It’s hard enough having to move every summer for a one-year contract, but I just realised I have one week to learn an entirely new online learning platform (again). I never thought I’d miss Blackboard, but alas Canvas may be my undoing.
A companion to our history lists, here's a list of books, chapters, and articles published in 2024 in lit studies by scholars working off the tenure track. Compiled by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social.
desk copy arrival day! My climate fiction class next semester is going to be 🔥🔥
I’m working on my abstract this week while I wait for final papers to come in. Space Between is such a welcoming and supportive community. If you’re hesitating, definitely submit something!
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Interested in the idea of patience too—that reading takes time. I’ve been trained towards assigning less reading which also has its pros but what would it mean to find a patient ratio between discussion time and pages assigned?
“First of all, and in direct contrast to all the language of jobs and salaries, reading is a private pleasure, one that resists the capitalistic logics of useability and deliverables.”
Perfect research-adjacent read for this rainy Friday afternoon. Story by Naomi Mitchison, illustrations by Wyndham Lewis.
Oh nooooo! Sounds like a well-placed detail in an alternate history…
Just found a very embarrassing mistake in my teaching statement that has already been sent to (I can’t bring myself to count) many job apps. This job market round is already off to a great start…please send you’re encouraging anecdotes now.