Author of Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane (St. Martin's, 2025), a USA Today Best-selling title. linktr.ee/wildforausten
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Devoney Looser retweeted
Wild for Austen by Devoney Looser was an interesting and unique look into Austen’s life and works. @NetGalley @devoneylooser #janeausten #bookclub #nonfiction #history #audiobook #BookX
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Mar 19
One of my favorite dedications belongs to the amazing Devoney Looser in her book The Making of Jane Austen. She writes:
"To my tween sons, Carl and Lowell Justice: You asked me if Jane Austen belongs among the top 100 authors of all time. When I assured you that she does, you replied, 'What is she then, like, 99?'"
I'm infinitely curious if Carl and Lowell have since read their mother's book... and changed their minds.
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Mar 11
Looking for a bright (red) spot in your day? Read my new @lithub essay on the brilliant Oscar-nominated Jane Austen's Period Drama. A link to the film is in the piece, where I also float a theory that a #JaneAusten letter may refer to treating period pain. lithub.com/blood-on-the-page…
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Devoney Looser retweeted
The Art Spy is on Goodreads' list of nonfiction reads for Women's History Month! Excited to see books by friends incl Sisterhood of Ravensbrook (Lynne Olson), Wild for Austen (Devoney Looser), Woman of War (Suzanne Cope), Paris Undercover (Matthew Goodman) buff.ly/sFoN8NZ
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Feb 21
Do you listen to the Secret Life of Books podcast? If not, add to your queue. It was a treat to talk Jane Austen's 250th & Wild for Austenwith Sophie Gee on SLoB's newest episode titled "Jane Austen's Birthday: Everyone Wants to Party with Jane." secretlifeofbooks.org/
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Feb 12
From the "finding happy news where you can" and "books books books" channel: Thrilled to share I'll be talking #JaneAusten and #WildforAusten at the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia MO alongside Janet Saidi. The 2026 festival is scheduled for April 16-19.
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Devoney Looser retweeted
There's so much to be sad about the destruction of The Washington Post, right now, but I'm also just feeling wistful about how much I loved our book section. Writing for our section head, John Williams, let me be the kind of writer and critic I always want to be. Threading a few:
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Devoney Looser retweeted
16 Dec 2025
Don't miss @theZHM on @BBCWomansHour later TODAY: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002njv…
Also @devoneylooser on the latest episode of
@TheTLS podcast, discussing Austen and her legacy: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Devoney Looser retweeted
22 Dec 2025
An energetic exploration of a writer for our times with @devoneylooser, Kate Evans and @BeeRowlatt. Featuring readings by Susannah Harker (1995 Jane Bennet).
Now available to view on the @britishlibrary YouTube channel here:
youtube.com/watch?v=N4_ViqB6…
@austen_uk
#JaneAusten
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Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth (@devoneylooser) the-tls.com/literature-by-re…
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16 Dec 2025
This sort of day won't happen again in my lifetime--a #JaneAusten anniversary of this magnitude. (It's unlikely I'll make it to 2067, the 250th of her death, but I do hope others will carry on!) More about how I & others celebrated this wild time is here: devoney.substack.com/p/the-l…
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Devoney Looser retweeted
16 Dec 2025
Happy 250th birthday Jane Austen!
Born #OnThisDay in 1775, Jane Austen is one of the world's most beloved novelists.
Our three wonderful #JaneAusten titles, pictured here, are all currently 40% OFF as part of our Christmas Sale until December 23rd.
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Devoney Looser retweeted
16 Dec 2025
This week on @TheTLS podcast, author @devoneylooser on what we don't know about Jane Austen, listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Her book 'Wild for Austen' is out now and available from all good bookshops & online.
#JaneAusten
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Devoney Looser retweeted
16 Dec 2025
'With great enthusiasm and flair, @devoneylooser restores the rowdy, the rebellious, the impassioned and the scandalous to Austen's life and afterlife.'
Madeleine Saidenberg's review of 'Wild for Austen' in the @TheTLS, read it here:
the-tls.com/literature-by-re…
#JaneAusten250
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Devoney Looser retweeted
15 Dec 2025
If you're on the @ASU Tempe campus for graduation this week, be sure and stop by Hayden Library for a visit to the "Jane Austen at 250" collection (Austen's birthday is Dec 16), featuring our own Austen expert, Regents Professor of English @devoneylooser!
CC: @ASULibraries
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Devoney Looser retweeted
16 Dec 2025
Christmas shopping for a Janeite?
We have a wonderful range of Jane Austen titles currently with 40% OFF on our website until December 23rd.
#JaneAusten250
@austen_uk
@devoneylooser
@theZHM
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Devoney Looser retweeted
14 Dec 2025
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Devoney Looser retweeted
14 Dec 2025
Her enduring romances, including "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility," and "Emma," made British writer Jane Austen one of the brightest names in literature – and the beloved subject of a yearlong celebration marking the 250th anniversary of her birth.
@sethdoane visits Bath, England, the setting for two of the Regency Era author's six novels, and talks with @devoneylooser, author of "Wild for Austen." Doane also visits the set of a forthcoming miniseries inspired by Austen's characters, "The Other Bennet Sister." cbsn.ws/4pAOkmO
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Devoney Looser retweeted
13 Dec 2025
Tune-in to @CBSSunday Morning on 12/14 for a glimpse of @ASU's own @devoneylooser discussing the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.
Info.: ow.ly/z86S50XIIA0 #ASUHumanities @CBSNews
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Devoney Looser retweeted
13 Dec 2025
I'll be talking about Jane Austen, and my 10 part series, "When I Met Jane Austen' on @BBCRadio4 @BBC4today
later this morning.
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