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Beyond proud to be on the Parapraxis masthead as an associate editor as of this fall. The effort and care our writers and editors put into this intellectual project is incredible. Read our letter, subscribe now, dive into this issue, stay tuned for more. Free Palestine 💚

One day I hope we can all see how much of an absolute farce this defanged, apolitical type of concern for an occupied people really is. Does food just disappear? Do people just burst into flames? Must we all pretend as if this is how the world operates?

if watching palestinians burned alive while still hooked up to ivs isn't enough to sicken you, to shame you, to forever alter your conception of what politics is "for", then there is just no spiritual hope for you i think

The full list of the 70 majors under examination for low enrollment at UConn: languages, a ton of ed, art, art history, environmental sci (who needs that? 🫠), social work, gender & sexuality studies, Africana, Lat Am, philosophy. So epic & obscene. nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/uco…

Proofs are here for MOTHER MEDIA (The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social). DM if you want an ARC or want to do an event etc. More info: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049559/…

Please circulate this CFP for the Annual USC Comparative Lit conference focusing on Fin-de-Siècle Modernisms.

BREAKING: 8 MLA past presidents--incl Judith Butler and Christopher Newfield--publicly call on the MLA Executive Council NOT to block a vote on a BDS Resolution. Please read and share their letter today in Literary Hub. This is NOT an issue that can simply be brushed aside. lithub.com/8-former-moder…

I spoke with Nathan Brown about his excellent new translation of Les Fleurs du Mal out now from Verso Books

"Baudelaire's affirmation of the modern is inextricable from his affirmation of romanticism, and both are at issue in his 19th century reinvention of lyric poetry." Ronjaunee Chatterjee sits down with Nathan Brown to discuss his translation of "Flowers of Evil." lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-the…

my second book published today. i can't contact any feeling about it, i am just absolutely gutted. If you pick it up, pick up a book of JClo's too, or instead. I guess I'll spend the rest of my life relearning what it is to write without being able to text him while doing it.

Our summer issue of the magazine is now available for pre-order, with its absolutely stacked TOC. Like all little magazines right now, we're trying to survive and keep doing what we do best. A subscription or a pre-order help us do that:

Hell yeah. Here's my manifesto: close reading for all. On Sigrid Nunez, and Karl Ove Knausgaard, and Erich Auerbach, and why close reading is an answer to AI. Thanks to Brandy Jensen, rockstar editor, who rules. For Defector defector.com/close-reading-…

differences 36.1 is out now — featuring a dossier of essays from Selamawit D. Terrefe, David Marriott, and Lee Edelman, alongside writing from Jennifer C. Nash, Samantha Pinto, Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli, Matthew Helm, and Iván A. Ramos: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/is…

Shout out to the journalists on the ground this weekend in LA. If you want by the minute updates, please follow these accounts: Jeremy Lindenfeld Sean Beckner-Carmitchel People's City Council - Los Angeles Film The Police LA Eric Levai

This will be excellent. Join us on July 19:

Realism and the Novel by Paul Stasi The realist novel is a global form, both in its origins and in its reach, that remains vital even today. 📚 cup.org/44wWlB9 #literarytheory

You can now, at last, pre-order CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY directly from Princeton UP. It's at the printer and is likely to arrive in September, though the official pub date is October 21. Can also preview TOC and intro at this link press.princeton.edu/books/paperbac…

We're looking forward to a deeply vital season at the Foundation, and hope you consider joining us!