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Here for this kind of Valentine’s flowers ❤️

JWIL mourns the passing of Velma Pollard (1937-2025) | Journal of West Indian Literature We honor the Jamaican scholar and writer Velma Pollard’s life and her invaluable contributions to Caribbean literary culture and education. She was retired from the University of the West Indies…

JWIL mourns the passing of Velma Pollard (1937-2025)

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Which is a very inconvenient thing to realize when I’m about to finish writing a book of criticism pitched, so far, to academic readers.

In a 3hr conversation about an area of my expertise, where author engaged generously and candidly with readers, I learned an unfathomable amount about the approaches to fiction by ordinary WoC across the African diaspora and it made me want to write more criticism about fiction for them.

The influencer is Cindy Allman (@bookotcinz in all the places) and if you’re interested in how Caribbean lit circulates in the world today, who’s reading it, and how they think about it you should follow her and attend her book club at least once.

I went to a virtual book club for The Book of Night Women last night, hosted by a J’can influencer living in T’dad & Marlon James the author & later Marlon James the photographer & painter *both* got on the call, surprising host & all. The casual yet joyful mischief of it all is where it’s at.

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There is now an affordable paperback edition of this book on Jesmyn Ward's writing (eds. @sherimariephd.bsky.social, Maria Elena Torres-Quevedo, me) @edinburghup.bsky.social. I am very proud of this book which would be useful to anyone working on Ward.
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African American Gothic in the Era of Black Lives Matter Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - African American Gothic in the Era of Black Lives Matter

Run, don’t walk over to Cambridge Elements where Maisha Wester’s new book on the African American Gothic is free — FREE (!) — until February 13.

When admin work has me out of these classroom streets, I appreciate Matt for sharing my words with his students ❤️.

Remember when the show-runner tweeted at us about this episode? Good times! I so appreciate you bringing these things in for students to chew on ❤️.

YouTube video by NPR Music Machel Montano: Tiny Desk Concert

Machel did tiny desk and it’s the carnival infusion we could all us.

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Jesmyn Ward: New Critical Essays is out in paperback! Use code: PAPER30 for 30% off on EUP’s website.

Part 2 of World Literature podcast on Percival Everett’s James. In this one I bring out my trademark, “What if the point of this novel is straightforward?” move.

But also: @sherimariephd.bsky.social, @keeblearin.bsky.social, and @mattseybold.bsky.social saying good stuff!

People of the Sun By forging lasting relationships between the United States and Mexico, between Mexican-Americans and indigenous Mexicans, RATM left behind a legacy beyond their discography. Sitting in a barren off…

Today at MTC, Jordan Baldridge revisits the radical politics and guerilla education of Rage Against the Machine.
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James by Percival Everett - part 1 The World Literature Podcast · Episode

Sometimes I go on other people's podcasts! 🧵

The first installment of a three-parter with @sherimariephd.bsky.social, @thathoberekguy.bsky.social, & @keeblearin.bsky.social on Ivan Stacy's "The World Literature Podcast." We're talking about Percival Everett's "James"!

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This was so much fun, y’all! And it was only 8am, but Everett’s James is that girl!Check out this conversation I had with @thathoberekguy.bsky.social @mattseybold.bsky.social and @keeblearin.bsky.social on Ivan Stacy’s The World Literature podcast. youtu.be/8MxxDO3-6Jw

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“The value of this fiction thus lies not only in its representations of what is but in its dialectical, utopian, necessarily imperfect attempts to think what might be.”

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This collection of essays I co-edited with @sherimariephd.bsky.social and Maria Elena Torres-Quevedo is now briefly half price and the much cheaper paperback version is available to pre-order! I am very proud of this collection and collaboration.

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Philanthrocapitalism U (A Tale of Today, Episode #7) A discussion of financing HBCUs revolving around the example of Morehouse College.

There has never been a minute in U.S. history when HBCUs have not been treated as vessels for capital incursions into education.

Co-authoring this article on Percival Everett's The Trees with @sherimariephd.bsky.social has been such a rewarding experience. This whole special issue of Orbit - open access - is really great. Please check it out!

Archive, Intertextuality and Genre in Percival Everett’s <i>The Trees</i> (2021) This article reads Percival Everett’s <i>The Trees</i> (2021) as a novel of racial terror that is both about the reading and interpreting of an archive of this violence and, in some senses, formally...

Looks what's finally out! It's the essay @keeblearin.bsky.social and I wrote on Percival Everett's The Trees for a special issue on Everett's writing in Orbit!

The introduction to Jesmyn Ward: New Critical Essays ed by @mariatq.bsky.social @sherimariephd.bsky.social and I is now open access Edinburgh UP: Jesmyn Ward (edinburghuniversitypress.com). Check it out!

Awakening the Ashes | Marlene L. Daut | University of North Carolina Press The Haitian Revolution was a powerful blow against colonialism and slavery, and as its thinkers and fighters blazed the path to universal freedom, they force...

On my list (also 30% off)!

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I’m a little bit 🤏 excited @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social’s forthcoming book, as well as @lbmcgrath.bsky.social’s work on literary agents, @sherimariephd.bsky.social reading all the prize lists, & the Culture Industries Section at Public Books.

True story: I didn’t think deeply about my habit of reading book prizes and criticism together until I talked with Matt for the podcast. *Thrilled* to be a part of these important conversations and for the agile intellectual community this work carves and shapes.

‎The American Vandal: Criticism in The Conglomerate Era on Apple Podcasts ‎Show The American Vandal, Ep Criticism in The Conglomerate Era - Oct 17, 2023

Very excited to be making a repeat appearance on The American Vandal pod! Talking ‘bout agents as literary critics and “pre-literary criticism.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...