history prof, early modernist, Iberia & beyond, poet, editor, author of Cómo ser rey, Treating the Public, Tithe of Salt, & Lararium. she/her. bi. Tweets mine.
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26 Jun 2023
I can so imagine my herpetologist father humming along to this, riding the roads, looking for toads and other specimens.
(John Denver voice)
Country toaaadds,
take me homeee,
to the place,
toad belongg,
OKLA-homaa,
toady momma,
take me homeee,
country toaaadds
ALT A Woodhouse's Toad sits on a country road in a cowboy hat. This tweet is from drafts.
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13 Jun 2023
Today’s Team AHN includes Meghan Armstrong, @Bibliophilenick @frankie_urrutia @Hector_LinaresG and yours truly.
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9 Jun 2023
Stoked to have two poems in this lovely lit mag!
9 Jun 2023
The June 2023 issue is live! Includes work by
@MsAubeELA @jackbedell @Martelli89 @LeePottsPoet @patriciacaspers @mrmeyerhofer @ProfessorBall @BunkongTuon @AmBusyPoeming @GaryPercesepe @BSatromPoetry & more.
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6 Jun 2023
Lovely to spend time with these two absolute stars!!!
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29 May 2023
So what, Stephen King put out 97 books in 9 months during the 80s using nothing but his incredible work ethic and cocaine
28 May 2023
Sci-fi author says he wrote 97 books in 9 months using AI tools, including ChatGPT and Midjourney | @BusinessInsider pwne.ws/426V1AA
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20 May 2023
Michael Selzer of the University of Akron looks at women’s often obscured roles in health care and ideas of wellness. #ASPHS52
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20 May 2023
Mike’s paper depicts a Monty Pythonesque series of espionage goofs.
Michael J. Levin of the University of Akron asks if Early Modern Spanish espionage is overrated? He gives two cases of spectacular intelligence failures. #ASPHS52
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19 May 2023
Some of us read for a living. Some of us read for leisure. Some of us for both. Read how you want, when you want, and what you want.
Over consumption and hustle culture got y’all thinking that reading 200 books in one year is better than reading 3-5 books slowly and sitting with the information or the story
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16 May 2023
I'm about to lose my mind. Someone in the university bureaucracy scheduled my 5-week class first summer term as a 10-week class. The summer term started yesterday....
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14 May 2023
Happy Mother’s Day to an absolute legend! I am so grateful for my mama’s medical team and hope to have many more holidays to celebrate with her. #fuckcancer
ALT Two white women with glasses in pajamas sitting on a gray couch. One is wearing a rainbow tie dye head scarf and a pale green Grogu shirt. The other has chin length dark hair.
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12 May 2023
My excellent #NewMexico colleagues just assessed basic needs insecurity there- including among #faculty and #staff
Check out this new #RealCollege data
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9 May 2023
Poet dg nanouk okpik, who is Iñupiaq and grew up with adoptive parents in Anchorage, has been recognized as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her collection of poems, “Blood Snow.” adn.com/arts/2023/05/08/alas…
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9 May 2023
One of the beauties by this year's Pulitzer prize winner, Carl Phillips.
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8 May 2023
Ugh! And like clockwork here is my end-of-the-semester cold. (Or so I assume since the COVID test I took is negative.)
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8 May 2023
I love how UAA commencement features Alaska Native artists like the Yurapik Drummers and Dancers.
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5 May 2023
One of my students this semester is ESL (French is his first language), and, dear Lord, his prose is full of epic lyricism.
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5 May 2023
Working with @VariantLit is a dream! Congratulations to these fabulous poets!
5 May 2023
Say hello to the newest additions to the Variant family: MJ Gomez, Todd Dillard, Ian Powell-Palm, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Ben Kline, Robin Rahija, and Jessica Ram! variantlit.com/contests/
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