Major conference on the legacy of Fredric Jameson happening at Duke April 10-12, 2026. Grad students should submit! CFP linked: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

POSTDOC ALERT: in 2026-27, James Mulholland (NCSU) and I are running a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the University.” The position is for a Humanist-in-Residence and the job is live on AJO: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31122

It was such a pleasure to put together this essay cluster for PMLA with Donna Landry and James Mulholland and all our brilliant contributors! Here’s our introduction, I’ll link the issue in comments www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!

Another amazing piece in our PMLA essay cluster on the legacy of the 1983 conference, Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture!

It took a while, but our cluster of essays on Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, 1983, is finally here. All the pieces are 🔥

Another highlight of our time in London was the Do Ho Suh show at the Tate Modern

Morning run on the Grand Union Canal between Little Venice and Kensal Town

Just back from CDMX—trying to hold into this light as long as I can #cdmx #mexicocity #fridakahlo

I am very sad to say, David Lodge died on January 1st. He was a wonderful man and hugely influential writer. I was lucky to be his agent and he taught me so much. His campus novels will be read for years to come. A great loss. www.penguin.co.uk/articles/202...

Oh show me the way to the next whiskey bar (Vinyl Record Bar, Ginza) #tokyo #tokyoginza #whiskeybar

Octopus town #osaka

We came down from the mountain and it turns out we kinda love Osaka #osaka #vintagetee #neonoctopus

Night and day in Okunoin cemetery, Koyasan

A little bit more from Kyoto

Japanese light #imperialpalaceeastgardens

Amazing conversations on day one, looking forward to days two and three!

These workshops have been a joy to organize with my co-editors Jo McDonagh and Hadji Bakara, with the amazing support of the Neubauer Collegium. neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/migra...

Happy Turkey Trot Day to those who observe 🍻

The North Carolina coast. It does not disappoint.

The sign we all need now. (Courtesy of the Ocracoke ferry)

On Friday afternoon, Kathy Psomiades brought home the hardware for *Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity,* awarded best second book by NAVSA. One judge, @mmvty.bsky.social, said (paraphrased): "Literally, though, how did you do this?" 🏆🔥💜

I don’t really believe in the pathetic fallacy, because, you know, it’s a fallacy, but it’s hard not to interpret the dense fog this morning along those lines.

Exciting conference here in Durham this spring!

Tagging plenary speakers, seminar leaders, and NOVEL journal folks! Please help spread the word about SNS 2025: Novel Languages hosted by Duke University @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social, @isanchezprado.bsky.social, @nicolerizzuto.bsky.social, @charlottesussman.bsky.social, @jackquirk.bsky.social

We’re hiring! As department chair I’m not on the search committee, but I’m happy to answer any questions about Duke English, Duke or Durham. Please circulate widely! english.duke.edu/18thcentury

So excited to be part of this, and looking forward to seeing all these amazing scholars in Durham next year—please spread the word and submit something!

Reading about Tim Walz while going through Minnesota on the train. Saw a bald eagle while we were crossing the Mississippi. Not saying it’s a sign, but maybe it’s a sign?

Turning that upside down cake right side up makes me happy every time #apricots #summerbaking

And two more books I really enjoyed, both a bit more conventional than my top 3, but very much worth reading! The House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng Absolution, Alice McDermott

One good thing about 2023 was some great reading experiences. My top 3, none of them perfect but all really inventive and thought-provoking. Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez The World and All That It Holds, Aleksandar Hemon Biography of X, Catherine Lacey

Behold the Yule Bagel! Baked fresh this morning. Peace and Joy to all!

Beautiful jacket proof for our forthcoming paperback 'Cultures of London', which 'expresses and celebrates the plurality of the capital’s cultures and affirms the importance of migration in the making of the modern city'. Grab an advance copy here: bit.ly/3CWZjAz Pub. Jan 2024

A wonderful experience to co-edit this collection with Corina Stan—grateful for the amazing work of our contributing editors and contributors link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

We’re hiring! english.duke.edu/AADSSearch Happy to answer any questions about the job or the department!

Dog days or International Dog Day, it’s all the same to Baxter.