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Adam Neikirk

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Poet, Scholar, Pantisocrat 2025 ECF BARS/Wordsworth Grasmere "Writing like Wordsworth" & "Romantic Poets in the Wild" Verse culture(?) // Creative Liaison @ bars.bsky.social adamneikirk.wordpress.com (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · Aug 29

Excited to announce that my article "Poetic Lines and Social Thought" is now published over at contempaesthetics.org/2025/08/28/p...

An essay about #poetry #poetics and a little bit about aliens 👽

An international, interdisciplinary, peer- and blind-reviewed open-access online journalof contemporary theory, research, and application in aesthetics.

contempaesthetics.org

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 19h

Applied for 3 more academic jobs today, including one in Roswell...

Was really tempted to write "I want to believe" on my cover letter.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 3d

Reminder: BARS 2026 CFP can be found here:
Deadline Sunday 30 November.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6101

BARS Biennial Conference 2026: Romantic Retrospection – Updates and Call for Papers Announced – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 2d

On the BARS blog: information on applying for the @ksaacomm.bsky.social Carl H. Pforzheimer Research Grants, worth $3000. Deadline 1st November. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6151

Funding Opportunity: Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., Research Grants – BARS Blog

www.bars.ac.uk

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 3d

The newest issue of the BARS Review is now published! Check out issue 61 at the link below.
Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers!
www.bars.ac.uk/review/index...

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 3d

Pat Metheny in Great Barrington was about the Idea of the Guitar. Glad Sheryl and I got to witness his genius together.

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 4d

Pat Metheny soon! First beer

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 4d

I bet Coleridge would have liked Eric Whitacre's "Sleep"

and would have said such interesting things about it

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 5d

Is this for sale by chance?

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 5d

The Pokemon-style choice facing every Coleridgean: do you write 'literary lectures,' 'lectures on literature' or *Lectures: on Literature* (or go chaotic good and write 'LoL')

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Jennifer @feistywiddershins.bsky.social · 6d

Rise and shine ✨️

Fuzzy demon with red eyes and horns sitting at a table with a coffee and the text, "Just waiting for the coffee to kick in"

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 7d

Update: it's being posted

It's a session on "Creative-Critical Writing and Romantic Studies" so... if you are interested in this and want to collaborate on a session for BARS 2026, please get in touch!

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 8d

Sent a session call to BARS 2026 a tiny bit over the deadline today but really hoping they'll post it -- keep your eyes peeled 👀

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Interesting MTG Art @interestingmtg.bsky.social · 8d

Gourd morning Magic, it's the first day of October

Turn into a Pumpkin
3 Blue
Instant

Effects: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
Adamant — If at least three blue mana was spent to cast thus spell, create a Food token.

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 7d

Deadline for Bywords.ca poems for November issue is October 15 at 11:59 pm. Guidelines on site.

Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events

Bywords publishes poetry, a Calendar of Literary Events, and the Bywords Quarterly Journal. Its aims are to publish emerging and established poets who reside, study or work in Ottawa.

Bywords.ca

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 7d

A dog’s love

Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 8d

Sent a session call to BARS 2026 a tiny bit over the deadline today but really hoping they'll post it -- keep your eyes peeled 👀

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 8d

On October 16th the paperback of #TheCompanyOfOwls is out - approx 30% more pocketable and more affordable than the beautiful hardback - but just as iconic thanks to Matt Underwood's #TawnyOwl print. Get an early copy at my (free!) talk in Ambleside, Oct 7th. #BookSky #NatureWriting #BookTalk

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Carmella de Keyser @carmellapoetry.bsky.social · 8d

Here is my latest poem FLOATING CITY up at #TheDirigibleBalloon written specially for their #ImagineTheFuture autumn release! @northernjim.bsky.social
#Childrenspoetry
#floatingcities
#greeneconomy
#imaginingthefuture
#dreams
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Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children share.google/Y7ZeRE1uGpYi...

Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 10d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9204...

This video is great (and also kind of scary)

What Mark Zuckerberg Is Hiding About His AI Chatbots

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 12d

Just finished recording a very rambling introductory video for the new Romantic Poets in the Wild YouTube. The only thing I need now is a thumbnail where I'm screaming and pointing at something

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 12d

The thing regular people don’t often grasp about ‘academic freedom’ is that if you don’t allow experts to research & teach in their fields of expertise, guided by their professional judgment & decades of training, you have effectively given up on the concept of knowledge & shut down your university

Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 12d

Universities are moving rapidly to comply with laws that don't exist.

Texas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 12d

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.” The professor spoke by phone from the inside of a car to avoid being overheard by colleagues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

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Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 18d

Yeah man we should really fight back by staying on X

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TSFMaddy @cloveralters.spikefeeders.com · 13d

The 2nd part of this commission was a set of castles in the 4 seasons. I also chose to give them different times of day. :) I'm really happy with all of them!

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Adam Neikirk @adamneikirk.bsky.social · 13d

I have a question if you don't mind!

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13d

Students want to create! With their own brains!

UIC English is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in prose fiction.

As we are one of the very few PhD programs in Creative Writing, PhD is strongly preferred.

Happy to answer questions; please share around.

uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant Professor - English (Creative Writing)

Position Summary The Department of English/Program for Writers at the University of Illinois-Chicago seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Creat...

uic.csod.com

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