6. Remembered this whole journey began with me looking up one of the many times David committed a war crime, before I got immediately distracted by the queer love.
7. Well, my friend said, in your (defense?), this is basically what Christians do.
8. 🫤 huh.
#adhd #selfdiscovery #closereading

this week's theme.

#ShakespeareSunday #Shakespeare #RichardII #EnglishLiterature #AlevelEnglish #GCSEEnglish #CloseReading #LiteraryAnalysis

what works.
Not just what’s missing.
But what needs to change. And how.

That’s the work behind every Deep Dive: close reading, clear thinking, and decisive writing - with guidance at every step.

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#ALevelEnglish #EnglishLiterature #EssayWriting #CloseReading

Blood will have blood ... This week’s #ShakespeareSunday is theme-free. So what’s on my mind? Hands.

A theme-free #ShakespeareSunday weekend sees Shakespeare almost blowing his ten-syllable ‘budget’ on just two glorious words!

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#ShakespeareSunday #Shakespeare #Macbeth #EnglishLiterature #AlevelEnglish #GCSEEnglish #CloseReading #LiteraryAnalysis

The best thinking? It's ORGANISED thinking. I tried something slightly different in a tutorial today. Instead of writing a set of notes, I recorded the entire session as a mind map while we talked.

Essays begin with ideas, connections, and structure. One you've got the last one, the others become a lot easier.

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#EnglishLiterature #ALevelEnglish #LiteratureMatters #CloseReading #StudySkills #EssayWriting #UpstartEnglish #TeachingEnglish

Maar #jetten wil geen oplossing die wil graag een streefdoel van weetikveel gedeeld door twee want het moet wel eerlijk per sector verdeeld worden en daar een onsje juridische borging graag.

Een #closereading van de opdracht kan misschien verhelderend werken.

[AI and Close Reading] Can AI help us interpret culture? AI is already becoming part of how people read cultural texts online. What does AI do for cultural interpretation? We explored this question in a randomized experiment investigating the impact of AI a...

𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? In our new #CHI2026 paper, we studied how AI assistance affects close reading poems — not just how well people interpret poems, but also the pleasure derived from close reading. closereading-ai.app
#AI #HCI #closereading #humanities #culture #poetry

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#closereading

Ride the Wave, Build the Future: Scientific Computing in an AI World By Jack Dongarra, Daniel Reed, and Dennis Gannon Abstract: The rapid rise of generative AI has shifted the center of gravity in advanced computing toward hyperscale AI platforms, reshaping the hard…

I cannot help but feel out of my depth on multiple levels trying to construct a #CloseReading of a blogpost (or a segment thereof) that declares a way forward for #HPC development in the era of #AIhype (my phrasing, not theirs).

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But #CloseReading Dan! The POWER!

Introducing The Great American Book Club in 4 posts, a close reading project on the internet like no other. Read with us #booksky #closereading

Reading isn’t just comprehension—it’s connection. 🍎📖
This “peel the fruit” organizer helps students move from surface observations to deeper meaning, perspective, and theme.
From what happened to why it matters.
#CloseReading #CriticalThinking #ELAInstruction

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The Great American Book Club | Substack Defining the American Dream one page at a time. Click to read The Great American Book Club, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

We're reading 1984 👁️ You've seen the quotes, but when's the last time you read it? Join the discussion, join the movement.

#booksky #closereading

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#CloseReading

A shout-out for this excellent collection edited by @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social including essays by Robert Stagg of @nvshakespeare.bsky.social and @noreenmasud.bsky.social

#CloseReading

Much thanks to everyone who replied to yesterday's question about
Literary/ EngLit folk on Bluesky 👇 😊

Anyone else?

#CloseReading

Hello Bluesky folk.

There are lots of *wonderful* Historians in my feed.

Are there people who identify as predominantly Literary/ EngLit focussed readers here too?

#CloseReading

Adventures in Close Reading Poetry with A History of England in 25 Poems | The English Association We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

#Recording available #online! Watch our @englishassociation.bsky.social webinar 'Adventures in #CloseReading #Poetry with #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems'. Exploring & advocating for close reading as adventure & discovery, with me & secondary expert Jo Heathcote.
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#Poetry #Teaching #CloseReading ⬇️⬇️🙌🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️

Is this the age of post-literacy? We generate more text than ever, but we read less.

We generate more text than ever, but we read less. Has the post-literacy age begun?

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#reading #closereading #postliteracy #literacy #artificialintelligence, #attention #reading #writing #genAI #generativeAI

Adventures in Close Reading Poetry with A History of England in 25 Poems This webinar explores new ways into poetry analysis and ‘unseen poetry’

4/4 Finally, if this interested you, please join us for our free webinar on Tuesday 9 December! #English #teaching #teachers #poetry #CloseReading www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adventures...

Book cover: “close reading for the 21st century” by Johanna Winant and Daniel Sinykin

Exciting mail day! Can’t wait to dive into this 💎 by @johannawinant.bsky.social and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social! #closereading

Adventures in Close Reading Poetry with A History of England in 25 Poems This webinar explores new ways into poetry analysis and ‘unseen poetry’

Calling all #English #teachers! Join this free webinar from @englishassociation.bsky.social on Tues 9 December, exploring strategies to engage students with #closereading #poetry, using #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems as inspiration! With secondary expert Jo Heathcote and me.
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Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails

As a lit prof, I can't resist amplifying this one as a brilliant example of why close reading matters. As a an early modern *Spanish* prof, I present to you the frame for a new course on Maria de Zayas. #closereading #GoldenAge #mariadezayas

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Adventures in Close Reading Poetry with A History of England in 25 Poems This webinar explores new ways into poetry analysis and ‘unseen poetry’

I'm delighted to be doing this #free #online #event with @englishassociation.bsky.social on Tuesday 9 December. What can we do with a poem, and where can close reading take us? Please share! #poetry #teaching #English #closereading #unseenpoetry #poem #teachers
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IOWA — Reading: Evidence First --> When a question asks “Which detail supports…”, make your child point to the line or sentence before picking an answer. No evidence = no pick. #IowaAssessments #CloseReading #LearningTips

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Skills for Scholars) A user's guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises Close reading--making an argument based in close attention to a text--is the founda...

Annnnddd that’s it for today! If you’re ever looking to dive deeper into a book, “Why did the author make this choice?” is a great question you can ask about literally everything in the book. And don't forget! There's a book on #CloseReading out soon! 8/8 portersquarebooks.com/book/9780691...

Hey #BookSky Here's another #CloseReading micro-course for you. This one is slightly different. You still need a book (duh) and I still highly, highly, highly recommend having a notebook & something to write with handy. Let’s go! (See post below for what sam hill is going on here) 1/8

Heyyyyyy #BookSky We're going to do our third micro-course in #CloseReading later this afternoon/evening because @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social's new book on Close Reading is almost out! Preorder 👇 We'll see you in a bit! portersquarebooks.com/book/9780691...

It occurs to me, like, two days later that it would have made since to, you know, actually include the #closereading promotion we do in here with the claim bsky.app/profile/port...