Patrick Kindig
@pdkindig.bsky.social
Asst Prof of English. Lit crit: Fascination: Trance, Enchantment, and American Modernity (2022). Poetry: Agape (Forthcoming 2026) / fascinations (2025). pdkindig.wordpress.com.
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Patrick Kindig
@pdkindig.bsky.social
· Feb 27
The books are in & they look fantastic! (Shoutout to my talented, talented husband for designing the cover image.) If you'd like a signed copy, just shoot me a DM--I can pop one in the mail for you for $20 as soon as tomorrow!
Happy Turkey Trot Day! This one went MUCH better than our first Lansing Trot eight (???) years ago.
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy Turkey Trot Day! This one went MUCH better than our first Lansing Trot eight (???) years ago.
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UC Press is looking for a skilled Marketing Coordinator to help execute campaigns and keep our promotional efforts running smoothly. If you’re detail-oriented, collaborative, and ready to grow your marketing career in publishing, apply here: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
UC Press is looking for a skilled Marketing Coordinator to help execute campaigns and keep our promotional efforts running smoothly. If you’re detail-oriented, collaborative, and ready to grow your marketing career in publishing, apply here: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psc/ucop/EMP...
Actually doing holiday things:
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Actually doing holiday things:
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Teaching post-doc position in UVa’s College, renewable for up to three years total. Apply!
Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at Un...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Teaching post-doc position in UVa’s College, renewable for up to three years total. Apply!
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Did you write a book/article *not* primarily about close reading but in which you discuss it for the purpose of your argument? Post a pic of the passage here👇!
Seeking to collect instances of theories, framings, working definitions, etc. of close reading as they apply to your specific argument.
Seeking to collect instances of theories, framings, working definitions, etc. of close reading as they apply to your specific argument.
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Did you write a book/article *not* primarily about close reading but in which you discuss it for the purpose of your argument? Post a pic of the passage here👇!
Seeking to collect instances of theories, framings, working definitions, etc. of close reading as they apply to your specific argument.
Seeking to collect instances of theories, framings, working definitions, etc. of close reading as they apply to your specific argument.
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We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Ween's first report card from a new daycare--glad to see our family "no losers" policy remains succesful:
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ween's first report card from a new daycare--glad to see our family "no losers" policy remains succesful:
Finally watching the new Frankenstein; when Mia Goth appeared for the first time, my husband literally shouted.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Finally watching the new Frankenstein; when Mia Goth appeared for the first time, my husband literally shouted.
Over the moon to have a little poem in the latest issue of @prairie-schooner.bsky.social, a journal I've long admired:
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Over the moon to have a little poem in the latest issue of @prairie-schooner.bsky.social, a journal I've long admired:
Man--my husband & I love some camp trash & we could not bring ourselves to take even a little pleasure in "All's Fair" (& we forced our way through two whole episodes!)
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Man--my husband & I love some camp trash & we could not bring ourselves to take even a little pleasure in "All's Fair" (& we forced our way through two whole episodes!)
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who has the recipe for the perfect coffee quickbread or loaf cake? (coffee as ingredient not coffee as accompaniment)
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
who has the recipe for the perfect coffee quickbread or loaf cake? (coffee as ingredient not coffee as accompaniment)
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We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We're thrilled to announce the Pegasus Poetry Book Prize, recognizing a US poet aged 40 or older for their first or second poetry collection. In addition to publication by Graywolf, the awardee will receive $10,000 from the Poetry Foundation.
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
www.poetryfoundation.org/awards/poetr...
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ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
ANMLY Submission Manager
**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
anmly.submittable.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
Went to check out a stack of books dressed in weekend clothes & the librarian asked me for my student number. Still got it 💁♀️.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Went to check out a stack of books dressed in weekend clothes & the librarian asked me for my student number. Still got it 💁♀️.
An actual headline at NPR, which suggests the end is indeed nigh:
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
An actual headline at NPR, which suggests the end is indeed nigh:
Got a double strike on my last frame tonight & Bev--the tiny old woman sporting purple hair, a fedora, & a crucifix & solo-bowling one lane over--got so excited she gave me a high five:
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Got a double strike on my last frame tonight & Bev--the tiny old woman sporting purple hair, a fedora, & a crucifix & solo-bowling one lane over--got so excited she gave me a high five:
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Lit mag friends: I have a couple of undergrads who would be amazing readers for your journal. And one is looking for a summer internship, specifically (for grad hours, unpaid).
Anyone have a spot to offer?
Anyone have a spot to offer?
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Lit mag friends: I have a couple of undergrads who would be amazing readers for your journal. And one is looking for a summer internship, specifically (for grad hours, unpaid).
Anyone have a spot to offer?
Anyone have a spot to offer?
Never was there such a clown:
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Never was there such a clown:
Omg how did I not know that The American Novel and It's Tradition was so CUTE in hardcopy?
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Omg how did I not know that The American Novel and It's Tradition was so CUTE in hardcopy?
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Academic authors: self-promote! 💫
This is not a particularly popular account but:
🚨 If you have published a book in the last 5 years (since the hype wears off after a while), especially in the humanities, feel free to reply here and repost! 👇
This is not a particularly popular account but:
🚨 If you have published a book in the last 5 years (since the hype wears off after a while), especially in the humanities, feel free to reply here and repost! 👇
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Academic authors: self-promote! 💫
This is not a particularly popular account but:
🚨 If you have published a book in the last 5 years (since the hype wears off after a while), especially in the humanities, feel free to reply here and repost! 👇
This is not a particularly popular account but:
🚨 If you have published a book in the last 5 years (since the hype wears off after a while), especially in the humanities, feel free to reply here and repost! 👇
In honor of her big 𝘑𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘺! win last night, a gentle reminder that Joyelle blurbed my first poetry collection (which you can still purchase here 👀: shorturl.at/pV0MM):
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In honor of her big 𝘑𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘺! win last night, a gentle reminder that Joyelle blurbed my first poetry collection (which you can still purchase here 👀: shorturl.at/pV0MM):
Delighted to have a cruisy little poem in the latest issue of the Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide!
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Delighted to have a cruisy little poem in the latest issue of the Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide!
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We’re hiring interns! The application deadline for our Spring–Summer internship is November 25. Pay is $20/hour, 35 hours a week, with the option to enroll in health insurance. Apply here: buff.ly/buLv8c6
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We’re hiring interns! The application deadline for our Spring–Summer internship is November 25. Pay is $20/hour, 35 hours a week, with the option to enroll in health insurance. Apply here: buff.ly/buLv8c6