Prof MNP
@nushpowell.bsky.social
Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork. Opinions are my own and no one else's.
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"I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool." #barkfestclub
September 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool." #barkfestclub
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Thanks to the generosity of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social alumni Dominic Christian we are pleased to offer in 2026 The Dominic Christian #MaritimeHistory Scholarship to study for an MA in @ueahistory.bsky.social - further details & t&c here:
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Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
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Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks to the generosity of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social alumni Dominic Christian we are pleased to offer in 2026 The Dominic Christian #MaritimeHistory Scholarship to study for an MA in @ueahistory.bsky.social - further details & t&c here:
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓
Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓
Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
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I used to be a night owl, but as l've gotten older, l've become more of a person who doesn't function at any time.
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I used to be a night owl, but as l've gotten older, l've become more of a person who doesn't function at any time.
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We don't stream music, we play CDs, so let me see what Spotify Age ... ah, it's giving me "Witch-King of Angmar."
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We don't stream music, we play CDs, so let me see what Spotify Age ... ah, it's giving me "Witch-King of Angmar."
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Coming soon: Disability and the Gothic: The Nineteenth Century. Cambridge Gothic Elements series. Publication date is 24 March 2026
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Disability and the Gothic
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Disability and the Gothic
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December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Coming soon: Disability and the Gothic: The Nineteenth Century. Cambridge Gothic Elements series. Publication date is 24 March 2026
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www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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"I’m alive and I have an appetite / for longing. So let them all in: the birds, / the strays. Even the / things that buzz / in my ear. "
From "Flight Path" by ASU English alum @susanpoet.bsky.social. Read the whole poem @aaww-nyc.bsky.social The Margins: ow.ly/wgmy50XyqHe #ASUHumanities
From "Flight Path" by ASU English alum @susanpoet.bsky.social. Read the whole poem @aaww-nyc.bsky.social The Margins: ow.ly/wgmy50XyqHe #ASUHumanities
Flight Path
I’m alive and I have an appetite/ for longing.
ow.ly
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"I’m alive and I have an appetite / for longing. So let them all in: the birds, / the strays. Even the / things that buzz / in my ear. "
From "Flight Path" by ASU English alum @susanpoet.bsky.social. Read the whole poem @aaww-nyc.bsky.social The Margins: ow.ly/wgmy50XyqHe #ASUHumanities
From "Flight Path" by ASU English alum @susanpoet.bsky.social. Read the whole poem @aaww-nyc.bsky.social The Margins: ow.ly/wgmy50XyqHe #ASUHumanities
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Hey Team Rhetoric -- Bill Hart-Davidson Memorial Scholarship 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign
The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
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The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hey Team Rhetoric -- Bill Hart-Davidson Memorial Scholarship 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign
The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
Here's a fun one I haven't seen talked about: If you don't have a meta glasses et al. policy in your syllabus, you might want to think about adding one for the spring. Also whether you're okay with them being worn during exams.
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here's a fun one I haven't seen talked about: If you don't have a meta glasses et al. policy in your syllabus, you might want to think about adding one for the spring. Also whether you're okay with them being worn during exams.
I'm certain Aaron Rodgers thinks he's proving something by heading back into the game with three wrist fractures and a bloody nose, but search me if I know what it is.
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm certain Aaron Rodgers thinks he's proving something by heading back into the game with three wrist fractures and a bloody nose, but search me if I know what it is.
Arcadia is one of my favorite things to teach. Never understood why it hasn't been filmed.
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Arcadia is one of my favorite things to teach. Never understood why it hasn't been filmed.
Google's AI summary whatsit helpfully suggested I cook my 13-lb turkey at 400 for 3-4 hours.
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Google's AI summary whatsit helpfully suggested I cook my 13-lb turkey at 400 for 3-4 hours.
Where is the AI that will mute Tom Brady and only Tom Brady so I can enjoy my fubo?
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Where is the AI that will mute Tom Brady and only Tom Brady so I can enjoy my fubo?
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Everyone else is doing it, so I figure I would too. Black Friday sale! Be the coolest kid in the neighborhood with some Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs gear! 25% off everything.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Everyone else is doing it, so I figure I would too. Black Friday sale! Be the coolest kid in the neighborhood with some Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs gear! 25% off everything.
shop.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/promo/AUTO_G...
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I gather together with @erikwbarnes.bsky.social to discuss cheesy movies on Thanksgiving Day. It's Mystery Science Theater 3000, and it's called "Turkey Day." www.playtyperguy.com/p/talking-my...
Talking 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Turkey Day With Erik Barnes
JED!
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November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I gather together with @erikwbarnes.bsky.social to discuss cheesy movies on Thanksgiving Day. It's Mystery Science Theater 3000, and it's called "Turkey Day." www.playtyperguy.com/p/talking-my...
