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Iโ€™m not depressed, Iโ€™m Kojeve-pilled. History ended, desire died, and I became a post-historical functionary sipping tea in silence. You still chase meaning; I enact formality. Fukuyama was late. I microwaved noodles at the end of time and called it Absolute Spirit.

31.07.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed

03.04.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Introduction - Post45 Rarely does the publication of a peer-reviewed essay generate the excitement that accompanied Jeffrey Lawrenceโ€™s โ€œMobilizing Literatureโ€ in the Fall 2024 issue of ELH. Lawrence aims for an ambitious i...

What role do social movements play in recent literary history? @franciscondine.bsky.social and I gathered some brilliant scholars to debate Jeffrey Lawrence's essay, "Mobilizing Literature," published last fall for @atpost45.bsky.social

post45.org/2025/03/intr...

28.03.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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This issue of ALH, just released, will apparently be the last edited solely by Gordon Hutner, one of our great "professional readers" (to borrow a @harrys.bsky.social phrase).

It's hard to see the mark he's left on his field, because, in a way, it is the field.

academic.oup.com/alh/issue

11.12.2024 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hmm. No deep thoughts. For me itโ€™s hard to imagine that ByteDance wonโ€™t find a way to buy Trump off. I guess weโ€™ll see!

06.12.2024 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In a time when it seems books coverage only ever shrinks, Adrienne turned Esquire into a books powerhouse. This is devastating.

25.11.2024 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Nothing less than a reorientation of our attention to film, literature, and time." -- J. D. Connor

Coming this Spring: DOWNTIME: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN SLOW MOTION, by Mark Goble (@goblemark.bsky.social). bit.ly/4g3u7Rs @columbiaup.bsky.social

24.11.2024 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

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