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祖思薪 Eugenia Zuroski @zugenia.bsky.social · Aug 31

The latest @ecfjournal.bsky.social is out today, with a special section edited by Mona Narain on “Asian/Asia.” Articles in this cluster by @shruti-jain.bsky.social and @kaushiktekur.bsky.social, a Reflections essay by @travisclau.bsky.social, and a response by me!

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Contents | Eighteenth-Century Fiction 37, 2

Special Section: “Asian/Asia”: Provocations

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Aug 15

When Uncle Travis’s brand new poetry collection, WHAT’S LEFT IS TENDER, arrives, his kitty nephews celebrate. As for me, I’ll be teaching from this in my health humanities class this fall! @travisclau.bsky.social

Large orange tabby cat and skinny tuxedo looking skyward. In the foreground is Travis Chi Wing Lau’s poetry collection, WHAT’S LEFT IS TENDER

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Aug 1

this is a disgrace and a national shame

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 1

“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
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Mellon Foundation

The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Apr 22

Wild to me that this is out of print! Just got my hands on a copy off of eBay. It contains an introductory essay by Joe LeSueur.

Blue book that is titled selected plays by Frank O’Hara, published by Full Court Press.

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · Apr 9

Out today, the Academic Council of the University of California issues the following statement:

“Higher education is under direct and sustained attack.

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Apr 6

Listen, other Jason Farr, there’s only enough room in this world for one of us. 😤

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Apr 5

Is it really a protest in Wisconsin if there isn’t at least one sign that says “fuck Ron Johnson”?

Protestor holding a sign that says FUCK RON JOHNSON

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Apr 5

Milwaukee showing up to protest Trump and Musk fascism.

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · Apr 5

Pour one out tonight not only for the thousands of fantastic scholars whose NEH grants were wrongly terminated, but also for all of the junior scholars who have never—and now may never in their lifetimes—receive federal support for their research

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · Apr 4

Another favorite more recently is @jasonfarrjokes.bsky.social's Novel Bodies: Disability and Sexuality in Eighteenth-Century British Literature. I was so inspired by this book's care and thoughtfulness, and it was a delight to read.

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Novel Bodies - Bucknell University Press

Novel Bodies examines how disability shapes the British literary history of sexuality. Jason Farr shows that various eighteenth-century novelists represent d...

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Apr 4

Kate, this absolutely made me day. Thank you!

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · Apr 2

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Apr 1

Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...

LIVE: Cory Booker goes for floor speech RECORD

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Apr 1

Proudly casting my vote for #SusanCrawford and against Musk-Trump here in Wisconsin.

White bespectacled bearded man wearing a green jacket with “I voted” sticker. He stands in front of a “vote here” sign.

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Mar 9

Been saying this. We need to find a way to keep him, Dawes, and Wahlin.

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Feb 12

Here’s an essay I wrote about accessibility as an improvisational mindset that we can cultivate in our classrooms & communities, & as a principle that aligns uncannily with some strains of Romantic thought. #disability #disabilitystudies

Improvisational Accessibility and Romanticism | Romantic Circles

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Jaipreet Virdi @jaivirdi.com · Feb 11

From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain.

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A book standing upright on multiple copies, which are laying next to a 1920s Underwood typewriter. The book cover is a faded and blurry background, with a photo of a person’s ear horizontal on the bottom, and text emitting from it to represent sound. The text in large font says “Echoes of Care” followed by “Deafness in Modern Britain” and the author’s name, Jaipreet Virdi.

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · Jan 30

Very disturbing anti-disability rhetoric here, where Trump blames the recent American Airlines crash on DEI efforts, specifically hiring disabled folks, into the FAA. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Dec 26

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Dec 26

Oh shit, it’s Robert Wringhim from Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner, appearing in a Brocken spectre. 🫣😱

Erwynj @erwynj.bsky.social · Dec 26

Wele-Bwgan y Niwl👻😶‍🌫️

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Dec 22

We don’t have to be stars exploding in the night / or electric eels under the covers / we don’t have to be anything quite so unreal / let’s just be lovers

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Tricia Matthew @triciamatthew.bsky.social · Dec 17

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Manu is just very good at all of :waves hands:

The Cambridge Companion to Romanticism and Race - Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press

The English poet John Keats died in 1821, and almost immediately his friend Joseph Severn began working on the portrait of Keats that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Severn painted f...

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Jason Farr @jsfarr.bsky.social · Dec 16

With your permission, this will be my new introductory paragraph for all letters.

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