education!
We SEEK a Higher Education
The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste–Pataki has lost his

A spread of black and white snapshots laid out on a white table. Photos include protest signs, cops on horses, crowds of people including students and faculty outside City Hall. Faculty are wearing regalia, one has a skeleton on his shoulders, while others carry a big fake coffin with text saying β€œBury Pataki’s Budget Cuts!” And someone holds up a huge skull that says CCNY 1847-1995 on its forehead. Other signs say: No Death Penalty for CUNY-SUNY Save Higher Education! We SEEK a Higher Education The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste–Pataki has lost his

Close up of a black and white snapshot of a protester holding a sign that says We SEEK a Higher Education

Close up of a black and white snapshot of a protester holding a sign that says We SEEK a Higher Education

Close up of a black and white snapshot of a protester holding a sign that is a giant skull with CCNY 1847-1995 written on its forehead

Close up of a black and white snapshot of a protester holding a sign that is a giant skull with CCNY 1847-1995 written on its forehead

Close up of a black and white snapshot of faculty protesting in their academic regalia, holding a sign that says  Save Higher Education

Close up of a black and white snapshot of faculty protesting in their academic regalia, holding a sign that says Save Higher Education

Sometime last year, a CUNY alum contacted me saying they’d found some photos they took at the 1995 protest against budget cuts and would I please take them so they could clear out their attic?

They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT

01.12.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Congrats, friend!

01.12.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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while you’re at it won’t you consider subsidizing our nation’s entire public education system?

01.12.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Submit your proposal: Fredric Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory Due December 15, 2025 11:59 PM EST Notification of Decision January 10, 2026 Conference Information April 10–12, 2026 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Keynotes by Michael Denning, Jane G...

Major conference on the legacy of Fredric Jameson happening at Duke April 10-12, 2026. Grad students should submit! CFP linked:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

01.12.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨🚨🚨 Even though I find the phrase β€œCyber Monday” deeply distasteful, the folks at Columbia University Press are offering my book at a 50% DISCOUNT today! Check it out, along with the other fantastic titles in the Literature Now series!

cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...

01.12.2025 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for this!

01.12.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, thanks Heather!

01.12.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last day to get 50% all @illinoispress.bsky.social books using code FRIDAY50, including, say, this one? www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

30.11.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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