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Ponzi Austerity In The Age of Cultural Abundance (Criticism LTD, Episode #3)

Ponzi Austerity In The Age of Cultural Abundance (Criticism LTD, Episode #3)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Aug 21, 2023 | Criticism LTD, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on August 21, 2023 Apple Podcasts Spotify Resonate Recordings How has the systemic defunding and deprofessionalizing of humanities academia impacted literary criticism? Why is there such a flourishing culture...
Ponzi Austerity In The Age of Cultural Abundance (Criticism LTD, Episode #3)

Hungover From The Bad Old Days of High Theory (Criticism LTD, Episode #2)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Aug 14, 2023 | Criticism LTD, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on August 14, 2023 Apple Podcasts Spotify Resonate Recordings What is criticism? Why should it matter? Can it be saved from the gun-toting businessman? A crossover episode with the High Theory podcast connects...
Ponzi Austerity In The Age of Cultural Abundance (Criticism LTD, Episode #3)

The Golden Age of The Working Critic (Criticism LTD, Episode #1)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Aug 7, 2023 | Criticism LTD, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on August 7, 2023 Apple Podcasts Spotify Resonate Recordings The premiere of a new series, “Criticism LTD,” on the contemporary state of criticism. This episode covers proclamations of crisis from legacy media...

Working Conditions with Christopher Newfield & Anna Kornbluh (50th Episode #MLA2023 Special)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Jan 4, 2023 | Criticism LTD, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on January 4, 2023 Apple Podcasts Spotify The annual convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA), though much diminished from its early 21st-century peak, is still the largest gathering of literature and...
The Twitter Elegies (& Mastodon Scolds) with Rebecca Colesworthy & Jeff Jarvis

The Twitter Elegies (& Mastodon Scolds) with Rebecca Colesworthy & Jeff Jarvis

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Dec 19, 2022 | Social Problems, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on December 19, 2022 Apple Podcasts Spotify This will be the final 2022 episode of The American Vandal Podcast, but you can expect a special 50th episode shortly after the new year, and much more throughout 2023. As...
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