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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · 9d

Friends and colleagues in Native and Indigenous lit, the fantastic English Dept at App State is hiring: english.appstate.edu/news/we-are-...

We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 10d

AUTHORS: It’s time to submit your claims for the Anthropic copyright settlement.

1. Look yourself up here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

2. File your claim here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

Form asks for ISBN and copyright reg # for each work. Can find in step 1.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 15d

🚨AUTHORS: The judge has approved the settlement in the Anthropic copyright case. By 10/2 you will be able to look up your name/works on the settlement website to see if you are eligible for payments. Which Authors Guild explained will be split evenly between authors/publishers who both hold rights.

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Background Bartz v Anthropic is one of the major copyright lawsuits brought by authors against an AI company for using books without permission to train large language models. It was filed by nonfict...

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · 11d

and for including my article, “Another Anthropocene: Climate Change, the Anthropocene, and Coastal Indigenous Poetry." You can read the full issue here: amlit.eu/index.php/am...

View of Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025): Living and Dying in the Anthropocene: Responses in Contemporary Literature from the Western Hemisphere

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · 11d

SUPER thankful to the brilliant Brian Railsback for editing a special issue of AmLit on American Literatures, Living and Dying in the Anthropocene: Responses in Contemporary Literature from the Western Hemisphere,

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · 27d

Friends and neighbors, As the Crow Flies, the open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal, is now live if you wanna go take a peek: as-the-crow-flies.pubpub.org

As the Crow Flies

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · 29d

The husband and kiddo have birthdays next week, so today we're heading to Scarowinds to celebrate. In related news, I just saw the tracking update that my CBD-infused arthritis salve is also arriving today.

#perfecttiming

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Sep 12

I had a blast talking with @thejeremybjones.bsky.social about his new book, Cipher, with @blairpub.bsky.social. A huge thanks to Jeremy and @reckonreview.bsky.social for putting this conversation out into the world!

Reckon Review @reckonreview.bsky.social · Sep 12

Head over to Reckon to read this fantastic interview by Jessica Cory of Jeremy B. Jones.

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Jul 31

Appalachian Journal readers, check this out!

UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Psst! You can read our inaugural issue of Appalachian Journal, FREE for 1 month on @projectmuse.bsky.social 👇

muse.jhu.edu/journal/899

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Jul 31

We don't really have raccoons, so it's a trade-off, I suppose. But yeah, those jerks took every single peach. That'll teach me to go away for the weekend. On the bright side, they're too full to get into the bird feeder like they normally do.

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Jul 30

Why, yes, I did just write an angry version of "This Is Just to Say" to the squirrels who cleared our entire peach tree before I could can a single one.

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · Jul 25

In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate.

World's top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis

International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Jul 19

App Studies friends, check out the newest map by Tribal Nations Maps/Aaron Carapella: www.tribalnationsmaps.com/store/p3946/...

Indigenous Nations of Appalachia Map - 18"x24"

Reservations of Montana, List of Indian Tribes, Location of Indian Tribes, Original Native Indian Tribes

www.tribalnationsmaps.com

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Mar 29

Excited to attend the launch of the NC Poetry Society's 2025-26 Poetry in Plain Sight Program in Durham today! My poem "Ode to the Pill Bug" will be featured in May.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · Mar 8

Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!

The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.

CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Mar 3

Fiction-writing friends!

Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social · Mar 3

Attention new writers! Submissions are open for works of fiction from emerging writers for publication in our Fall 2025 issue.
Learn more and submit your work at oxfordamerican.org/submit

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · Mar 3

University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won’t work, writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option.

University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won't work.

www.thenation.com

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thought I heard a car door slam outside. Nope, just this furry beast jumping the 14 inches from lounger to floor.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Mar 1

🎶 Working 8 to 6, but they call you after hours
Barely gettin’ by, lots of crying in the shower
You might prequalify, won’t even hurt your credit
Ran out of sick days--well, I hope y'all don’t catch it 🎶

Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” Adjusted for Late-Stage Capitalism

In case you need help with the tune. - - -Come in on a Sunday? You’ve gotta be jokin’ Christmas bonus was a car wash token Startin’ to think our sy...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Feb 26

The House budget reconciliation framework that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid has just passed.

They are literally taking from the sick and poor to give the rich tax cuts.

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Feb 26

That's how it's done in our house. It's that not how everyone else plays?

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Feb 22

Almost show time!

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Feb 22

Looking forward to leading a breakout session on providing feedback to writers at the NC College Media Association's conference in Boone today!

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Feb 21

Y'all, I just got the printed proofs back for Appalachian Journal's first-ever full-color issue focusing on Appalachian visual art and it's GORGEOUS!

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Jessica Cory @jessicascory.bsky.social · Feb 12

As someone who has participated in clinical trials as a patient, this move is extremely reckless and unethical.

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Feb 12

The quick shutdown of USAID abandoned patients with experimental devices and drugs in their bodies with no way to remove them in time. How many people are going to die because of the Trump/Musk mismanagement?

What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order

The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

www.nytimes.com

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