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On the spectre haunting the academy: ChatGPT. From a piece I wrote about the future of writing in a content-providing age (open access, link below)

Does anyone else remember a photographic project from maybe 15/20 years ago, where passers-by were photographed smiling at something and then asked what they were smiling about? I thought it might be a Stephen Gill/Jon Ronson collab but can't find anything

I loved this book

I reviewed Andy Beckett's The Searchers here: theguardian.com/books/article/…

My university is advertising fully-funded PhD scholarships with a stipend. If any prospective PhD researchers are interested in working with me in my areas of interest (very broadly defined), please do get in touch

Nature put on a wonderful display of auroral light last night over Crosby beach as the sky danced with colour. IronMenCrosby 🌤

A former student gave me this personally signed photo ...

I'm always recommending this podcast to students - it's great

Richard Hawley has such a poetic turn of phrase in conversation, as this interview shows

To show you what I mean, here is a poem I've made just from things he says in that interview

A summer double of The TLS, featuring C. K. Stead & Kirsty Gunn on Janet Frame; Joe Moran on sleep science; an extract from Will Eaves’s new book; Clive Stafford Smith on prison; Peter Kemp on Pat Barker; Praya Agarwal on hypochondria; Irina Dumitrescu on literary reputations – and more

I wrote about the science of sleep and the power of the dark (reviewing two books by Annabel Abbs and Kenneth Miller) here the-tls.co.uk/politics-socie…

Just finished this wonderful book by ⁦@jeffyoungwriter⁩ about leaving Liverpool and returning to it. It’s out in a couple of weeks.

Here is another piece about my family - this time about my grandad, who died five years before I was born (it's open access): Death of an Irishman: A Speculative Biography academic.oup.com/hwj/article/do…

I reviewed Literature for the People by Sarah Harkness here: the-tls.co.uk/lives/biograph…

Looking forward to talking to Jeff about the brilliant Wild Twin:

The open-access journal Public Humanities launches today, welcoming 'of the moment' pieces and contributions to special issues - bit.ly/4a0PyQP

This is my own contribution to the opening manifesto issue of Public Humanities - on AI, the humanities and the owner of this website - bit.ly/3UB7yLM

Slow on the uptake as usual, but you can now find me with the same handle somewhere else (at joemoransblog.bsky.social)