““It creates hours of additional labor ... And makes me feel like a cop” @danicasavonick.bsky.social holding a mirror up to my experience teaching and assessing in this AI hellscape.
(complimentary)
why is this interrogation taking place in the Noguchi Museum
missing it this year, sadly, but that gives me plenty of time to get my merch ready for 2027
just gotta get this operation up and running!
take two
omg omg omg
Just so incredibly satisfying
A great video about the ethics of using chatGPT as a student, that also works as a general discussion of generative AI, by one of the teachers on my masters, Gwen Varley @gwenvarley.bsky.social
update
THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!
commencing bo ssam preparation
Happy to make my LA Review of Books debut writing about how the spectre of photographer Francesca Woodman haunts Mascha Schilinski’s stunning film SOUND OF FALLING.
Read: lareviewofbooks.org/article/perh...
did you see the info from central on their proposed "system-wide AI strategy..."?
and of course hearing versions of this from colleagues and administrators every day
how is this even a line of argument people are using, I am losing my minnnnnd
with all due respect to the DOE chancellor that’s exactly what we can do
probably further down the list 🫠
these cannot be the questions people ask
tbh I’m glad I waited to read Magic Mountain until now, because if I had encountered it when I was younger I might have dropped everything to reorient my life/academic career around it with who knows what results, that’s how good it is
Call for Papers for MLA 2027 in Los Angeles. The session is titled "Literary Studies Beyond the Academy." What forms of literary study, critical inquiry, and bookish identity-making exist beyond university literature departments? How have readers in marginalized communities and the Global South developed para- or even anti-academic institutions of interpretation? 200-word abstracts. Deadline for submissions: Sunday, March 15, 2026 Alexander Manshel, McGill University (alexander.manshel@mcgill.ca )
If you're thinking about attending MLA 2027 in Los Angeles, please consider submitting an abstract to this *guaranteed session* on "Literary Studies Beyond the Academy"! Details below...
Not a good sign when a Brooklyn-bound train re-routes back to the Bronx, that’s a first in my many MTA-riding years
Sounds like a fantastic class!
Rosalind Brown's Practice? A self-reflexive meditation on reading's pleasures (as sometimes coterminus with/produced by its struggles!)
watched the DTF St Louis pilot last night and let me just say what a relief it is to encounter surprising textual oddity, this may be my most modernist-coded belief but I do not care
![Getting Unstuck: Using Informal Writing Techniques Effectively workshop flyer that reads:
A key challenge that writers face is feeling stuck in a project and not knowing how to move forward. This workshop focuses on using informal writing techniques, from freewriting to visualization, to overcome some of the most common practical and emotional obstacles that arise in academic writing. The strategies we’ll discuss are versatile; they can be used for any writing project in any discipline.
Thursday, March 12 @ 10AM
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Getting Unstuck: Using Informal Writing Techniques Effectively workshop flyer that reads: A key challenge that writers face is feeling stuck in a project and not knowing how to move forward. This workshop focuses on using informal writing techniques, from freewriting to visualization, to overcome some of the most common practical and emotional obstacles that arise in academic writing. The strategies we’ll discuss are versatile; they can be used for any writing project in any discipline. Thursday, March 12 @ 10AM Register here: [QR Code]
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Had a wonderful time doing this talk for the @cunyacademygc.bsky.social! With thanks to the organizers and all who attended. I wish I could have served Mogen David extra heavy Malaga wine coolers to all!
I would settle for Sofia Coppola's The Custom of the Country actually just getting made as originally planned!
I love this cheerful ice cream cone my daughter drew
“It’s not going anywhere”
