My dog may confuse close-reading a paper with close-eating it, but I bet you don't. Please consider applying to this guaranteed MLA27 session, and help us spread the word!
(Official, 35-word CFP on MLA page linked below; more detailed CFP in alt-text with side-eye dog.)
“The water would be supplied by Carvins Cove Reservoir, the primary drinking water source for Botetourt County and much of the Roanoke Valley” 👍
#BookHistory mutuals, pls do your magic. A student in my seminar is looking for sources on fingerprints in books. Other than Darnton's reference to inky fingerprints left on the plates of the Encyclopedie, & Folger blog posts by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, I'm short of ideas. Do you have any? THX!
In the meantime—and it's quite possible, I'm advised, that these slimebuckets have closed all their legal loops—I wrote a pretty good book that you can acquire for not a lot of money or take out of the library, and I've been known to answer questions here when people ask me questions.
Today's #Housgawp - I know what you're going to say, you're going to point at the mould and the damp and the weird two kitchen situation. But keep going. Keep going. Get to what they're using as a "storeroom". yeah.
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Enjoyed today's #RSVPDigiEvent? Can't wait for more #19thC periodicals' chat? Our March event is just around the corner next Friday, March 6! @triproftri.bsky.social will talk to us about the "Racial Anxieties of Polite Culture in the Forget Me Not for 1825 + 1833." Register now!
Also, shout out to Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry for expanding access for students. Another of my students found "The Funeral Boat. A Legend" in the 1829 Forget-Me-Not. Curious about that literary annual? Check out the @rs4vp.org digital event this Friday! {I'll be teaching said student.}
On left, black-and-white illustration of a woman in profile reading a book. On right, text says: Interested in reviewing for VPR? Visit rs4vp.org/vpr to message our new Book Reviews Editor, Lauren Ottaviani.
We’re delighted to announce that @laurenottaviani.bsky.social (KU Leuven) has joined VPR's staff as Associate Editor. Lauren will oversee book reviews, and she welcomes suggestions for special features. Visit rs4vp.org/vpr/ to message the editors or volunteer to review a book. #VictorianStudies
Bonus: the @broadviewpress.bsky.social edition of LEL's poetry+prose included the first chapter of Romance & Reality. One of my students is now obsessed with this now-obscure silver-fork novel.😍 She's fascinated by Emily in comparison to Catherine from Northanger Abbey. Shouldn't we all be?!
Just hit that moment in the term when students see bigger connections & analyze the texts on a deeper level. Their intellectual curiosity is wonderful & promises some lovely midterm essays! Particular excited about the student who is shaping his as a C19 review.
A federal judge said the IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential taxpayer information ''approximately 42,695 times" to ICE.
It’s publication week for Tales of Health, a book that brings a medical humanities framework to the Romantic genre of the National Tale and its questions of health and citizenship.
Live at 8, MPR News host Catharine Richert talks with State Rep. Sandra Feist and State Sen. Zach Duckworth about the ongoing legislative session. And we want your questions.
Important news!
I am delighted to announce the launch of my new podcast: The Untitled History Podcast.
It's me, and guests, falling down all the history rabbitholes you can imagine.
Please, please spread the word, subscribe and listen. Because... SHIPS CATS!! cms.megaphone.fm/channel/the-...
Maritime history 🤝 Cat history.
Loved it.
Laura Yuen is my favorite @startribune.com writer. She writes with care, meaningful critique, and insight about our state. This article honors a local leader and the generations of Hmong kids who reached their potential in part because of his care.
www.startribune.com/dave-moore-h...
Indira used to visit family members and her boyfriend, but hasn’t seen them in weeks, because everyone is too afraid to leave their homes.
“The most difficult part of this whole situation; it’s feeling like we’re nothing. It’s feeling like we’re unwanted.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Reminded that there are few more corrosive trends in higher education in recent years than the divide and conquer approach to undermining faculty solidarity by focusing on numbers of majors. Each degree pathway at an institution is strengthened by each other form of expertise available to students.
