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Our beloved Lisa Ampleman is moving into a leadership role with our sister press, Acre Books. We're so excited for everything she will do for the press and can't wait to see what comes next for her. But...that means we're looking for a new Managing Editor! Application in thread.

NACLA seeks a NYC-based undergraduate or graduate student to support an archival and public history project!

In this exhibition! With a collab painting with poem! @nedretandre Reception this Sunday. #painting #poetry #boston #collaborative #artmaking

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Good news to share! After teaching at MassArt since 2009 in part-time and temp full-time positions, and in Fall 2026, I will continue in the Humanities Department as tenure-track Associate Professor! I'm ecstatic to continue working with the vibrant students, faculty, and staff!

Faculty and students from tribal schools are encouraged to apply to the #AWP27 TCU Fellowship Program for the opportunity to forge new connections within the literary community! Applications close May 31—apply now or spread the word. awpwriter.secure-platform.co…

The fourth year of the AWP HBCU Fellowship Program was a success! Now we’re looking ahead to Chicago—applications for faculty and students involved in creative writing open April 1. We can’t wait to see what you’ve got! awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Writer…

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When teaching Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” I contextualize his brother’s fear for Sonny, hanging out with other jazz musicians and crowds because my college students primarily don’t know this history. This would be a useful image to show. With content warnings.

mary ruefle was right when she said that people would rather read an essay about poetry than read a poem. it reminds me of when people in a museum read the explanatory caption before having their own experience of the art. you fear not "getting it" when you should fear not living

Here is a photo of random late-1970s students at Phillips Academy (Andover) now being offered on eBay. Anyone look familiar?

Bad Bunny put a beautiful spotlight on Puerto Rico last night, its culture, its music and some of its challenges, like the power crisis and displacement. This video I produced for @MorePerfectUS delves into some of those challenges more deeply.

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In response to the unfolding terror in Minnesota I wanted to create a space to come together. I’m hosting a book club on Hannah Arendt’s essay Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship next Tuesday to raise money for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. samantharosehill.substack.co…

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

SEEING IS BELIEVING DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite. ICE rammed their car four times. 📌 A father and his teen, a U.S. citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported. DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by @ahylton26

HAPPENING NOW: Massive crowd in Minneapolis for statewide 'ICE OUT' general strike

Pastor: I saw ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic. I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.' The next thing I knew, they were putting handcuffs on me, and they put me in the back of an SUV. I asked them if I was under arrest. They said to me, 'Well, you're white, you won't be any fun anyway.'

RT @KentWascom: Renee was one of my students years ago. I held her baby. She was kind and talented, a working class mom who put herself thr…

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