Jay David Miller
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English Prof. Early Americanist. Quakerism.
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I've officially signed a book contract with
@psupress.bsky.social
for my manuscript, Quaker Jeremiad, a literary history of Quaker agrarian writing in early America. I'm very grateful to Tristan Bates and the rest of that editorial team for their support. Looking forward to getting this in print!
26 days ago
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Yesterday was a good mail day. Going to read this new 33 1/3 book by my colleague
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over the weekend!
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Can confirm as a professor at a Christian university that this is definitely a dynamic for young men, although they do not usually talk about their conversions in political terms, at least to me.
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"Attendance at Arch Street was so low . . . that the few people present began to meet in a smaller room. But recent years have produced an unprecedented surge in the number of attendees at Sunday worship — from about 25 before the coronavirus pandemic to up to 100 today."
apnews.com/article/quak...
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Young adults turn to Quakers' silent worship to offset — and cope with — a noisy world
There’s been an unprecedented surge in the numbers of attendees at Sunday worship at the Quaker Arch Street Meeting House in Old City Philadelphia.
https://apnews.com/article/quakers-worship-noisy-world-philadelphia-pennsylvania-6549d5f4560f9a068bc48a7803216502
5 days ago
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Went out and bought what I presume to be my last six-packs of Rogue tonight. RIP, Dead Guy:
www.pastemagazine.com/drink/craft-...
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Another Early Craft Beer Pioneer is Gone as Oregon's Rogue Shutters its Doors
You can argue that Rogue struggled to keep up with the craft beer times, but it's still a blow to lose a member of the Class of '88.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/drink/craft-beer/rogue-brewery-closing-closed-craft-beer-class-of-88-economic-downturn-beer-industry
7 days ago
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I've been appreciating this poem in the midst of the autumn rains here in the Pacific Northwest:
harpers.org/archive/2025...
@harpers.bsky.social
9 days ago
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Not all of us have forgotten this century . . .
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"the broad-brims"
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Had not heard of this new bio:
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18 days ago
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I've officially signed a book contract with
@psupress.bsky.social
for my manuscript, Quaker Jeremiad, a literary history of Quaker agrarian writing in early America. I'm very grateful to Tristan Bates and the rest of that editorial team for their support. Looking forward to getting this in print!
26 days ago
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John McCafferty
about 1 month ago
14 Oct 1644: b. Willian Penn, future founder of
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in
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acres in Co. Cork
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"To be human is, it seems to me, to care about the origins and sources of things, but we know very little, it also seems to me, about what most deeply shapes us."
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revival, retrospection, assessment – The Homebound Symphony
https://blog.ayjay.org/revival-retrospection-assessment/
about 2 months ago
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Thee Quaker
about 2 months ago
Giles Calvert (d. 1663) was a prominent printer in 17th century England known for his association with religious dissenters and radicals. His shop, the Black Spread Eagle, was near near St. Paul's Churchyard in London. His shop was a hotbed of radical and egalitarian thought. (1)
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Don't usually post about baseball, but this was a prescient
@williamfleitch.bsky.social
article about how the Guardians could catch the Tigers back on August 12 when their chance of winning the division was 6% according to
@fangraphs.com
. They took lead today.
www.mlb.com/news/guardia...
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Here's how the Guardians can make a historic run at the Tigers
On July 17, 1978, the Yankees lost to the Royals, 9-7, in 11 innings; the winning pitcher was Al Hrabosky and the losing pitcher Goose Gossage, in case you were wondering the facial hair situation tha...
https://www.mlb.com/news/guardians-chances-to-win-al-central-title-over-tigers
about 2 months ago
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Windy Cooler
3 months ago
The Quaker Theological Discussion Group (of Quaker Religious Thought) is excited to share our 2025 call for papers on the theme: "Quaker Public Ministry: History, Practice, Challenges." See
qtdg.org
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From my Met daily art calendar today:
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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Claude Monet - Bouquet of Sunflowers - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
<b>The Painting:</b> While living with his family at Vétheuil, a small suburb on the Seine northwest of Paris, Claude Monet took up floral painting both outdoors in the garden and indoors with cut flo...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437112
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"At times, you will sense no response. You may feel an emptiness, darkness or frustration. Do not despair, this is part of the process of becoming empty for God. Persevere."
dailyquaker.com/2025/09/beco...
