Ugh. Understandably. They are lucky to have you. I hope they recognize that so you can focus on the stuff that’s important to you. That being said, I hope I see you at some event irl one day again soon!
I don’t understand all the tenure stuff, but I feel like 3 critically acclaimed/soon-to-be critically acclaimed novels shows a lot of productivity!!
It’s so freeing and good!!
Not just the government. Most of the pundits in all media have just gone quiet, occasionally emerging to yell at college students. Wars in the middle east usually turn them all into loquacious experts
anyone on or near the Eastern Shore? come to my Shore Lit visiting author talk at Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD on Friday, Oct. 11! www.shorelit.org/upcoming-eve...
My mom and oxygen-dependent stepdad are low on oxygen & propane but have been reached on foot by a home health aide who lives nearby and are okay despite a tree on the house. Feels like an impossible ask but if anyone can help with oxygen and a power source, my stepdad has advanced COPD. #asheville
I’m so sorry, Maud!!
You made my night, Randy—thank you!! You are looking mighty dapper in your crabby attire too. 💜
Isabella Hammad's 2023 Edward Said memorial lecture was about narrative turning points. But after Oct 7th she had her own turning point & wrote an afterword that reorients herself to her own speech. We discuss both today Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/isab...
Today’s conversation with Isabella Hammad is truly like no other on the show in its fourteen year history. The main text of her book is the speech she delivered for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture in...