It’s going to sound quaint, but the best way to resist an AI takeover of the humanities is to assign physical books, sit around, read them, and argue about ideas. Academic has become such a competitive arena, that we ourselves are trained to look for the winning angle, instead of the best education.

Jeg har en klumme i dagens JyllandsPosten: jyllands-posten.dk/debat/breve/...

Ever I so often, I need to listen to Hurts to Purr's 2006 song Matinee. So beautiful, so simple, so vulnerable.

Jeg har et nyt indlæg i JyllandsPosten: jyllands-posten.dk/debat/breve/...

Nyt indlæg i dagens JP: jyllands-posten.dk/debat/breve/...

Jeg har et indlæg i JyllandsPosten i dag: jyllands-posten.dk/debat/breve/...

The more Tolstoy I read, the more I am convinced that Bakhtin was wrong in his assessment and rejection of his writing.

I was irritated? Mmm.

In case you missed me talking about hygge on PBS Newshour the other day, you can watch it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1AhF...

In case you missed me talking about hygge on PBS Newshour the other day, you can watch it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1AhF...

I talked about hygge on PBS Newshour tonight: www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Christmas celebration means relaxing with a book by the beach.

Reading Tolstoy by the pool with an ocean view.

Normally, I hate treadmills but with this view, I guess it is okay.

This is what a good homemade pizza looks like.

First time out on cross country of the season.

Afternoon view from my office.

I found this card in an airport yesterday. There are were few people I could give it to.

I re-watched Casino Royale tonight. And that, I believe, is the greatest Bond movie of all time. But the Chris Cornell song is NOT among the best Bond songs.

Talking about my new book about Hans Christian Andersen with Carsten Jensen at Copenhagen Book Fair earlier today.

Leaving for the Copenhagen Book Fair where I will be talking about my new book with the author Carsten Jensen.

I want to post more on here, but I never get around to it. But it is Friday. And Friday means a Negroni.

I promised myself 2025 would be a year of print. I obvs haven’t been pure. It’s not easy. I’m overriding the app locks on my phone to make this skeet. But I cannot recommend it highly enough. Printing presses are deliberate democracy. Subscribe to periodicals. Buy books. Literate yo self.

When I was a kid and worshipped Ringo Starr, I never thought would actually see in my concert twice. He is till amazing.

Happy first day of class to all who celebrate.

Lo and behold: a new review of "Knausgård and the Autofictional Novel." It is truly an honor when other scholars engage with your work in such a serious and in-depth manner. sca.uwpress.org/content/97/3...

“Dette er ganske enkelt en kanon bog!” lyder det i en ny anmeldelse af min bog fra Dansklærerforeningen. grundskolesektionen.dk/mere-om-ande...

"slow teaching" / lessening reliance on university LMS to give students a less anxiety-inducing, more reflective learning experience. The full text of The Slow Professor appears to be on the UT website, too (linked in the article) www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Politikens anmeldelse af min bog er nu online. politiken.dk/kultur/boger...

We're sending out cancellation of FLAS (Foreign Language & Area Studies) fellowships to dozens of students today, bc Trump has illegally refused to disburse year 4 of our DoE grants. Congrats to everyone in the GOP who is laser-focused on 🇺🇸 national security & the threat of rising 🇨🇳 to 🇺🇸 hegemony.

Min bog får 5 hjerter i Politiken i dag, anmeldt af Thomas Bredsdorff.

Min bog får 5 hjerter i Politiken i dag, anmeldt af Thomas Bredsdorff.

Gud, hvor er det indre København frygteligt om sommeren. Hvornår blev det et sådan turisthelvede?

Me giving a keynote earlier this week in Denmark about my new book.

Today is publication day. My book on Hans Christian Andersen’s early fairytales is out in Danish. unipress.dk/udgivelser/e...

Og jeg har en kronik om HCA i dagens Jyllands Posten. jyllands-posten.dk/debat/kronik...

Jeg bliver interviewet i dag om min nye bog om H.C. Andersen, der udkommer i morgen. www.berlingske.dk/litteratur/h...

Holding my new book for the first time. Monday is publication day.

Am I disappointed? Maybe a little. Normally, they serve coffee on the short 25 minute domestic flights in Denmark but not today. Too much turbulence.

Leaving for Denmark once again.

Quite an honor to be in this company.

Another review of my book on Knausgård and Autofiction - just a few days before my new book comes out. It is also such a privilege to see other scholars engage with your work. sca.uwpress.org/content/97/3...

Coming home to this is not bad.

Copenhagen Airport used to be nice. Now, it is nothing but a tacky shopping mall. The only nice thing is the playground outside.

Spending the last night in Denmark after 4 1/2 month stay in a quite nice way: with a glass of wine and a good novel.

Outside the city of Randers in Denmark, someone built an exact copy of Graceland.

Normally, I look away when I take 10 y/o to a playground because I’m too scared to see what she is actually doing. But today, I looked and even took a picture.

Normally, I look away when I take 10 y/o to a playground because I’m too scared to see what she is actually doing. But today, I looked and even took a picture.

After four and a half month in Denmark, I’m heading back to the US in a couple of days.

Final photo from Aarhus of Aros, the city’s art museum with a rainbow walkway on top by Olafur Eliassen.