Friendly reminder to submit your abstract proposal for What Miracle: New Revelations on the Prose Poem by the end of the day!

IT'S NO JOKE! TOMORROW AT ND: PROSE POETRY TRANSLATION WORKSHOP co-organized by the Notre Dame Dynamic Translation Lab and Prose Poetry Network

Detained by ICE, he missed multiple cancer treatments. Now he’s in hospice. Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.

Oudone Lothirath missed four out of five chemotherapy appointments while in ICE detention and received no medical care there. Now he will likely die in a matter of days. www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...

Surreal ink drawing of a wild boar whose skin is patterned with wood bark and back is covered in spruce tree branches.

Wood Boar, part of my Asian Diasporic Zodiac series which reimagine the zodiac animals as if they were shaped by the landscapes of Turtle Island / North America.

Inspired by the spruce trees and snow on my daily walk to the Leighton Studios during my Banff Centre art residency.

#inkdrawing 🐡

And, please note: the conference proceedings will be held two blocks from the Colosseum.

ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 1

What Miracle: New Revelations on the Prose Poem

A Prose Poetry Network Conference at the University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway

More details here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/...

CFP: WHAT MIRACLE: NEW REVELATIONS ON THE PROSE POEM

A Prose Poetry Network Conference at the University of Notre Dame Rome Global Gateway

Abstract proposals should be submitted to the scientific committee by March 15, 2026. More details here:

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/...

Huh—I guess he tweeted about it so often back when Obama was President because he actually thought it would be a good political strategy.

Side note: that logo placement is *chef's kiss* Thanks, Reuters!

[A foppish twink takes the ice.]

Johnny Weir, unironically: This strapping young man, he's like if the Brawny Man could skate.

[Skater holds the pose below.]

Johnny, probably: This rough, blustering top is bound to stun with his feats of raw masculine power.

1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.

2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.

The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.

Remember when shamelessly colluding with the POTUS and his family for financial gain was considered a bad thing? DJT, Jr., has invested millions in Polymarket—because, uh, Coplan is a "young entrepreneur" who doesn't know the political world.

I'm so glad that John Michael Higgins, Jr., won Best in Show! Snatch that trophy, sis!

This is an incredible cluster for a truly wonderful poet! What a dream team of contributors, and what a balm on a wild, windy Midwestern November Wednesday.

Great work @aliciawright.bsky.social & co!

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Signature image for the "Translation" seminar; black letters on a purple background.

Post-doc applications for next year's seminar on "Translation" at Rutgers' Center for Cultural Analysis are "live"! The seminar will be co-ed by Preetha Mani and Jeff Lawrence. Fellow academics: let your early-career colleagues, students, and former students know! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/263...

Using ChatGPT

Congratulations, Brian! Looking forward to the "Work" and sharing it with my students!

Congratulations, Brian! Looking forward to the "Work"!

We have to keep AI data centers away from the Great Lakes

“One veteran researcher who still has his job (and, like other public-health workers I spoke with for this story, requested anonymity for fear of losing it) told me he believes that Kennedy’s ultimate goal is to “silence the scientific voice of career CDC scientists.””

Check out this awesome tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Early American Literature at Notre Dame! Special attention given to those applicants specializing in periods pre-1865, especially those with expertise in multiethnic lit., religion, media studies, and/or transnational approaches.

Early Americanists! Be sure to check out this extraordinary job opportunity for an Assistant Professor in American Literature, Pre-WWI, in our fabulous English department at @notredame.bsky.social. Expertise in multiethnic lit., religion & lit., media studies, and/or transnational approaches a plus!

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

time.com/7323442/sout...

Parabéns, Eraldo!

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program The A&L Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship supports early-career scholars with research, professional development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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