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👨‍🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/LEXJSF/Jewish-Science-Fiction-and-Fantasy

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Nov 18

Research interests: #sciencefiction, #fantasy, #Jungian depth psychology, #superheroes, gender, gothic, Jewish speculative fiction, metafiction, parody, postcolonial, myth & folklore in popular sff tv/book/film franchises #academicsky #academic Sometimes edit and submit to academic anthologies

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#CFP #CFPcats Roses&Wildflowers mythic F/SF, Fabulism. "Le Chat Noir: Alternative histories.... With Cats". Carefully placed cats. Any historical event, add a cat. How does it change the world? until November 20 forms.gle/sNqh9c1uwzKi... 7,000 words (fiction) or (poetry) 40 line hard limit.

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Coreopsis Journal (non fiction and reviewed scholarly papers) [email protected]
Spring 2026: Songs of the Cosmos: astral mythology ancient and modern by Late November.
Autumn 2026: Biophilia: ecology and psychological coping reactions to the global climate crises. #CFP

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Jul 9

#CFP: Interpreting the #HungerGamesPrequels #hungergames
submissions/questions to Tom Paradis [email protected] by Sept 30 2025 #childdevelopment #classics #dystopia #Enlightenment #history #mediastudies, #literature #music #philosophy #YA www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...

Hunger Games Prequels Call For Papers

CFP: Call for Essay Proposals July 2025 Interpreting the Hunger Games Prequels: A New Generation (Working title) Scholars, authors, and related

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North American Dostoevsky Society @dostoevskysociety.bsky.social · Aug 26

Please note that the deadline for proposals has been extended until September 15!
#cfp #buenosaires #dostoevsky

North American Dostoevsky Society @dostoevskysociety.bsky.social · Aug 13

A timely reminder! The deadline for proposals for the XIX International #Dostoevsky Symposium (IDS) in Buenos Aires is August 31! Check out the #CFP:
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Call for Abstracts: XIX International Dostoevsky Symposium in Buenos Aires (June 2026)

DOSTOEVSKY:TEXT, TRADITION, TRANSLATION XIX Symposiumof the International Dostoevsky Society 16 – 19 June 2026Buenos Aires, Argentina The XIX Symposium of the International Dostoevsky Society…

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Verna Kale @vernakale.bsky.social · Aug 26

CFP: The Hemingway Letters Project: Emerging Research (Toronto, July 20-25, 2026). Please share with students/colleagues/friends who might be interested. Happy to answer questions about the panel in particular and the conference in general. Funding opportunities available.

The Hemingway Letters Project invites proposals for a panel at the 21st Biennial Hemingway Conference, July 20-25, 2026 in Toronto. 6 vols of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway have been published to date. This edition has allowed access to the author's correspondence, approximately 85% of which is previously unpublished. In its first 6 vols the project has made available 2000+ letters from 100+ repositories & collections. The editors invite proposals from scholars who have made significant use of the Letters in their work in order to highlight emerging research that the Project has facilitated.

We are esp. interested in interdisciplinary engagement w/ the vols & welcome proposals from a range of fields & subfields, including but not limited to, bibliography & history of the book, biography & life writing, creative writing, digital humanities & humanities computing, literary criticism, modernist studies, pedagogy, periodical studies & print culture, textual & documentary editing, & popular culture &fandom.

To be considered for the panel, please submit to the panel organizers a short (500-1000 words) description of your project as well as a short professional bio. Your project description should describe your work as a whole, how the Letters have facilitated your research, and what topic or approach your conference presentation will explore. Please indicate if your work is a finished project or a work in progress. In your bio, please include your professional affiliation and, if applicable, your student status or academic rank. We especially welcome proposals from graduate students, postdocs, and early-career scholars, as well as researchers outside the academy whose work reaches a wide general audience.

Deadline Oct. 1, 2025.

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 24

Now on sale! The Symbolism and Sources of Outlander: The Scottish Fairies, #Folklore, Ballads, Magic and Meanings That Inspired the Series #Bloodofmyblood #Outlander #booksky #academicsky #ebook www.amazon.com/Symbolism-So...

