Jay Shelat

Ew what

Grading is just so boringgggg I can’t even watch reality tv while I do it because I’d be distracted

DID IT!

I have avoided grading all morning and into the early afternoon. It’s now 2pm. I have plans at 5pm. Will I be able to grade 22 exams in 3 hours? Stay tuned!

Exactly 3 hours later, I’ve graded 5 papers! And 15 final reflections.

😍😍😍

Almost two hours later and I’ve only graded one paper

Well I’m just sitting here staring at the wall and that’s kinda fun. I did the dishes

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I don’t wanna gradeeeeeeeeeeee

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Train Dreams is so uneven. I’m always skeptical of Great American [quiet] Epics… and the characters of color are only framed in relation to whiteness: as representative of trauma or as in service to whiteness itself.

The acting and cinematography are lovely, though. William H Macy is so so so good.

So glad to see this piece doing well! Thanks for sharing it Hari.

Read the entire post here

https://open.substack.com/pub/yashicadutt/p/zarna-garg-and-the-myth-of-the-indian?r=4eny8&utm_medium=ios

Hell yeah

It’s snowing!!!

I’m wearing my shoes with massaging gel insoles bc I have bad knees😌

Hellooo

To ride or not to ride

For @mid-theory.bsky.social, @johndownesangus.bsky.social wrote about @tomcomitta.bsky.social’s awesome book at @columbiaup.bsky.social! It was so fun to edit this piece!

Friends, @keeblearin.bsky.social and I have a new essay out at ASAP/Review about @jamiljankochai.bsky.social's "The Haunting of Hajji Hotak." It was a pleasure to work with Arin and with @davidhering.bsky.social and @emmywaldman.bsky.social!

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Dreaming of the gateways 📸 #photography

They should invent a university that prioritizes teaching and research

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

I love this!

for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan

One of the students in my Political Poetry class is giving her parents all the books we read in class for Christmas 🥲

-Guantanamo Bay Poets
-Curb - Divya Victor
-Don't Call Us Dead - Danez Smith
-Whereas - Layli Long Soldier

Tomorrow's the deadline for proposals for this virtual mini-workshop for grad students with the Post45 Data Collective. Pitch a 10-15 minute presentation with data from the collective. Get feedback from a lot of excellent people.

Went to opening night for The Force Awakens with my brothers. One of the best theater experiences! People were buzzing with anticipation. Lots of costumes. There were three frat bros next to me who were gasping and clutching each other’s arms at cool or intense parts. It was very sweet

IT’S SNOWING!

THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S ABOUT RACE

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Bargain copies of my book available for £11 this weekend in the @edinburghup.bsky.social St Andrew's Day sale 😎 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hydrofi...

Resisting Dialogue A bold new critique of dialogue as a method of eliminating dissent Is dialogue always the productive political and communicative tool it is widely conceived ...

Dialogue is a cornerstone of social life, and a democratic society cannot guarantee a good life for all if dialogue is corrupted. I wrote Resisting Dialogue: Modern Fiction and the Future of Dissent because I saw literature offers both a warning and a corrective.

A short 🧵with two current examples: