Jack Quirk
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Ph.D. candidate at Brown | Assistant Editor at NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction
Fair to say Rituals changed my life when I was 20. RIP
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
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The bristling wit and melancholy of Cees Nooteboom came to me when I needed it most | Madeleine Thien
The great Dutch travel writer, who died this week, found history inscribed in every place he visited, all while remaining accountable to the present
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/13/cees-nooteboom-all-souls-day
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NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction
16 days ago
From NOVEL's own, Tim Bewes, over at nonsite.
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What if? A response to Walter Benn Michaels
What if Michaels, in some small part of himself and irrespective of what he maintains on the page, believes that this forty-year scholarly project might equally have been pursued not in the directi…
https://nonsite.org/what-if-a-response-to-walter-benn-michaels/
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Out now in NOVEL 58.2.
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about 1 month ago
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Out now in NOV 58.2!
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More from NOVEL 58.2. Brian Reinken discusses the implications of the fossil hunt in fiction.
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"Let no one ignorant of Division 1 College Football Enter Here!"
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about 2 months ago
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Welch on Conrad, Ngũgĩ, and the Global Historical Novel.
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Out over on
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Novel 58.2 is now live!
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about 2 months ago
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Hopkins Press
2 months ago
From the new issue of MFS: Jack Quirk's "Gerald Murnane’s Terra Nullius" is free to read,
#S2O
#OpenAccess
at
@projectmuse.bsky.social
! What are you waiting for?
muse.jhu.edu/article/977805
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Simon Stern
2 months ago
just out: The Place of Race in Law & Literature; Guest Editors: Andrew Bricker, Cedric Essi &
@elisewang.bsky.social
:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/neje20/2...
w essays by Almas Khan, Emma Brush,
@jackquirk.bsky.social
, Faith Barter, more!
@lpcprof.bsky.social
@law-and-humanities.bsky.social
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European Journal of English Studies
The Place of Race in Law & Literature; Guest Editors: Andrew Bricker, Cedric Essi and Elise Wang. Volume 29, Issue 1 of European Journal of English Studies
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/neje20/29/1
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My latest piece "Gerald Murnane's Terra Nullius" has just been published in MFS' latest issue. Thanks to
@moniquerooney.bsky.social
,
@tynedaile.bsky.social
and those at CALC for letting me present an earlier version of this piece. Check it out over here:
muse.jhu.edu/article/977805
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https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl..
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Thanks, SImon!
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Anna Kornbluh
3 months ago
proofs! HACIA LA NOVELA CRITICA the first Spanish translation of a big piece, coming soon, thanks to the careful smarts of
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Apropos of nothing whatsoever, I'm posting my talk from last month on "Gerald Murnane's Terra Nullius." Thanks very much to ANU Center for Australian Literary Cultures (
@calc-anu.bsky.social
,
@moniquerooney.bsky.social
,
@tynedaile.bsky.social
) for having me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFw...
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Gerald Murnane's Terra Nullius
YouTube video by Arts & Social Sciences at ANU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFwHbxy2m4
5 months ago
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Caustic Cover Critic
5 months ago
There are more fictional Australian Country Towns With A Secret than there are actual living Australians.
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Fosse translates Murnane's The Plains.
5 months ago
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Martin Shaw
6 months ago
"I don't believe for one second that Meanjin's financial solvency was the reason for the shutdown". Meanjin's ex-deputy editor speaks about the demise of the journal on The Battler podcast (interview starts around the 55-minute mark).
thebattler.substack.com/p/ep-25-mean...
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Ep. 25 Meanjin Streets ft. Eli McLean
on the untimely murder of Meanjin
https://thebattler.substack.com/p/ep-25-meanjin-streets-ft-eli-mclean
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Looking for a place to start with Murnane's work? You could do worse than LANDSCAPE WITH LANDSCAPE. Phenomenal work. Each chapter is authored by the narrator of the previous. The entire work folds in on itself.
www.andotherstories.org/landscape-wi...
6 months ago
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Neglected Books
6 months ago
One of my many TBR projects. Three mystery novels written in Nigerian pidgin by Adaora Lily Ulasi and published by Fontana in the 1970s. I'm intrigued because Ulasi 's work seems to have been completely forgotten.
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Modernist Studies Association (MSA)
6 months ago
Exciting news! The CFP for the joint MSA/ BAMS conference in Loughborough next July is out now. Because this is a joint conference in the UK, there are a number of changes to note for MSA members, including the earlier deadline (Dec. 1) for papers, panels, workshops, etc. More details at the link!
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The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
https://www.moderniststudies.org/conference/MSA2026/CFP/
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For those interested in Sam Selvon, I've just published a piece in EJES for a special issue on "The Place of Race in Law and Literature," edited by
@elisewang.bsky.social
, Andrew Bricker, and Cedric Essi. Check it out over here:
doi.org/10.1080/1382...
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Colour bar forms in Sam Selvon’s Windrush novels
In this essay I discuss two novels by Trinidadian Sam Selvon – The Lonely Londoners (1956) and The Housing Lark (1965) – which together I call Selvon’s Windrush novels on account of their shared co...
https://doi.org/10.1080/13825577.2025.2521057
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Ryan Cavanaugh
8 months ago
You should put two spaces after a period when: - Writing a fax to your travel agent - Penning a eulogy for your uncle who just died of "confumption" - Addressing the constable or lorde of the duchy
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Legal History Blog
8 months ago
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Job Posting: Berkeley Law's Jurisprudence & Social Policy Program Seeks Applications for an Assistant Professor of Law and History
We have the following job posting: The Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP) PhD Program in the School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley invites entry-level and early-career lateral applicants for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position focused on law and history. We seek applications from scholars whose primary research focus is law and history in the United States, and also from those engaged in comparative analysis in which American law and history is a component. We seek a scholar versed in qualitative and/or quantitative research methods and theories, and ready to enter into the intellectual life of a unique multidisciplinary PhD Program. Within the broad ambit of law and history our search is open as to the field and/or period of specialization. However, we are particularly interested in candidates whose research relates to race and inequality. The JSP Program attracts a diverse student body with a variety of experiences before graduate school. The JSP Program is committed to methodological pluralism and encourages scholars who are willing and able to mentor graduate and undergraduate students whose research uses a range of methods. JSP faculty members also teach in Berkeley’s interdisciplinary undergraduate Legal Studies major, which operates under the auspices of JSP. The JSP Program is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit: http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty. The law school strives to educate responsible, effective, and forward-thinking advocates who serve the public through legal practice, public policy, academic scholarship, and related fields. In doing so, the school addresses some of society’s most pressing challenges by leveraging its strengths in teaching and research to improve law, policy, and public institutions. At the heart of Berkeley Law’s public mission is a commitment to access, affordability, and empowering students from all backgrounds to pursue impactful careers across a wide range of professional paths. For more information, please visit: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/public-mission/. Read on here. -- Karen Tani
http://dlvr.it/TLjtKR
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Public Books
8 months ago
New at PB:
@ivan812.bsky.social
unravels the troubling Thomas Carlyle-to-Curtis Yarvin-to-JD Vance intellectual pipeline. "Sometimes the Fascist jackboot," Kreilkamp writes, "just slides right onto the foot."
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In the Führerbunker with Carlyle and Yarvin
Curtis Yarvin—and, through him, arguably, Thomas Carlyle—has now emerged as a significant source of ideas for the present administration.
https://www.publicbooks.org/in-the-fuhrerbunker-with-carlyle-and-yarvin/
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NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction
8 months ago
Looking forward to this new collection, Realism and the Novel: A Global History, edited by Paul Stasi and out on Cambridge UP. Looks like it'll be an invaluable resource! Read an excerpt from the intro here:
assets.cambridge.org/97810092/968...
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Writing Australia: can the new national literature body make a real difference for authors? | Esther Anatolitis
Supporting writers is nation-building work, and expectations are high for the new body with its re-inaugurated poet laureate
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/01/writing-australia-poet-laureate-national-literature-body-authors
8 months ago
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NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction
8 months ago
We've just received the first issue of the year, number 58.1. It should be available online soon. Fantastic articles by Marta Figlerowicz, Peter Sloane, Kelly Yin Nga Tse, Deirdre Canavan, Liam Kruger, and Priya Joshi!
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For those interested in Aus Lit, de Krester, Brian Castro, and some other great names here!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
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Why this year's Miles Franklin shortlist is the most 'radical' yet
ABC experts unpack the shortlist of Australia's biggest book prize: who made it, who missed out and who they think will win.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-25/miles-franklin-literary-award-2025-shortlist/105435442
8 months ago
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NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction
8 months ago
Book reviews by Richard Godden, Marian Eide, Paul Stasi, Bruce Robins, Justin Mitchell, and Tom Perrin!
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NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction
8 months ago
currently reading!
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NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction
8 months ago
What are you reading at the moment?
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
about 1 year ago
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
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For those interested in new Aus lit, 2025 MUD Literary Prize shortlist announced:
www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...
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MUD Literary Prize 2025 shortlist announced | Books+Publishing
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https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2025/02/04/265651/2025-mud-literary-prize-shortlist-announced/
about 1 year ago
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Caelum Nullius (Sky/heaven belonging to no one): Worth checking out for those interested in neocolonialism.
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Project MUSE - <i>Caelum Nullius:</i> Outer Space and the Colonial Logic of Property Rights
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/947374/summary
about 1 year ago
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The Story of Advice
One is encouraged to curate—if not outright fabricate—details from one’s personal life to present to the market.
https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/in-need-of-repair/articles/the-story-of-advice
about 1 year ago
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good stuff from debian devs.
news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-...
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Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons
The Debian Publicity Team is stepping away from X/Twitter, citing concerns over values and diversity.
https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/
about 1 year ago
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Matt Seybold
about 1 year ago
Nuclear winter over who's the first to make 20% better automated spam is a fitting way for this civilization to end.
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Very pleased to be included in the new Elgar Concise Encyclopedia on Law and Lit with an entry on 'Postcolonial Studies.' Many great contributions here. An invaluable reference for those working in the area. Thanks to Simon Stern (
@simon8.bsky.social
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
about 1 year ago
Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy.
immpolicytracking.org/home/
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Immigration Policy Tracking Project
A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.
https://immpolicytracking.org/home/
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Daniel Denvir
about 1 year ago
Big
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ep: intro to Stuart Hall's Marxism w/out guarantees w/ Michael Denning. Marxism as method to analyze historically specific complex contradictory capitalist social formations and what it means for making working-class socialist politics
www.thedigradio.com/podcast/stua...
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Stuart Hall’s Marxism w/ Michael Denning
Featuring Michael Denning on Stuart Hall’s Marxism—a Marxism without guarantees. This is a comprehensive introduction to Marxism as a method to analyze historically specific, complex and contradictory...
https://www.thedigradio.com/podcast/stuart-halls-marxism-w-michael-denning/
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Bradley P. Moss
about 1 year ago
Oh crap
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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤
about 1 year ago
The London Intangible in Tangible Intellectual Property Reading Group is back! The first meeting will be on 23 January and is organised by Danilo Mandic and Henrique Carvalho. We will be reading
@annakornbluh.bsky.social
's Immediacy, or the Style of Too Late Capitalism. For more info:
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Intangible in tangible London reading group meeting, 23 January 2025 – ISHTIP.org
https://ishtip.org/intangible-in-tangible-london-reading-group-meeting-23-january-2025/
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Sharon
about 1 year ago
like i said in days prior: one of the reason I'm a climate doomer is because people don't seem to realize that half of the reason oil corps make money is because they provide inputs for suburban modes of living along with other goods
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Because they wouldn't give me a general because my band was playing that night I watched the whole thing. Prestige TV.
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about 1 year ago
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It's FOSS
about 1 year ago
Well 😔
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academics gotta figure out Reply All
about 1 year ago
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It's cricket season in Australia, which means I'm taking the opportunity to talk about modernist form in Sam Selvon's novels, the late Sir Learie Constatine, and UK racial discrimination and legislation. Looking forward to this session at Australian Modernist Studies Conference at
@utas.edu.au
about 1 year ago
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Naomi Milthorpe
about 1 year ago
This week
@utas.edu.au
! AMSN's 6th conference, "Modernism and modernity at the edge", in honour of modernism's edgy aesthetics/ extreme politics/ living in edgy times/ us being at the ocean's edge / valuing the edge/ margins/ disciplinary boundaries.
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