The Symbolism and Sources of Outlander: The Scottish Fairies, Folklore, Ballads, Magic and Meanings That Inspired the Series

Amazon.com: The Symbolism and Sources of Outlander: The Scottish Fairies, Folklore, Ballads, Magic and Meanings That Inspired the Series eBook : Frankel, Valerie Estelle: Kindle Store

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 24

Now on sale! History, Homages and the Highlands: An Outlander Guide #Bloodofmyblood #Outlander #booksky #academicsky www.amazon.com/History-Homa...

History, Homages and the Highlands: An Outlander Guide

Amazon.com: History, Homages and the Highlands: An Outlander Guide eBook : Frankel, Valerie Estelle: Kindle Store

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 24

Now on sale! Outlander's Sassenachs: Essays on Gender, Race, Orientation and the Other in the Novels and Television Series #Bloodofmyblood #Outlander #booksky #academicsky www.amazon.com/Outlanders-S...

Outlander's Sassenachs: Essays on Gender, Race, Orientation and the Other in the Novels and Television Series

Amazon.com: Outlander's Sassenachs: Essays on Gender, Race, Orientation and the Other in the Novels and Television Series eBook : Valerie Estelle Frankel, Frankel, Valerie Estelle, Sarah Stegall: Kindle Store

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 24

I wrote a Sherlock book (analyzing the adaptation through season 3). Congrats, looks great!

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Fox Estacado @foxestacado.bsky.social · May 14

My first book is here! 15 Years of Sherlock Holmes Fan Art, 2010-2025, from my art prints to t-shirt designs to underwear. Feat. never-before-seen early drafts, behind-the-scenes progress shots, commentary, and stories. Available here: foxestacado.etsy.com/listing/4305... #art #sherlockbbc

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WMUR @wmur9.bsky.social · Aug 23

College students can alleviate some financial stress by utilizing student discount programs that offer savings on tech gear, streaming services and food delivery.

College students eligible for discounts on tech, streaming, more

College students can alleviate some financial stress by utilizing student discount programs that offer savings on tech gear, streaming services and food delivery.

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 21

#Worldcon 5 panels. meeting people where I enjoyed the one or two books got them more excited. Selling decently--I think about 27 books. Petting a sugarglider (came with a ribbon!). Giving my seat on a panel to someone who seemed much more excited about it than I was (Twilight...) lovely new friends

Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks, that author does seem popular for this.

Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 19

excellent choices, thank you

Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 18

Seeking #shortstory recs. So I'm suddenly teaching high-school/college dual enrollment classes: SHORT STORIES and WOMEN'S LIT So let's hear some recs. WHAT WILL TODAY'S TEENS IN SAN JOSE FIND RELATABLE AND ENJOYABLE? Thanks! #booksky #academicsky #literatureclass #recommendedreads #collegelit

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 5

#Worldcon schedule is up and I'm ready to go--come by my book vendor table or panels and say hi! #SeattleWorldcon

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Literary analysis on #disney+ the online #homeschool lit class for high school. Come delve deep into #literature the fun way and learn effective #reading and analysis with #superheroes #starwars & scifi. #homeschoolliterature #homeschooling #homeschoolreading athenasacademy.com/courses/lite...

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Classics and pop culture: the online #homeschool lit class for high school. Come delve deep into #literature the fun way and learn effective #reading and analysis of the real #classics that inspired our #superheroes & scifi. #homeschoolliterature #homeschoolreading athenasacademy.com/courses/clas...

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Nick Snape 💙🐉⚔️🪐📚 @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social · Aug 6

Huge #SFF #scifi #fantasy book sale starting tomorrow. Find below my recs from my #bookreviews for the #scifibooks I read this/last year. Link: talesfromthecircle.com/epicsale2025...

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Oz books: the online #homeschooling lit class for kids. Come delve deep into literature the fun way and learn effective reading and analysis in time for #wickedpart2 #wickedmovie #wizardofoz #homeschool #homeschoolliterature #homeschoolreading #homeschoolkids athenasacademy.com/courses/jour...

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 7

shall I add you to my BU starter pack?

Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 7

aw sorry

Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 5

#Worldcon schedule is up and I'm ready to go--come by my book vendor table or panels and say hi! #SeattleWorldcon

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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social · Aug 5

me too, hi book buddy!

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