Assistant Professor of 20th-21st Century British Literature (with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora) at UMass Amherst. careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

AMHERST LATEST: State of emergency declared following massive fire at Amherst apartment complex that’s left UMass students devastated. on.nbcboston.com/JQ60aDW

Study shows majority of Americans support same-sex marriage, as Supreme Court decision looms https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/07/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage/?utm_content=1762708800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Binged a whole lot of @sgj.bsky.social podcasts driving to and from Carlisle. I can’t wait to read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter!

In Carlisle this weekend fan-girling Wendy Red Star. She is hilarious.

American Literature Association Panel | Don't Look Away: The Monstrous, the Gothic, and Survivance in the Worlds of Stephen Graham Jones https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/11/05/american-literature-association-panel-dont-look-away-the-monstrous-the-gothic-and #acrel

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

Oh shit I think I just accidentally started a new book project.

Mamdani got a humanities degree. His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.

TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency. They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.

Heid E. Erdrich’s VERB ANIMATE is on our list for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! This @triohousepress.org book “explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich’s artistic collaborations with Twin Cities choreographers, visual artists, digital artists” & others: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...

Second day of Noho Cross is a little less windy than the first. Kiddo raced his first Cat 4/5 and did amazing!

Between the two of them, my kids netted 7.5 lbs of candy on just our block. Yes, of course we weighed it.

Support Weekend Nutrition for kids in Northampton schools. Here's a grocery card fundraiser. $40 supports a child for one month. Any amount helps.

Carlisle, PA - once a place where Indigenous culture went to die - will house a new Indigenous cultural center. www.abc27.com/local-news/c...

i'm sure the "faculty forum" on "reducing burnout" and "enhancing resilience" will include helpful things like "join your faculty union" and "here's a bucket of money" and "we hired a bunch of new full time faculty to reduce the teaching load across the university"

Milo has something to say, and he feels strongly about it.

they are trying to kill every trans kid in America when these rules actually come out, they will be open for public comment and all of us need to flood submissions, call our reps, make noise, everything including the kitchen sink unconscionable evil

Covering this as a national ban is absolutely correct, and is the only framing that it needs to be. Its horrifying. There's no reason to think they'd stop at kids too.

The law including sports law at CAS begin from a position of inclusion with restriction of trans women and girls having to be justified on a case-by-case basis. The law requires eligibility rules to be minimally restrictive, & any policies must be objective.

MA residents: If SNAP goes away, your EBT card still lets you use HIP to get fruits/vegetables: mass.gov/info-details... You can still get Transitional/Emergency Economic Assistance: mass.gov/economic-ass... This hotline gives access to other meal/pantry programs: projectbread.org/foodsource-h...

Dimaline has long been a force in Indigenous literature and storytelling, reminding readers of the power that lives within story. redpopnews.com/cherie-dimal...

DEAR GRAD STUDENTS, This March @post45data.bsky.social will be holding a free, online mini-workshop for grads working in the fields of contemporary literature and culture. More info / abstract submission here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 1/4

Things in Massachusetts are not as bad as they are in Chicago, but ICE is in our communities. The stories you see on the news don't accurately reflect the daily terror ICE is inflicting on immigrants. Please consider donating to or volunteering with LUCE. Also, save their number: 617-370-5023

If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰 findhelp.org

INBOX: The Minnesota Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Cooper v. USA Powerlifting, affirming that transgender athletes have the right to compete in sports without discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

Congrats to JayCee Cooper and to the team at Gender Justice, who argued her case at the Minnesota State Supreme Court last year!

Yesterday I took my creative nonfiction class to the university art museum to do some ekphrastic writing. Highly recommend!

Storytelling Methods Alter How Memories Are Stored in the Brain, Neuroscientists Find www.scientificamerican.com/article/stor...

Saw one of the turkeys in downtown Northampton.

It’s here! My first exhibition catalog essay!!

Good morning and happy Sunday to everyone. Before you buy Girl Scout cookies you should know they support transgender girls and reject donations from anti-transgender organizations, so make sure you order extra boxes of the new rocky road ice cream-inspired Exploremores.

I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.

As promised, if you’re inspired by the march today but don’t know how else to get involved, how to sustainably fight fascism, that can look a few different ways. Here’s a thread of thoughts, short of nationwide withholding of labor / sustained protest:

I talked with @prisonculture.bsky.social and Red Schulte about the importance of zines under fascism, political education that builds power, finding collective courage, and the mistakes we’ll make along the way. Audio + transcript:

Indigenous artists transform works at Metropolitan Museum in unsanctioned "augmented reality" project. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/10/13/i...

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

I wrote a Molly of Denali episode this season! It’s about Native themed Halloween costumes and how to celebrate a person respectfully. Thanks to Quannah ChasingHorse for letting us use her likeness! I’m going to miss this show and this team so much. Molly & PBS Kids forever ❤️

Hey, Massachusetts! Help tell our legislators they should pass An Act Regarding Free Expression to protect libraries, schools, and authors from book bans by sending them a postcard! Instructions on how to do this and where to get postcards here: www.massfreedomtoread.org/act @massaabb.bsky.social

My creative nonfiction students are writing such brave, funny, important essays in the midst of *all this*.

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Jana Schmieding on Native joy, building community, and the importance of Native women. www.getty.edu/news/celebra...

Available for preorder from Scholastic today! Espionage, Indigenous super heroes, thrills, chills and spills and a whole lot of explosions! www.scholastic.ca/our-books/bo...

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US. And nobody covered it. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

I have called all of my representatives today to implore them to stand up for trans rights and healthcare. I urge you to do the same.

At Cornell University, an eminent prof, whose work I was reading in graduate school got suspended b/c an IDF veteran grad student enrolled in his class for the express purpose of disrupting it. We are all cooked. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

New exhibit on Alcatraz Island! "Welcome to Indian Land: Resistance, Resilience and Activism on Alcatraz." www.nps.gov/alca/welcome...

JOB ALERT: Assistant Professor of Art at Smith College, focusing on artists’ books and artist publications: apply.interfolio.com/173234?fbcli...

Kiddo got 5th place at Kilowatt today! 🚴🏽‍♂️