Lit Prof@Penn. Studying the wax & wane of cultural power. *Future of Decline* (2022) on the Anglo ebb. *Cold War Victorians* (2027) on peak UK novels/US films.
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In a sea of great books about the political economy of US or UK decline, sup.org/books/title/?id=3402… offers a brief comparative analysis. Culture matters: myths & beliefs are the hard news story. Optimism after MAGA: the US can still avoid UK-style superpower nostalgia.
Looking forward to this dialogue!
New book, coming soon!
Duncan Bell & Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2026)
It's a short interdisciplinary volume in the recently launched OUP Literature and Politics series.
global.oup.com/academic/prod…
This seems right. And important.
Opinion | When Viewpoint Diversity Means Conformity chronicle.com/article/when-v…
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New release: @VergeGA 11.2
-Special issue/ The Asian Century: Idea, Method, Media
-Guest editors: @paulnadal_ @sea_fan
-With: @berijuraic @ctrlsave @jde2022 @jiesooup
-Article available #OA via @ProjectMUSE: muse.jhu.edu/pub/23/article/…
ALT Verge 11.2 cover with the journal's title on a peach- and navy blue-colored background, featuring a photo collage of Wuhan, China.
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This framing is their framing, and NYT took the bait. The correct and accurate framing is: “Deep cuts to medical research threatens progress on cancer and heart disease research, costs the economy $80B, and threatens 300,000 jobs across red and blue states”
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in the book Esty argues that America losing its international influence should not be seen as a negative thing. Infact when the British empire ended, British became very strong domestically. The same path exists for America too.
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Bernie Sanders in statement issued as Harris is about to give her concession speech:
"It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them."
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Coming in 2025!
Sarah Cole and I have edited the Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells
There are 47 chapters covering a huge range of topics, written by scholars from literature, politics, history, sociology, and more
Table of Contents below
academia.edu/124132072/Oxfor…
Kudos to Goodlad and Stone for this dense map of how bad AI can be for universities and for real knowledge-making. AI boosterism and Ed Tech flimflam ignore all these damaging forms of expropriation -- of workers, of ideas, of resources at large. Can't wait to read full essay!
8/8
Folks, get the facts!
This thread walks you through the intro to the upcoming #CriticalAI special issue - due out any day! - on gen "AI" and the rise of bots.
(We can send proofs of the complete essay if you'd like to cite or add to your syllabi)
xitter.cf/CriticalAI/status/1798…
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The grooves are back, the drinks are flowing, and the dance floor is hot. Our new single, Charlie the Stingray, is available NOW. This release also includes a lyric video AND an acoustic re-imagining of our tune Raindrops. Enjoy!
LISTEN AND WATCH AT linktr.ee/thestoneeye
SNS is always a great conference! Grateful to @AarthiVadde and @SarahmQuesada for all they are doing to prepare a new round of fantastic exchanges. Worth it for all novel students scholars and fans!
1/2 Happy to be co-organizing with @SarahmQuesada, @novelstudies25 and @novelforum . Keynotes, speakers and seminar leaders include @vauhinivara, @S_DeGooyer, @brittlepaper, @PenFielding, @plotznik, @janiceclho, @kinohin, @jde2022, @TBewes
Penn English so grateful to Jennifer Egan for joining us as an Artist in Residence and for tirelessly, passionately championing the value of studying literature and the humanities at the university level. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Jen…
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The Future of Decline !
with Jed Esty ! !
on May 21 ! ! !
in Fitzroy ! ! ! !
Register yon:
events.humanitix.com/the-fut…
This will be worth your time- Rochelle is such a sharp-eyed and inventive critic!
The New Physiognomy is officially “released,” and in paperback! You can grab a copy here: press.jhu.edu/books/title/12…
Book cover design is not a lost art. Covers -- and reflections on them -- reveal so much about what a book (of scholarship) really is, wanted to be. @PDabashi and @alixbeeston had an inspired idea to gather vivid covers and mini essays in this forum
modernismmodernity.org/forum…
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Grateful to them for a chance to write about the Hiro image that got away from me after a few years chasing permission. And to @RColesworthy for closing insights on process/product. Unforgettable covers here @RivesRochelle @ncecire @cinewallah. And tnx to design @stanfordpress!