Perhaps a long shot, but: does anyone recognize this painting? And if so, do you have a better image of it? Or know where it is? 17th c. portrait of Lady Anne Waller (formerly Paget), attributed to "Mrs. Beale" (I assume Mary), according to the very scant notes in the book. Any tips appreciated!

Selfishly bumping this again; as a taste, here's a sentence about writing poetry: "The best one can hope for is a moment alone with one’s 'idle utensils' while 'weeping at the altar.'" If you'd like to read the full article and need access, please reach out!

I'm very happy to share that my article on genre, erotic pleasure, and Andrew Marvell's "Upon Appleton House" is out in Studies in Philology! Ever wondered what Marvell's speaker is doing getting all ecstatic in the undergrowth? read here: muse.jhu.edu/article/984076

Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

I have been so into this album for months now, remarkable and rejuvenating listening experience that feels very one-of-one (but please tell me if it reminds you of something else!). On a great label from New Zealand, Noa Records. Check it out! noarecords.bandcamp.com/album/slowdo...

"cause / that's where my friends are, / you bastards" a steeling moment from Diane di Prima's "Revolutionary Letters"

Last chance to submit a proposal for what will be an exciting and timely panel at the upcoming @rsaorg.bsky.social meeting! Final day to submit is the 28th.

Grief is central to so many moments of our culture(s), yet often curiously difficult to think and talk about. So come think and talk about grief and gender in early modern England at next year's RSA! CfP: www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... #academicsky #earlymodern #englishliterature #RenSA26

Grief is central to so many moments of our culture(s), yet often curiously difficult to think and talk about. So come think and talk about grief and gender in early modern England at next year's RSA! CfP: www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... #academicsky #earlymodern #englishliterature #RenSA26

Any other early modernists in the US getting a "dissolution of the monasteries" vibe right about now?

Only more reason to read this remarkable book! If you need an endorsement, when I asked my uni's library to buy it, the librarian who responded added "(I loved this book!)"

fuck A.I. all my homies hate A.I.

The MLA's cowardly response to a member-driven BDS proposal (lithub.com/the-modern-l...), while they proclaim part of their mission to be supporting "justice throughout the humanities ecosystem," prompts a reminder from Pierre Bourdieu that scholarly work does not beget justice in and of itself:

Can't fully explain it, but this is scab behavior.

17th c. folks: do you have any familiarity with this book or the people it involves (Sarah Gilly and Henry Woolnough)? I've been fascinated by the elegies in it, but have only been able to find some scant references to Sarah Gilly's father.

10/10 with ease, I am humanity's poetry champion, turn in your shitty AI papers if you dare, ye dweebs. (all jokes aside, this doesn't take much thought to ace. LLMs are simply just not great at any kind of interesting/original writing despite everyone losing their minds about them)

17th c. folks: do you have any familiarity with this book or the people it involves (Sarah Gilly and Henry Woolnough)? I've been fascinated by the elegies in it, but have only been able to find some scant references to Sarah Gilly's father.

I've been loudly praising "Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat" to everyone I've talked to recently. A truly electric and powerful doc you must see; the final sequence had me in tears. A reminder that the evils of this nation are profound and indelible, but you must, must, must leave a record of dissent