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Becoming Empty for God
"The use of silence or solitude as a doorway to the Divine has a long history in the Christian tradition. Jesus often went away to pray alone. (Mark 1:35; Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16). Early Christian mo...
https://dailyquaker.com/2025/09/becoming-empty-for-god/
3 months ago
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Looks like a great issue!
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3 months ago
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"A few years ago I said that vindictiveness was the moral crisis of our time. But some (not all, but some) of our rage has burned itself out. The passive acceptance of utter cruelty . . . has become the most characteristic feature of our cultural moment."
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the AI business model – The Homebound Symphony
https://blog.ayjay.org/the-ai-business-model/
3 months ago
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Encouraging:
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David Bentley Hart: "I have a great affection for George Fox and considerable admiration for many Quaker figures throughout history . . . . If all Christians were more like the Quakers at their best they would also be more like Christ."
davidbentleyhart.substack.com/p/q-and-a-13
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Q & A 13
French prose and Greek lexica, poetry and poets, VN and PW, Quakers and running dogs of capitalism, baseball and dinosaurs...
https://davidbentleyhart.substack.com/p/q-and-a-13
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From my Met daily art calendar today:
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Auguste Renoir | Bouquet of Chrysanthemums | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438012
4 months ago
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This is my time!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Much Do You Know About Early American Literature? (Gift Article)
Before the Independence Day fireworks this week, try this short quiz on America’s popular books published during the country’s formative years.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/books/review/early-american-quiz.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T08.fg9Z.6f8u_KvgEbZF&smid=url-share
5 months ago
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Karin Wulf
5 months ago
Well, call me ignorant. Have never read Moby Dick and decided, for reasons, that this summer I would. Became instantly obsessed with "Etymology" and "Extracts," the actual first line about the pale usher and of course the sub-sub librarian. And have starting reading some scholarship on same.
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Great to see
@newsberg.org
, "a two-year-old hyperlocal digital news outlet serving Newberg," my hometown, featured in the
@columjournreview.bsky.social
!
www.cjr.org/analysis/ore...
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Pioneering Payback
The potential of the Oregon Journalism Protection Act.
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/oregon-journalism-protection-act-big-tech-payback-potential.php
6 months ago
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Robynne Rogers Healey
6 months ago
@psupress.bsky.social
is having a 2-week sale on its Christian studies books
www.psupress.org/two_week_sal...
. The New History of Quakerism books are in this sale. Get them while they're hot and relatively affordable!
#Quaker
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Christian Studies Sale
https://www.psupress.org/two_week_sale.html
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Looking forward Jon Fosse's newest:
www.newyorker.com/books/this-w...
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Jon Fosse on Writing as an Act of Listening
The author discusses his story “Elias.”
https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/jon-fosse-06-09-25
6 months ago
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"Whenever I see the words cascade down my computer screen, I get a sinking feeling. Do I really have to read this?"
hedgehogreview.com/web-features...
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ChatGPT Is a Gimmick
AI offers a tempting illusion to students—and evidently to some teachers.
https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/chatgpt-is-a-gimmick
6 months ago
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Great thread. It's amazing how understudied and potentially misunderstood Gurney is:
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6 months ago
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Joseph Rezek
7 months ago
Benjamin Franklin did not read articles from The Spectator, recreate them from memory, translate them into verse, and back into prose, sometimes improving upon the original- in order to become “a tolerable English writer” - just for you to use the trash robot app to spit out terrible sentences!!!!!
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7 months ago
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Requiescat in pace.
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Thee Quaker
7 months ago
Stillwater Meetinghouse in Barnesville, OH, was built in 1878 in federal style to house the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Conservative Friends. The members of the Yearly Meeting built the structure in 90 days for $9,000. The building, on the campus of Olney Friends School, has a Quaker Heritage Museum.
