Arielle Zibrak
@zibrak.bsky.social
feminisms, projects, pop culture 📚
| Literary Tour of the US, The Great Courses
| 12 Stories by American Women, Penguin Classics
| Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures, NYU
| Writing Against Reform, UMass
Prof @ UWyo - views own
👐www.ArielleZibrak.com👐
| Literary Tour of the US, The Great Courses
| 12 Stories by American Women, Penguin Classics
| Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures, NYU
| Writing Against Reform, UMass
Prof @ UWyo - views own
👐www.ArielleZibrak.com👐
Pinned
Arielle Zibrak
@zibrak.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Here's what I'm up to these days. SO EXCITED to write this book and talk about how the history of positive thinking in wellness impacts us all. Grateful for my agent @babedylan.bsky.social and my new editor Maria, who rocks.
People of Cambridge and Boston! Come with me to see the wonder that is my dearest Wyoming friend, Nina McConigley, reading from her hot new novel and in conversation with Laura Van den Berg. I MEAN!
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Nina McConigley, author of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder, in conversation with Laura van den Berg
This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.
portersquarebooks.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
People of Cambridge and Boston! Come with me to see the wonder that is my dearest Wyoming friend, Nina McConigley, reading from her hot new novel and in conversation with Laura Van den Berg. I MEAN!
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
ALA 2026 Edith Wharton International Society
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
January 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
ALA 2026 Edith Wharton International Society
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
"My own mind." That's his reality entire, folks. And they want it to be yours, too. Each in our own reality alone.
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"My own mind." That's his reality entire, folks. And they want it to be yours, too. Each in our own reality alone.
The thing about pillagers is, they rarely stop and say, "Well, that's enough pillaging for me!"
January 7, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The thing about pillagers is, they rarely stop and say, "Well, that's enough pillaging for me!"
Sometimes I think my own shitty undergrad writing process should now just be an assignment:
1. read one (MAYBE two) thing(s)
2. go to the computer lab and sit there for three hours
3. turn in what I wrote
But instead of computer lab, typewriter room.
1. read one (MAYBE two) thing(s)
2. go to the computer lab and sit there for three hours
3. turn in what I wrote
But instead of computer lab, typewriter room.
January 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Sometimes I think my own shitty undergrad writing process should now just be an assignment:
1. read one (MAYBE two) thing(s)
2. go to the computer lab and sit there for three hours
3. turn in what I wrote
But instead of computer lab, typewriter room.
1. read one (MAYBE two) thing(s)
2. go to the computer lab and sit there for three hours
3. turn in what I wrote
But instead of computer lab, typewriter room.
There are certain moments when I must read My Hatreds by Emile Zola, and when that text is in a box away from me (such as now) this video is the only reliable substitution.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ASn...
youtube.com/shorts/V1ASn...
Hugh Grant Lists ALL of His Pet Peeves!
YouTube video by Absolute Radio
youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
There are certain moments when I must read My Hatreds by Emile Zola, and when that text is in a box away from me (such as now) this video is the only reliable substitution.
youtube.com/shorts/V1ASn...
youtube.com/shorts/V1ASn...
Can we stop saying Madura and his wife? Flores is the former first lady and a deputy in the national assembly, a lawyer with a long political career, not Jane Jetson.
January 4, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Can we stop saying Madura and his wife? Flores is the former first lady and a deputy in the national assembly, a lawyer with a long political career, not Jane Jetson.
Very bad version of empire! Shabby situation room! No big maps!
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Very bad version of empire! Shabby situation room! No big maps!
We fight for roses, too.
Watch Lucy Dacus Perform "Bread And Roses" At Zohran Mamdani's Mayoral Inauguration
Indie rockers were among the many musicians who played a part in Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to become mayor of New York City. Lucy Dacus, for instance, welcomed Mamdani onstage during her pe...
stereogum.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
We fight for roses, too.
What's your favorite name of an actual puritan? I'm between Mehitable Huntoon and Zebedee Ring at this time.
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
What's your favorite name of an actual puritan? I'm between Mehitable Huntoon and Zebedee Ring at this time.
Blessed to share a nation and a savior, indeed.
The Constitution's "wall of separation" between Church & State was a phrase coined in 1802 by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury, Connecticut Baptist Convention presenting his views on the relationship between religion and the role of the state in the new nation. #ChristianNationalism
December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Blessed to share a nation and a savior, indeed.
This photograph is giving Carl Van Vechten. It's giving Miro. It's giving Man Ray and Ruth Bernard. It's saying I am all of art history and you are a med spa pamphlet.
Rama Duwaji, who will be First Lady of New York City in nine days, is profiled by The Cut
Profile Here: bit.ly/3YH900F
Profile Here: bit.ly/3YH900F
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This photograph is giving Carl Van Vechten. It's giving Miro. It's giving Man Ray and Ruth Bernard. It's saying I am all of art history and you are a med spa pamphlet.
Realism in the news.
