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'What can poetry offer to policy makers?'
Today, Prof Nicky Marsh (University of Southampton) - the curator of this month's series on 'Communities' - asks how literary practice can help us to think about the 'pride in place' agenda: universityenglish.ac.uk/how-does-lit...
Yet more great evidence about how important and skilled English graduates are @univeng.bsky.social
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Today, Prof Stephanie Jones (Uni of Southampton) reflects on the process of shaping an interdisciplinary, cross-sector community:
'Shared language is powerful, possible and necessary for inclusive action.'
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Today, Prof Will May (Uni of Southampton) reflects on the stories that poets tell about the people who make them poets:
'Understanding that poetry is a plural, collaborative process is also a way of reaffirming its inclusivity.'
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Today, Prof Nicky Marsh (University of Southampton) introduces this month's theme, 'Communities':
'It is not just that literary culture is sustained by communities... but that communities themselves are sustained by literature'
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Some fascinating posts on the #EnglishCreates website, hosted by @univeng.bsky.social that will be of interest to A Level Literature students + their teachers universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
This was fun to do with wonderful collaborators @jenniferacooke.bsky.social @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @gailmarshall.bsky.social CEO @englishassociation.bsky.social @jtwelsch.bsky.social #ReadingMatters @ies-sas.bsky.social
thanks @bendavies.bsky.social !
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To round off our series on 'Critical Reading', Prof Ben Davies (University of Southern Denmark) takes a fascinating look at some of the books that have shaped his research into reading and readers:
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This is a lovely read.
A thoughtful piece that made me think about my "special" books. Signed editions etc. I guess it's the physical connection to the author that makes these stand out. But there's an oddness to it. If I want to reread, I'll use a different edition to preserve. So, basically, these books are never read.
Increasingly my favourite Victorian novel
Such a pleasure to reflect on Middlemarch again. Thanks for the opportunity
Wonderful post by @gailmarshall.bsky.social on books, reading, connection, and lifetimes of reading. @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social #EnglishCreates
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Today, Dr JT Welsch (University of York) re-examines the so-called 'death of reading':
'Like most clickbait, these rants rest on a false opposition. There’s no real war between print and digital media.'
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thanks @gailmarshall.bsky.social !
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Today, Prof Gail Marshall (University of Reading) reflects on a treasured first edition of Middlemarch:
'Books connect us to each other... but they also grow with us, and connect us to different versions of ourselves'
Full post: universityenglish.ac.uk/reading-matt...
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How can reading transform our lives?
Today, Dr Rebecca Fisher (CEO, The English Association) reflects on the two books did just that for her:
'What happened felt like a miracle... The lights had come back on.'
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Today, Prof Jennifer Cooke (Loughborough University) discusses the profound value of reading in the age of social media:
'Just as smart phones and social media sites train us in one way, proper reading trains us in another...'
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The next instalment of #EnglishCreates is all about reading, beginning with @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social @rbtownsend.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social
thanks @bobeaglestone.bsky.social !
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We kick off our series on Critical Reading with Prof Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway): 'in the increasingly scientised discourse which has so effectively helped to teach decoding, the fundamental holism of reading can get lost.'
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Next up, we'll be sharing some reflections on the value of reading as a practice - watch this space!
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Thank you to Prof Ralph Pite and his team of collaborators for providing us with such wonderful content across the month. The posts make for an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and readers, and can be found here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
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Our month on 'Environments' concludes with a post from our curator, Prof Ralph Pite (Uni of Bristol), offering recommendations for readings and resources for lecturers, teachers, and general readers alike: universityenglish.ac.uk/what-next-wh...
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thank you, @carolinelucas.bsky.social!
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We are thrilled to share today's blog by Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP:
'Literature is the way we exercise the muscle of the imagination... And unless we can imagine a greener, fairer world, we’ll struggle to achieve it.'
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We continue with Dr Michael Malay's (University of Bristol) superb blog, asking what it might mean when 'even the simple act of kite-flying' is 'haunted' by the question of the Anthropocene':
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#EnglishCreates: Futures continues with this post by Francesca Mackenney and Jamie Castell (Cardiff University):
'How do representations of sound in literature shape our awareness of the natural world?'
Read the full post here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
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