Hartford House Hosts Lecture About Susy Clemens
Virtual lecture takes place tomorrow (December 7) at 7:00pm.
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CFP: “Forgotten Spaces: Southern Literature, Ecocriticism, and the Commons” Panel at The 2023 ASLE + AESS Conference (July 9-12, 2023)
CFP deadline is December 10, 2023
Center for American Literary Studies Hosts a Webinar on Fighting Book Bans
Event takes place Friday, December 9 at Noon (EST)
The Plausible End of Social Media, Downscaling, & The Latent Celebrity Mindset with Ian Bogost
New episode of The American Vandal Podcast inspired by Ian Bogost’s editorial in The Atlantic on “The Age of Social Media is Ending.”
The Collapse of Twitter, Zombie Cyberlibertarianism, & Commercial Content Moderation with Sarah T. Roberts
With the end of Twitter seemingly imminent, content moderation and social media expert, Sarah T. Roberts, discusses Elon Musk’s ideology, the labor of social media, and the migration to Mastodon.
MARK TWAIN FORUM BOOK REVIEWS: “America’s Most Influential Journalist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast” by John Adler
Kevin Mac Donnell reviews this massive biography of one of Twain’s professional and personal friends
Quarry Farm Fellowship Deadline Approaching
Deadline is Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The Dance of The Cash Dragons with Aaron Bady, Michelle Chihara, & Sarah Mesle
Co-authors from Los Angeles Review of Books “Dear Television” section, Aaron Bady & Sarah Mesle join Michelle Chihara & Matt Seybold to discuss HBO’s “House of The Dragons” and much more in the season finale of “HBO: From Pulp To Prestige.”
Lee’s Trouble Begins Lecture Now Available
Judith Yaross Lee discusses the complicated relationship between the author Mark Twain and the explorer Henry Stanley
Industry Cringe & Reproductive Horror with Johanna Isaacson & Madeline Lane-McKinley
A ranging conversation inspired by two forthcoming books about genre, work, & visual culture. The authors consider HBO series like “The Baby,” “Barry,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “The Larry Sanders Show.”