Early/19thC American Literature at Scripps College. Book: “Founded in Fiction” (https://xitter.cf/t.co/fJxFjbagpD). W/NBA takes. He/him.

Claremont, CA
Joined July 2009
It’s the official publication day for “Founded in Fiction.” (Available here from @PrincetonUPress: tinyurl.com/y35bkptr.) I hope it proves useful to some of you!
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UB Poetics was founded in 1991 & has since been a vital part of the English department & the broader poetry community. Recent administrative actions have placed the program in jeopardy. Please visit our site to read more about our efforts to save Poetics: poeticsinexile.crd.co
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For folks in the Claremont area, I’ve been typecast as “Drunk Villager 2” in a public reading of Warren Liu’s fabulous poetry collection, “First Contact.” Happening 10/29 at Scripps!
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Glad to share this interview with @alixbeeston for the New Books Network, about my new(ish) book, Realism after the Individual! Available here or wherever you get your podcasts. newbooksnetwork.com/realism-…
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Announcement!!! Big news!!! 📢📢📢 My book, The Racialization of Print, has a cover (!!!), and a webpage, and pre-orders are now available. Coming in Spring, 2027 from @UNC_Press and @OIEAHC Use code 01SOCIAL30 to save 30%. Link in first comment
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Guys it's here, my article on Cooper and maritime citizenship, is live in American Literature: read.dukeupress.edu/american… I hate this article, tbh; it's a weird palimpsest of my thoughts on this topic dating to ca. 2010. Still, glad I *finally* decided to publish part of my diss
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everybody’s talking about the embarrassing meltdown at that queer community space in Massachusetts
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i've got TWO cfps out for ALA 2027 via the thoreau society: one on "Oceanic Thoreau" and one for a roundtable on James Finley's new book. let me know if you are interested!! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed… call-for-papers.sas.upenn.ed…
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I’ve received a variety of Moby-Dick themed gifts over the years, but this is the first time I’ve ever found a hand-painted oar left anonymously outside my office…
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CFP for a special issue of EAL on Apess's A Son of the Forest at 200.
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Catherine Gallagher spoke of this
you have only just begun to grasp the true power of the imagination. think about a little worm. give the worm a hat. now take the hat away. see how upset the worm is? you did that. you made it happen. the worm does not exist, yet its anger does. its hatred for you is all too real
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When we were 14, my friends decided to watch 24 straight hours of movies. We have repeated the tradition every year since. I’m about to head to the 26th Moviefest—the 26th straight year of watching 24 hours of movies with these dorks. Here’s to clinging to ridiculous rituals!
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Deadline today!
I’m looking to put together a panel on “New Approaches to Early American Fiction” for SEA 2027. Open to all but I especially want to highlight work by graduate students/early career folks working on early American fiction. Consider submitting a proposal and please share widely!
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I’m looking to put together a panel on “New Approaches to Early American Fiction” for SEA 2027. Open to all but I especially want to highlight work by graduate students/early career folks working on early American fiction. Consider submitting a proposal and please share widely!
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I’m looking to put together a panel on “New Approaches to Early American Fiction” for SEA 2027. Open to all but I especially want to highlight work by graduate students/early career folks working on early American fiction. Consider submitting a proposal and please share widely!
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This looks so good!
Hey! Is there a place where the dream of the 90s (sustained, ambitious scholarly attention to the fin de siècle American novel) is alive? Yes! In this @Ariz_Quarterly @JHUPress special issue that @raf_walk and I co-edited with intro by us & afterword by Jennifer Fleissner😎
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En route to Cincinnati to talk uncertainty with some really smart people.
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The Morgesons.
What’s a book that you will never stop recommending?
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Happy first day of Moby-Dick in “Intro to American Lit” to all those who celebrate.
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