Who says we don't do quant in English?
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Who says we don't do quant in English?
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New Publication Alert
Cole, Lucinda. "Journals of the Plague Years: Flesh Markets and Easterly Winds." The Fifth Plague: Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. 93-132.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Cole, Lucinda. "Journals of the Plague Years: Flesh Markets and Easterly Winds." The Fifth Plague: Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. 93-132.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Journals of the Plague Years: Flesh Markets and Easterly Winds
Between 1711 and 1769, more than 200 million cattle in Western Europe succumbed to a variety of diseases. A growing international cattle trade ensured that pandemics became transnational epidemiologic...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New Publication Alert
Cole, Lucinda. "Journals of the Plague Years: Flesh Markets and Easterly Winds." The Fifth Plague: Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. 93-132.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Cole, Lucinda. "Journals of the Plague Years: Flesh Markets and Easterly Winds." The Fifth Plague: Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025. 93-132.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
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New Publication Alert
Palmer, Russell, et al. "A Roundtable Discussion of Transnational Crusoe, Illustration and Reading History, 1719–1722." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (2025): 1-14.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Palmer, Russell, et al. "A Roundtable Discussion of Transnational Crusoe, Illustration and Reading History, 1719–1722." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (2025): 1-14.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
A Roundtable Discussion of Transnational Crusoe, Illustration and Reading History, 1719–1722
Published in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New Publication Alert
Palmer, Russell, et al. "A Roundtable Discussion of Transnational Crusoe, Illustration and Reading History, 1719–1722." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (2025): 1-14.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Palmer, Russell, et al. "A Roundtable Discussion of Transnational Crusoe, Illustration and Reading History, 1719–1722." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews (2025): 1-14.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
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New Publication Alert
Hamlin, Christopher. "Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in 18th-Century Britain. By Kevin Siena." The Journal of Modern History, vol. 92, no. 4, 2020, pp. 933–35. JSTOR.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Hamlin, Christopher. "Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in 18th-Century Britain. By Kevin Siena." The Journal of Modern History, vol. 92, no. 4, 2020, pp. 933–35. JSTOR.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Review: [Untitled] on JSTOR
Christopher Hamlin, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 92, No. 4 (DECEMBER 2020), pp. 933-935
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November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New Publication Alert
Hamlin, Christopher. "Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in 18th-Century Britain. By Kevin Siena." The Journal of Modern History, vol. 92, no. 4, 2020, pp. 933–35. JSTOR.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
Hamlin, Christopher. "Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in 18th-Century Britain. By Kevin Siena." The Journal of Modern History, vol. 92, no. 4, 2020, pp. 933–35. JSTOR.
#danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC
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If you are inclined to read about funny novels in the 18th century, periods, labor and birth, hysteria etc you can pre-order the book! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/delaware/bod...
May 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you are inclined to read about funny novels in the 18th century, periods, labor and birth, hysteria etc you can pre-order the book! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/delaware/bod...
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Huge congrats to two members of the ASU English community: Alum Chris Hoshnic and Professor Emeritus Laura Tohe, for winning 2025 Poetry Magazine Awards!
Learn more via the Poetry Foundation: ow.ly/aljJ50Xx0Xs #ASUHumanities
Learn more via the Poetry Foundation: ow.ly/aljJ50Xx0Xs #ASUHumanities
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Huge congrats to two members of the ASU English community: Alum Chris Hoshnic and Professor Emeritus Laura Tohe, for winning 2025 Poetry Magazine Awards!
Learn more via the Poetry Foundation: ow.ly/aljJ50Xx0Xs #ASUHumanities
Learn more via the Poetry Foundation: ow.ly/aljJ50Xx0Xs #ASUHumanities
I take my hat off to Stephenson, I really do, but this used to be just how you did. E.g., Richardson wrote Pamela at an astonishing pace with a quill pen. Then a bunch of poor saps typeset it by hand.
And if you're already quite mad, like Neal Stephenson, you might write upwards of 3500 pages with a fountain pen.
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I take my hat off to Stephenson, I really do, but this used to be just how you did. E.g., Richardson wrote Pamela at an astonishing pace with a quill pen. Then a bunch of poor saps typeset it by hand.
A pademelon is round.
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A pademelon is round.
Christmas is coming up if anyone wants to send me a stocking stuffer.
The WORLD by ADAM FITZ-ADAM 1755-57 EDWARD MOORE 6v GEORGIAN PERIODICAL SOCIETY
#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #Georgian #periodical #society #bookauction #Walpole #bookauction
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#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #Georgian #periodical #society #bookauction #Walpole #bookauction
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November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Christmas is coming up if anyone wants to send me a stocking stuffer.
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
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