Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>>

All is not lost; the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield:
And what is else not to be overcome?

Inkvent day 6!

Yf thou knowest, thou knowest.

Inkvent day 5!

Good morning to everyone from the ice shlong outside my window.

Inkvent day 4!

If you teach the History of the Book, or Information Technologies, or the long history of Text and materiality, this might be the coursebook for you—Treharne and Willan—now with StanfordUP’s 40% off. Bargain!

www.sup.org/books/litera...

Keep up the fight! 🤜 🤛

Inkvent day 3!

You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries “Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

YouTube video by Library of America Helen Vendler’s Sixth Sense

Last night, four acclaimed poets and scholars joined LOA LIVE for a fascinating personal discussion on revered critic and professor Helen Vendler. Watch @notquitehydepark.bsky.social, Dan Chiasson, @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social, and Christopher Spaide reflect on the influence of this towering figure.

Illustrating the ‘postcolonial experience’: 40 years of Peepal Tree Press As the publisher celebrates an important milestone, we chart its journey from an ‘expensive hobby’ to an international household name

Illustrating the ‘postcolonial experience’: 40 years of Peepal Tree Press

It just occurred to me that The Dummy’s Guide to Cdramas could be titled THE JOY OF SECTS and I’m so mad I’d never be able to write it.

Inkvent 2!

The Cherokee syllabary with cherokee symbol, english translation and phonetic pronunciation. White backgrounds with black text and should be able to save and zoom in on each character and pronunciation

The Cherokee language syllabus with english translation and phonetic pronunciation

A student walked in saying they had booked a writing pad. Realized they wanted Loanable Tech and not Rare Books and redirected. Now imagining in a century a student asking the same question, patiently waiting to interact with an actual paper notebook.

Amazing.

Inkvent Day 1!

Guess what, friends, deadline for PCA 2026 has been extended to Dec 5! Got any last minute paper ideas? Send 'em on in! Hope to see you in Atlanta in April!!!!!

pcaaca.org

Found in collections: A c.1700 Hebrew scroll, Book of Ecclesiastes.

Soooooon!

We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies

These are very troubling times

Ooh, can't wait!!!!!!

Day 3 of Thanksgiving: One no longer bothers with plates, or cutlery where applicable. Holding pecan pie in my one hand while munching and reading. This is the life.

Illustrated map of the fictional world of Narnia, showing notable locations such as Cair Paravel, Lantern Waste, and the Wild Lands of the North, with annotations and directional compass.

Born #OTD in 1898: C. S. Lewis, creator of Narnia!

This hand-drawn map is his own sketch, later redrafted by Pauline Baynes for Prince Caspian.

Spot Aslan’s How, Cair Paravel and Lantern Waste on the map. 🦁

Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 220/1, fol. 160

FINAL REVEAL: A brand new Benin bronze plaque, titled "Looting of the Oba's Palace in 1897".

This #newarrival confronts the theft of works from Benin in 1897. It shows what the palace altar looked like before 1897 (left), and British soldiers in the act of looting (right).

two abstract paintings side by side with a multiple colors, horizontal lines, circles.

this turned out unexpectedly fascinating. I hope you’re doing/making things that make you curious and delighted.
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#artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #painter #art #artist #womensartbluesky #abstractartist #blueskyart #oregonartist #oregon

It’s time! Blackout Friday!

Please join unions 💪 & organizers 🤝 worldwide and BUY NOTHING 💸🙅from big chains this weekend! Instead support small & local businesses 💵 🙌 while sending the message:

the People Will Not Tolerate Corporate Complicity With Authoritarianism & Worker Oppression!

Man, between the hit on the Louvre and this, France really can't catch a break!

.. RIGHT???????