Dr. Laura M. Furlan
@laurafurlan.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English. Director of American Studies. Author of Indigenous Cities (UNP 2017). Writer of creative nonfiction. Adoptee. Native Chicagoan. Queer mommy. She/her.
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Happy to see so many familiar faces over here! If you don’t already know me, I post about Native literature, academic and creative writing, nature, Western Massachusetts, my doggo, gay stuff, trans rights, women’s basketball, and my big kid’s bike races.
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"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of." Bravo Claire Sharpe. And (metaphorically, as I am really not a cyclist) co-signed!
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of." Bravo Claire Sharpe. And (metaphorically, as I am really not a cyclist) co-signed!
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This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
My message to you is simple:
I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
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Message me to request whistles, or check out links to get you started on your own whistle operation!
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November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Message me to request whistles, or check out links to get you started on your own whistle operation!
linktr.ee/apwhistles
linktr.ee/apwhistles
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Check out this interview from Alaska Book Week with Alaska poet, Annie Wenstrup! Annie reads from her book The Museum of Unnatural Histories and discusses her work with Nicole Stellon O’Donnell. Watch the full interview here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DghI...!
#alaskapoets #anniewenstrup #poetry
#alaskapoets #anniewenstrup #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Check out this interview from Alaska Book Week with Alaska poet, Annie Wenstrup! Annie reads from her book The Museum of Unnatural Histories and discusses her work with Nicole Stellon O’Donnell. Watch the full interview here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DghI...!
#alaskapoets #anniewenstrup #poetry
#alaskapoets #anniewenstrup #poetry
Dusting of snow overnight, and my daughter (still refusing pants) went to school wearing shorts.
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Dusting of snow overnight, and my daughter (still refusing pants) went to school wearing shorts.
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
Today’s the day! Phil Deloria is giving the Kaplan lecture at UMass, 4:30 in the Fine Arts Center Lobby, then Layli Long Soldier reads at 6 in the Old Chapel. All good things.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today’s the day! Phil Deloria is giving the Kaplan lecture at UMass, 4:30 in the Fine Arts Center Lobby, then Layli Long Soldier reads at 6 in the Old Chapel. All good things.
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Here's 7 Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) resources for you. Happy writing ✍️💻
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Here's 7 Academic Writing Month (AcWriMo) resources for you. Happy writing ✍️💻
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
Please share with a friend 🫶
1. A live podcast recording about public writing for academics with my friend Lisa Munro, PhD @llmunro.bsky.social. That'll broadcast on YouTube tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12.
#AcademicSky
Just finished reading Candle Island by Lauren Wolk to my 12yo, and wow—highly recommend for middle schoolers.
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just finished reading Candle Island by Lauren Wolk to my 12yo, and wow—highly recommend for middle schoolers.
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One of the students in my #writing class recently lost everything in a catastrophic fire that destroyed an apartment building in Amherst. He's started a go-fund-me to try to help recover: www.gofundme.com/f/tragic-fir... #WesternMass
Donate to Help Paddy & Vasu Rebuild After Olympia Place Amherst Fire, organized by vashisht jetly
We are Padmaja and Vasu, roommates from Olympia Place (Apartm… vashisht jetly needs your support for Help Paddy & Vasu Rebuild After Olympia Place Amherst Fire
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
One of the students in my #writing class recently lost everything in a catastrophic fire that destroyed an apartment building in Amherst. He's started a go-fund-me to try to help recover: www.gofundme.com/f/tragic-fir... #WesternMass
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Native Artists to Know.
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Artists to Know this Native American Heritage Month
These are the contemporary Indigenous artists who are making waves in the current landscape, according to Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson.
www.artsy.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Native Artists to Know.
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
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Celebrating the tenth day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth with Dena’ina poet Annie Wenstrup’s “The Museum of Unnatural Histories.”
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #poetry #indigenous #nativeheritagemonth #athabascan #book
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#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #poetry #indigenous #nativeheritagemonth #athabascan #book
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Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 10
Our tenth day of Alaska Native Heritage Month celebration brings us Dena’ina poet Annie Wenstrup‘s “The Museum of Unnatural Histories.” The unique style gives the reader a really special poetic exp…
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November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Celebrating the tenth day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth with Dena’ina poet Annie Wenstrup’s “The Museum of Unnatural Histories.”
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #poetry #indigenous #nativeheritagemonth #athabascan #book
verastarbard.com/2025/11/10/t...
#nativeamericanheritagemonth #books #poetry #indigenous #nativeheritagemonth #athabascan #book
verastarbard.com/2025/11/10/t...
Assistant Professor of 20th-21st Century British Literature (with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora) at UMass Amherst.
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Details - Assistant Professor of English: 20th-21st Century British Literature | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Assistant Professor of 20th-21st Century British Literature (with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora) at UMass Amherst.
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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AMHERST LATEST: State of emergency declared following massive fire at Amherst apartment complex that’s left UMass students devastated. on.nbcboston.com/JQ60aDW
UMass Amherst students devastated by apartment fire, as town declares state of emergency
A state of emergency has been declared in Amherst, Massachusetts, following the massive fire that destroyed a building housing more than 200 UMass-Amherst students.
on.nbcboston.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
AMHERST LATEST: State of emergency declared following massive fire at Amherst apartment complex that’s left UMass students devastated. on.nbcboston.com/JQ60aDW
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Study shows majority of Americans support same-sex marriage, as Supreme Court decision looms
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/07/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage/?utm_content=1762708800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/07/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage/?utm_content=1762708800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Majority of Americans support same-sex marriage, as Supreme Court decision looms
The majority of US adults support same-sex marriage according to data published ahead of the Supreme Court's decision about Kim Davis' challenge.
www.thepinknews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Study shows majority of Americans support same-sex marriage, as Supreme Court decision looms
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/07/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage/?utm_content=1762708800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/07/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage/?utm_content=1762708800&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Binged a whole lot of @sgj.bsky.social podcasts driving to and from Carlisle. I can’t wait to read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter!
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Binged a whole lot of @sgj.bsky.social podcasts driving to and from Carlisle. I can’t wait to read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter!
In Carlisle this weekend fan-girling Wendy Red Star. She is hilarious.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In Carlisle this weekend fan-girling Wendy Red Star. She is hilarious.
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American Literature Association Panel | Don't Look Away: The Monstrous, the Gothic, and Survivance in the Worlds of Stephen Graham Jones https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/11/05/american-literature-association-panel-dont-look-away-the-monstrous-the-gothic-and #acrel
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
American Literature Association Panel | Don't Look Away: The Monstrous, the Gothic, and Survivance in the Worlds of Stephen Graham Jones https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/11/05/american-literature-association-panel-dont-look-away-the-monstrous-the-gothic-and #acrel
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
Oh shit I think I just accidentally started a new book project.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Oh shit I think I just accidentally started a new book project.
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
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TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
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Heid E. Erdrich’s VERB ANIMATE is on our list for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! This @triohousepress.org book “explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich’s artistic collaborations with Twin Cities choreographers, visual artists, digital artists” & others: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
Verb Animate by Heid E. Erdrich
Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich's artistic collaborations with choreographers, visual artists, filmmakers, galleries, and museums.…
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November 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Heid E. Erdrich’s VERB ANIMATE is on our list for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! This @triohousepress.org book “explores the nuances and joys of Erdrich’s artistic collaborations with Twin Cities choreographers, visual artists, digital artists” & others: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...