David L. Orvis

Cover image for the book Shakespeare in Tongues by Kathryn Vomero Santos. The cover features a colorful mixed-media collage by artist Fausto Fernandez.

Shakespeare in Tongues is officially available for pre-order today! If you would like to order a copy for yourself or your library, please use the discount code 25AFLY2* for 20% off. www.routledge.com/.../Vomero.....

Will check it out. Thank you!

Thank you for the suggestions!

Had forgotten about WTWM. Thank you!

Also hoping there’s something out there akin to “Snapshots of Caliban” or “Gertrude Talks Back.” But thus far coming up empty.

What adaptations/appropriations of Midsummer have y’all had success teaching to undergrads (majors or non-majors)? I have at least two literary-cultural interventions for all other Shakespeare plays on my syllabus, but Midsummer has me stumped. What am I missing? (Lots, I’m sure…)

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Chuffed, and in great company!

Poster for EmoTrans 3, featuring a goofy bat whose entire torso (?) is a big grinning face and ambiguously gendered people peeking out of holes in the ground adoring it?

Friends! Please join us for the third (!) Early Modern Trans Studies conference, held at Boston University from March 23-25.

A Renaissance For Shakespeare’s Digital Afterlife Texas A&M has long had a reputation for innovative research in Shakespeare studies and in the digital humanities alike. A fresh digital arrival in the English Department, the New Variorum Shakespeare,...

Thanks to all our new followers! To find out more about the history of the New Variorum Shakespeare, its arrival at Texas A&M University, and our plans for the future, take a look at this recent news article: artsci.tamu.edu/english/upda...

Last month, at the Michigan #EmoSex conference, I said a few words about the friction between gender and sexuality studies, and also my thoughts about a "trans method." Maybe you'd like to read them, too.

Flawless album. No skips. And when they performed “Deus In Absentia” as part of the Pale Tour Named Death setlist back in 2018, it was magical!

My favorite reads this year

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - didn’t intend to read the book in one sitting, but I did and it wrecked me.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Finished MARTYR! a week or so ago and still thinking about it. One of my favorite reads this year.

Think you might use our digital edition *at all*? Then now is your chance to make sure it works for you as well as possible. Have a play and then press the feedback icon and spend 30 seconds or so letting us know what wasn't so great so we can try and fix it!
#EarlyModern #Yorkshire #FamilyHistory

Job posting for Tenure Track Assistant Professor in English with Specialization in Environmental Humanities

Description of desired qualifications for position, reading "For this position we seek a scholar with demonstrated teaching excellence and strong record of research to deepen our offerings in literature and the environment; we are especially interested in candidates whose work incorporates Indigenous Studies and/or Global South approaches. Teaching responsibilities will include writing-intensive courses for first-year students and participation in a team-taught introductory course in Environmental Studies. Candidates can also expect to teach courses in their field of specialization at advanced levels and to supervise honors theses in their field. PhD must be in hand no later than August 2025."

Review of applications for Colby's search for an assistant professor in English with a specialization in Environmental Humanities starts on December 15 (well, realistically probably the 16th), and we'd love to see an application from you or your students: apply.interfolio.com/158414

Mornings w/ Fran

Hooray! DMing you now.

Friends: I’m hoping to get my paws on an essay published in MILTON STUDIES, but my uni’s subscription is hard-copy only and I’m 100 miles away from campus at the moment. Does anyone have digital institutional access? 🥹🙏

Repost with one of your favorite books you’ve read this year 💙📚

One of my favorites this year, too. Patting myself on the back for raiding your goodreads a few months back. 😏

Thanks for the primer! These days, my social media presence consists almost exclusively of GIF replies, cat pics, and the occasional plea for journal article PDFs when I can’t be bothered to use interlibrary loan. Face-hug at your peril 😸

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@bashakella.bsky.social heyyyy friend

Fran wants to know who’s a good follow. In the meantime, I have hella following back to do.

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So… what’d I miss?

Come work with me! LSU English will be doing assistant professor searches this year in Renaissance/Early Modern Literature, 19th C./Victorian Literature, Multiethnic U.S. Literature, and English Education. Due Nov 15 Ads are shared below. (Will share 4th ad when available)

Intentional. They want non-fascist faculty to leave the state to make it easier to implement their fascist policies.