literary critic 18th/ 19th c novels mostly, poet, asst prof, ceasefire
Wheaton, MD
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Amanda Auerbach retweeted
Today is my academic book's official publication date. Happy 0th birthday to Getting Lost in the Novel: cambridge.org/core/books/get…
Today is my academic book's official publication date. Happy 0th birthday to Getting Lost in the Novel: cambridge.org/core/books/get…
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
I’ve been all over the country in the last month.
And I get asked the same question, over and over again:
“I disagree with Kamala’s position on the war in Gaza. How can I vote for her?”
Here is my answer:
Listening to Keats in preparation for teaching and eating chocolate cake -- cannot complain about my job atm
Does anyone know how to go about trying to obtain rights for a work of art if you can't find contact info for an artist's estate? (I want to obtain rights for something from 1957 by Marcel Dyf for academic book cover)
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
Procrastination is ideological in that in implies waiting to be saved by some yet-to-surface creative force the same way these political theatrics imply that. I'm learning to exit the limbo early without losing any of the rumination and dream time we do there.
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
The humanities do not help us *become* more humane, but to understand what it would mean to *be* humane. The becoming is not up to the humanities but to us.
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
A. R. Ammons
ALT Mission The wind went over me saying why are you so distressed: oh I said I can’t seem to make anything round enough to last: but why the wind said should you be so distressed as if anything here belonged to you as if anything here were your concern.
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
here’s the first lecture, on “Poetry and History,” featuring Robert Lowell (“The March 1”), W. B. Yeats (“Easter 1916”), and @jorie_graham (“What the End Is For”):
youtube.com/watch?v=blbE1kBS…
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here’s the second lecture, on “Advice and Judgment, Aesthetic and Moral,” featuring more Yeats (“Meru”) and Elizabeth Bishop (“Poem”):
youtube.com/watch?v=2SqV7oTO…
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
Really excited to listen to this season of @NovelDialogue.
And looking forward to sharing my chat with my parasocial bestie, @blgtylr!
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Amanda Auerbach retweeted
So looking forward to it!
We're one week away from the L.A. launch of Playhouse: Poems by @jorrellwatkins! Get details & order your signed copy here: booksoup.com/event/jorrell-w…
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
So the inevitable’s happened: the war machine’s taken 6 (beautiful, beloved) white/Western lives, and they’re mourned as 32,000 (beautiful, beloved) Palestinian lives were not. If you have any power at all - media role, a platform - and you’ve been silent till now, ask yrself why
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
I’m happy to announce that the Los Angeles book launch event for PlayHouse: Poems @northwesternup will be at @BookSoup on Wednesday, April 17th 7pm!
The event is free and open to the public. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Event link in my bio. Please share!
ALT An white and coral poster featuring: a photo of a Black man with glasses in a blue suit, and the black and white cover of PlayHouse poems. The poster announces a book event for Jorrell Watkins at Book Soup on April 17th at 7pm.
Amanda Auerbach retweeted
!!!!!!
The NBCC Award for Poetry goes to “Phantom Pain Wings” by Kim Hyesoon (@PoetKimHyesoon), translated by Don Mee Choi (@DonMeeChoi)! @NewDirections #NBCCAwards
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If anyone is interested in writing a review or conducting a interview with me about my debut collection of poetry, "PlayHouse: Poems" let me know! I can get you an ARC nupress.northwestern.edu/978…