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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 10h

Oh no, no. I am a cubs fan going through the anxiety of knowing it is sometimes too much to hope that we’ll win when we’re ahead.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 11h

I’m fine, it’s fine, we’re fine

Chicago Cubs @cubsbot.bsky.social · 11h

October Michael Busch hits different.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 1d

Well, that worked. More anxiety tomorrow!

Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 1d

Come on, Cubbies, I want to experience hours-long anxiety again tomorrow!!

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 1d

Come on, Cubbies, I want to experience hours-long anxiety again tomorrow!!

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 5d

I am but a casual Connections player, but today I got my first perfect puzzle and procrastinating has never felt so good.

Puzzle #846
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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 5d

Got my first choice of #Shax2026 seminar, the only problem is that I don’t remember my idea for the paper I wanted to write… #AcademicSky

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely devastated to report that the Marketing and Communications office called me “the perfect interviewee” this morning, so I will probably never know peace again

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 22d

Pleased to see that my review of the new collection “Atrocity and Early Modern Drama” is now up on the English Studies website! It was a pleasure to engage with this volume over the summer, and it’s a collection I look forward to revisiting in my own scholarship.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Atrocity and Early Modern Drama

Published in English Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 17d

I’ve been training for this question, I just didn’t expect it in a conversation about Halloween costumes for a toddler. #EarlyModern #AcademicSky

Image of a two texts from one user, reading “nothing mainstream or medieval. What’s the difference between medieval and early modern? I feel like I should know this.” End ID.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 21d

Today I introduced some unsuspecting freshmen to Paradise Lost 😈

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 22d

Pleased to see that my review of the new collection “Atrocity and Early Modern Drama” is now up on the English Studies website! It was a pleasure to engage with this volume over the summer, and it’s a collection I look forward to revisiting in my own scholarship.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Atrocity and Early Modern Drama

Published in English Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 25d

I just repotted my new olive tree in a lovely pot, I’ve put out the autumn placemats, I’m listening to the Cubs win, and the sun is shining. Does tomorrow have to be Monday??

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Sep 9

I have a staff of 82 all doing different modules for intro training or speciality tutor training and my grade book is CHAOS.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today, September 9, 2025, I have finished all of the grading for my class and for my two staff training modules. This will never happen again, so I’m choosing to celebrate.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Sep 4

I don’t want to complete my workday expenses, I want to be free

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Sep 1

Time for the August #BookSky update: I had to work hard to carve out reading time this month as I ramped up school year prep projects at work. Still managed four books though, and audiobooks continue to be my preferred method of winding down in the evening.

Image of a Storygraph monthly stats graphic showing 4 books finished, 421 pages read, 23.52 hours listened, and an average rating of 3.94. End ID.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 27

Shared my availability with the tutors and writing fellows and then said “except this Friday, when I will be out all morning so I can take my cat to the vet.”

The gasps they gusped. The horrified looks on their faces. She is getting her annual rabies vaccine, my dudes, chill.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 27

The best part of today was when one of my writing fellows gleefully told me that he spent his summer learning how to disable every possible instance of copilot on his new laptop

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 25

The bird feeder has arrived.

Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 23

I was actually working on my syllabus, but now I’m researching bird feeders for Snug. #Caturday

Image of a gray cat crouched in front of a patio window. In front of her is a plant stand and a cat house. Outside the window, a bird is perched on the patio railing, taunting her. End ID.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 24

I have spent the last 12 weeks telling people to enroll in the conference and yet I waited til the final 3 weeks of eligibility to do so myself: an autobiography

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 23

I was actually working on my syllabus, but now I’m researching bird feeders for Snug. #Caturday

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of the hilarious things about having a good relationship with my parents as a grown adult is that they hate all of my work nemeses

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 17

The French nun at the farmers market this morning looked me straight in the eye and said “baguette?” and, you know what, she was right

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 13

When you get mad that the new tutor training modules aren’t updated, this is literally who you’re mad at

Image of a grey cat looking up at the camera while lounging on white and grey striped bedding. End ID.

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton will soon be available for pre-order in PAPERBACK! Sign up for pre-order notifications on the Routledge website.

Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · Aug 11

Enjoying getting stuck into @drwillgreen.bsky.social, @alhegland.bsky.social, & Sam Jermy's edited collection, The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, as I start drafting my chapter on him for the #CurtainBook
www.routledge.com/The-Theatric...

The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624–2024

This volume celebrates Thomas Middleton’s legacy as a dramatist, marking the 400th anniversary of Middleton’s final and most contentious work for the public theatres, A Game at Chess (1624). The colle...

www.routledge.com

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