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NY Times Pitchbot
7 months ago
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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Modern Language Association
8 months ago
Advocacy alert:
@humanitiesall.bsky.social
has learned that DOGE is targeting the NEH "with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded." Tell your officials you support the NEH:
p2a.co/DdtlGIT
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URGENT: Save the NEH
I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.
https://p2a.co/DdtlGIT
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Picked up Dash Shaw's newest graphic novel Blurry at the library yesterday. I came to Shaw's work through Discipline, which is about a man who leaves his Quaker meeting to fight in the Civil War. If you don't know it, I would highly recommend:
www.nyrb.com/products/dis...
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Discipline
A teenage Quaker joins the Union Army and experiences firsthand the brutality of the Civil War in this singular graphic novel by a beloved comics artist and animator.
https://www.nyrb.com/products/discipline
8 months ago
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I was able to watch No Other Land tonight at
@cinema21-portland.bsky.social
. Grateful for independent theaters that are making it possible for people to view the film. It should be seen by many despite the fact that distributors have been unwilling to pick it up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/m...
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‘No Other Land,’ Whose Politics Deterred Distributors, Wins Best Documentary (Gift Article)
In their acceptance speeches, the Israeli and Palestinian co-directors called for “serious actions to stop the injustice.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/movies/no-other-land-oscars-documentary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.204.D2rn.UVoS-aD6vyDc&smid=url-share
9 months ago
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Past Present Future Podcast
9 months ago
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s ep is about the event that is sometimes - but not always - called the English Revolution: the Civil War of the 1640s and the short-lived republic that followed. David talks to historian Clare Jackson about the thinking that inspired it. Find us at...🎧
ppfideas.com
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"Highlands" by Bob Dylan (and any Dylan song over six minutes really).
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9 months ago
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"Although their enemies portrayed them as salivating agents of antichrist who were intent on turning society on its head, the real nature of the Quaker threat was the plausibility of their views." Kate Peters, *Print Culture and the Early Quakers* (252)
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Joel Mayward
10 months ago
You can currently preorder my forthcoming 33 1/3 book, "Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell" at Barnes & Noble and get 25% off in their Preorder Sale.
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Mark D Russ
10 months ago
I'm seeing lots of love for Quakers here, particularly in relation to what's going on in the US, which is great, but I'm prompted to remind Quakers to resist wallowing in a good reputation we don't individually deserve. 1/
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10 months ago
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10 months ago
The very week that my American religious history course covers William Penn and the Friends:
newrepublic.com/post/190756/...
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Trump’s Extreme ICE Plan Hit With Lawsuit—From the Quakers
After Trump removed a key restriction on where ICE agents can make arrests, the Quakers are fighting back.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190756/trump-ice-lawsuit-quakers
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"Let Carter’s personal virtues stand as a rebuke to the rest of our . . . political class. But his record can tell us little about what kind of collective efforts might have led somewhere else in the 1970s, or might now lead us out from oligarchy."
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Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024
As an individual, Jimmy Carter stood as a rebuke to our venal and heartless political class. As a politician, his private virtues proved to be public vices.
https://ourtime.substack.com/p/jimmy-carter-1924-2024?r=168ju&triedRedirect=true
11 months ago
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This is probably the
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article that stood out to me most from the past year:
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11 months ago
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C. Wess Daniels
11 months ago
Great mini-documentary of Folk Singer and f/Friend Seth Martin.
youtu.be/EUbfo5b9Onw?...
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How Seth Mountain Found Folk Music in The Valleys of the U.S. and Korea
YouTube video by Philip Brett
https://youtu.be/EUbfo5b9Onw?si=J_d0_8w2GmaeN-eA
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FCNL
11 months ago
ICMI: Great news! ⬇️
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11 months ago
Hey y'all, my friend and colleague Huaping Lu-Adler is doing an NEH summer institute on Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy. Please spread the word
www.neh.gov/programinsti...
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Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy
This 3-week Institute for higher education faculty, titled “Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy,” focuses on philosophical debates about slavery in Europe and North America in the seventeenth and eigh...
https://www.neh.gov/programinstitutefellowship/slavery-and-early-modern-philosophy
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Still thinking about Professing Criticism. Looking forward to this new book:
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12 months ago
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It was lovely to have Robynne on campus recently, and to have other great scholars of Quakerism in the audience!
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12 months ago
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