The internet is furious over the Vanity Fair Trump cabinet portraits. But the photographer says the goal was “to reveal something more real”
The internet is furious over Christopher Anderson's Vanity Fair Trump cabinet portraits. But American politics do not feel pretty right now, so why should the portraits be pretty?
www.yahoo.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Realism in the news.
Sometimes I think wow, the Great Dead Authors would have really hated this, but then I worry they'd be as distracted by year-round fresh fruit as the rest of us.
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sometimes I think wow, the Great Dead Authors would have really hated this, but then I worry they'd be as distracted by year-round fresh fruit as the rest of us.
Whether or not I will hate watch this even a little is a real nailbiter to myself.
of all of the things I am going to not watch, this is the thing I am going to not watch the most
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Whether or not I will hate watch this even a little is a real nailbiter to myself.
💫When a review says you did what you wanted to do
“Zibrak has written . . . a call to action to academic writers to not just write insular criticism but scholarship that is engaging, affecting, and purposeful.”
Tx Mark Noonan at MFS
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
“Zibrak has written . . . a call to action to academic writers to not just write insular criticism but scholarship that is engaging, affecting, and purposeful.”
Tx Mark Noonan at MFS
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - Writing Against Reform: Aesthetic Realism in the Progressive Era by Arielle Zibrak (review)
muse.jhu.edu
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
💫When a review says you did what you wanted to do
“Zibrak has written . . . a call to action to academic writers to not just write insular criticism but scholarship that is engaging, affecting, and purposeful.”
Tx Mark Noonan at MFS
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
“Zibrak has written . . . a call to action to academic writers to not just write insular criticism but scholarship that is engaging, affecting, and purposeful.”
Tx Mark Noonan at MFS
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Reposted by Arielle Zibrak
Stephanie Insley Hershinow surveys recent Austen-related works on Jane Austen's 250th birthday: "Austen offers endless opportunity for examination and reexamination; still, it might be fair to ask what more one can say about our dear Jane." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/happy-birthday-jane/
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Stephanie Insley Hershinow surveys recent Austen-related works on Jane Austen's 250th birthday: "Austen offers endless opportunity for examination and reexamination; still, it might be fair to ask what more one can say about our dear Jane." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/happy-birthday-jane/
My student Lena Newlin published her podcast on the potter's field in our local cemetery, which she originally developed in my Public Humanities class! Lena is a descendent of Japanese-American railroad workers and a gifted writer whose work you'll be hearing a lot more about in the near future.
Conversations with Headstones Podcast | WyoHistory.org
Lena Newlin, host Guest: Scott Hunter, Parks Manager, City of Laramie Lena: [Voiceover] Hello, and welcome to today's episode of Conversations with Headstones, a podcast focused on unearthing stories ...
www.wyohistory.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My student Lena Newlin published her podcast on the potter's field in our local cemetery, which she originally developed in my Public Humanities class! Lena is a descendent of Japanese-American railroad workers and a gifted writer whose work you'll be hearing a lot more about in the near future.
It is often true of good literature (though/sigh) that the prose is a little in love with the object of its harshest criticism. They understand it.
the great gatsby is one of the most widely assigned books in america and yet apparently literally nobody understands it www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It is often true of good literature (though/sigh) that the prose is a little in love with the object of its harshest criticism. They understand it.
Reposted by Arielle Zibrak
So happy that "On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives" is now out in print! With 19 contributors, the book addresses definitions of CN; historical development; intersections with racism, sexism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia; and practical ways to address the problem.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
So happy that "On Christian Nationalism: Critical and Theological Perspectives" is now out in print! With 19 contributors, the book addresses definitions of CN; historical development; intersections with racism, sexism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia; and practical ways to address the problem.
Is American Canto maybe what we need right now? Should I read it??
December 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Is American Canto maybe what we need right now? Should I read it??
trains.
I love trains so much. We deserve more (and better!) trains in this country. 😭
bsky.app/profile/anna...
bsky.app/profile/anna...
PSA: Amtrak’s NYC ➡️ Albany route is gorgeous.
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
trains.
Reposted by Arielle Zibrak
"The New Politics of Online Feminism," by Akane Kanai, is an ethnographic account of how young people in online feminist subcultures produce and perform feminist knowledge in search of living an ethical life. #MediaStudies #FeministStudies Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/ce4CRRy
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The New Politics of Online Feminism," by Akane Kanai, is an ethnographic account of how young people in online feminist subcultures produce and perform feminist knowledge in search of living an ethical life. #MediaStudies #FeministStudies Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/ce4CRRy
Writing this book was a long way for me to work through my own relationship between activism and creative practice. If that seems like something you might like to own, everything at UMass Press is 40% off with code HOLIDAY. Some other suggestions in comments!
www.umasspress.com/978162534771...
www.umasspress.com/978162534771...
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Writing this book was a long way for me to work through my own relationship between activism and creative practice. If that seems like something you might like to own, everything at UMass Press is 40% off with code HOLIDAY. Some other suggestions in comments!
www.umasspress.com/978162534771...
www.umasspress.com/978162534771...