Christina Rossetti: Apples and quinces, Lemons and oranges,
Plump unpeck’d cherries, Melons and raspberries,Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches
John Ruskin: Your whole poem can't just be listing food
Rossetti: SWART-HEADED MULBERRIES, WILD FREE-BORN CRANBERRIES, CRAB-APPLES, DEWBERRIES, PINE-APPLES, BLACKB
Tipis erected near Fort Snelling have become a focal point for Native-led resistance to ICE activity, blending prayer, ceremony and protest on land marked by Dakota history.
Written by Shubhanjana Das
@dessadarling.bsky.social draws together collective wisdom and profoundly simple* language to share "how to resist like Minneapolis."
*There is great power in simple language woven together by a master of the craft.
Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?
PLEASE JOIN US FOR: AUTHORS FOR MINNESOTA DAY FEBRUARY 28, 2026 | 12–4 A Day Of Books, Community, And Support For Immigrant Rights. Stop by a local bookstore, meet your favorite author, and make a donation. All on-site donations to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota or the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota will receive a free signed book (while supplies last). Visit several stores and make a day of it!
AUTHORS FOR MINNESOTA DAY February 28, 2026, 12–4 Please join us in supporting Minnesota bookstores and raising money for immigrant rights. Authors will sign copies of their latest books plus offer giveaways (while supplies last) for donations made on site to either the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota or the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Support your community and make a day of it! Bookstores & Assigned Authors Avant Garden • JE Joyce • Kristin Nilsen Big Hill Books • Dylann Crush • Mindy Mejia Birchbark Books • Heid Erdrich Black Garnet Books • Bao Phi • Shannon Gibney • Roxane Battle • Aamina Ahmad Comma • Matt Goldman • Tasha Coryell Content • Allen Eskens Cream & Amber • Curtis Sittenfeld • Erin White Drury Lane Books • Sam Tschida Enchanted Quill • Andrew DeYoung • Kathleen West ⸻ Excelsior Bay Books • John Rosengren • James Dawes Hey Darling • Anna Worth • Ruan Willow Inkwell • Jess Lourey • Kristi Belcamino Irreverent Bookworm • Rebecca Kanner • Andie J. Christopher Lake Country Booksellers • Bill Souder • Lorna Landvik Moon Palace • Josh Moehling • Toni Halleen Next Chapter Booksellers • Sarah Stonich • Laurie Hertzel • Neal Karlen Niche • Laurel Osterkamp • Jenney Egertson • Bill Anderson ⸻ Once Upon a Crime • William Kent Krueger • Allan Evans • Patrick Barb Red Balloon • Margi Preus • Stephen Shaskan • Trisha Shaskan • Payal Doshi Scout and Morgan • Judy Kerr • Jessie Chandler • Nickolas Butler Subtext • Wendy Webb • Kate Allen Tropes and Trifles • Annika Martin • Dean Holmes • Jane Hadley Valley Bookseller • Katrina Monroe • Kim Todd Well Read Books • Jeff Shelby • Beth Balmanno
Feel free to share! More on the #authorsforminnesota event on February 28. Including participating bookstores & authors.
Here's the list, so no need to visit the Metaverse.
Fabulous way to raise awareness and funds, as well as to support local indie bookstores. Four hours is enough time to visit 2-3 stores, local friends!
Is this already on your radar, @umnenglish.bsky.social? There are familiar names on the list of authors over on Facebook. 😉
Please read this entire thread on what immigration lawyers' clients are facing right now. The levels of law-breaking by federal agents are astonishing and sickening. The detail here is heart-breaking and infuriating in equal measure.
We are thrilled to announce that applications for our 1st round of Microgrant funding are now open! These small seed grants of up to $300 USD support exploratory research or new projects in periodical studies. Applications for this first round of funds are due March 1!
"What's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear," said Brooklyn Park's Rich Ruohonen.
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-sports/winter-olympian-from-minnesota-speaks-out-on-trump-immigration-crackdown
So grateful to @emilybstanback.bsky.social for this blurb: "Reznicek offers a compelling...of the national tale, calling attention to the foundational ways that concepts of health, illness, and disability have been used to define national identity" www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
