Omari at the gym wearing a tank top showing a bit of midriff as he scratches the top of his head

Just trying to figure out what to do next

A necessary reread. Now.

Yeah, Mackenzie Scott is a fascinating case. She is literally ignoring the SOPs of philanthropy in order to give away wealth as quickly and efficiently as possible and she’s still getting richer. At her level it is impossible not to make money. Tax billionaires, A LOT.

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

periodic and timely reminder that "Marisa Tomei" is an anagram for "It's a me Mario"

LYRIC LOGIC is out in the world now!

Omari at the gym wearing a black tank that says “puta” and green shorts

Crop top summer begins

Wang makes her best point, which was made in one of the briefs: Babies of Japanese citizens born while their parents were INTERRED during world war 2 were [wait for it] US citizens.

That history ALONE should be dispositive.

Thought of you, @dem8z.bsky.social!

Home > Media & Platforms > Journalism New York Times Cuts Ties With Book Review Writer Over Al Use Exclusive A Times spokesperson says freelance writer Alex Preston's reliance on Al and use of unattributed work marks "a serious violation" of the paper's journalistic standards Corbin Bolies March 30, 2026 @ 9:37 AM

sorry but it's so funny to be one of the last actual human beings getting paid a decent rate to review books for legacy media and pull this shit

Well wishes to you and yours as well!

Oh you have no idea how happy this has made me. Your praise of my piece not the problem of too many books, to be clear! ☺️

Omg i read Sinners and was *so* confused!

"I'm a cop, I don't understand the law" is literally one of the most on-brand things I have ever heard in my life

I feel like it’s also suggesting that Matt Walsh “was there”—at the Civil War.

Possessing the Painful Parts | Omari Weekes Tyriek White’s We Are a Haunting traces the lives of Black Brooklynites dealing with the porous boundaries between the past and the present as they forge lives amid the detritus that others have disca...

The characters in Tyriek White’s We Are a Haunting “hear the sounds of the ocean everywhere...reminding them and readers that the Atlantic will always be a site of racial trauma.” —@omweekes.bsky.social

raise your hand if wikipedia has higher standards than your own university

One of my favorite parts of Philly is how much attention was historically given to public infrastructure--bridges, parks, City Hall, train stations.

We've inherited a legacy of extraordinary public works of art that are made to be admired and enjoyed by the people of the city every single day.

Possessing the Painful Parts | Omari Weekes Tyriek White’s We Are a Haunting traces the lives of Black Brooklynites dealing with the porous boundaries between the past and the present as they forge lives amid the detritus that others have disca...

Omari Weekes (@omweekes.bsky.social) on Tyriek White’s debut novel We Are a Haunting

An image of LaGuardia airport terminal C with no line at TSA and no ICE agents

LGA, Terminal C, 3 PM

Flying out of there in a few hours. So appreciate the update!

The Atlantic spends quite a penny on this take machine.

Apparently this is becoming a necessary weekly PSA. If you don’t want to read, write, and think, that’s fine. But then you have no business being a scholar. Especially if you’re TT/tenured, and especially in the humanities, if you can’t be bothered to do these things, you need to get out now.

Possessing the Painful Parts | Omari Weekes Tyriek White’s We Are a Haunting traces the lives of Black Brooklynites dealing with the porous boundaries between the past and the present as they forge lives amid the detritus that others have disca...

For @nybooks.com, I walk with Tyriek White along the shores of Jamaica Bay and into the neighborhoods of deep Brooklyn to think about the Blackness and Black people that haunt New York City in his debut novel.

Do you know if there’ll be a recording?

Close Reading Is Not A Luxury (Vandal Live @ Emory U) with Brian Glavey, Lindsay Reckson, Christopher Spaide, Katie Kadue, Johanna Winant, Dan Sinykin, and many more.

This episode puts to bed the most ambitious bit of live podcasting I've yet attempted. I'm thrilled we were able to give a taste of this unique event to an exponentially larger audience.

Thanks to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social @johannawinant.bsky.social, Emory & all the panelists who saw the potential.

"Alexander Manshel’s “High School English and the Making of American Readers” for American Literary History I know I’m saying this a lot this column, but: do not skip this one. At least, if you’re interested in the state of literature and literacy, particularly in the US (though I think a lot of these lessons apply more broadly), and not scared of some approachable academic writing: I was literally punching the air at points throughout this article, which is basically making the point that we need to shift both studies and policy-suggestions onto the actual base of literature, and that that base is actually high-school English classes. Jaw-dropping yet totally believable findings and conclusions all throughout this."

Thanks, @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org, for this very kind shout-out!

They're calling it "approachable academic writing,"
they're calling it "jaw-dropping yet totally believable findings,"
they're calling it "literally punching the air at points"-worthy!

academic.oup.com/alh/article/...

It’s wild how we’re just all going along with the gambling industry’s cynical pivot to “prediction markets”

Opinion | Colleges Face Widespread Closures. So Why Are They Still Resisting Change? Transformation is no longer optional.

i’ll save y’all the trouble: luddite faculty are scared of bold changes so it’s all their fault.