Amy Elias
@amyjelias.bsky.social
Humanities advocate; narrative, time/history, contemporary arts. Gardener. Dog lover. Latest book: https://www.dukeupress.edu/speculative-light
Will not curb my enthusiasm.
Will not curb my enthusiasm.
Grateful and excited to share that "Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin" (#DukeUP, 2025) has been selected by Hyperallergic as one of their "Favorite Books of 2025"!
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Our Favorite Art Books of 2025
This year, we read too many incredible books to count — here are a few that stuck with us, including tomes on Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Cassatt in Paris, and Ruth Asawa and mothering.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Grateful and excited to share that "Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin" (#DukeUP, 2025) has been selected by Hyperallergic as one of their "Favorite Books of 2025"!
hyperallergic.com/our-favorite...
hyperallergic.com/our-favorite...
Nice lineup for spring. All hybrid with webinar livestream—see QR codes for registration or at calendar.utk.edu
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Nice lineup for spring. All hybrid with webinar livestream—see QR codes for registration or at calendar.utk.edu
Finally reading Robert Macfarlane and Underland is so good
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Finally reading Robert Macfarlane and Underland is so good
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RIP Frank Gehry. Here's the Danziger Studio and Gehry talking about the material (article: www.domusweb.it/en/from-the-...)
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
RIP Frank Gehry. Here's the Danziger Studio and Gehry talking about the material (article: www.domusweb.it/en/from-the-...)
Really sick of article titles using a colon. When did we get so lemming-like about this?
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Really sick of article titles using a colon. When did we get so lemming-like about this?
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No offense but I think we underestimate how many of our current problems, both cultural and political, are downstream of the decline in reading, the decline in learning and the loss of interest in the humanities.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No offense but I think we underestimate how many of our current problems, both cultural and political, are downstream of the decline in reading, the decline in learning and the loss of interest in the humanities.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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‘I write fiction because it's a way of making statements I can disown’
RIP Tom Stoppard who amongst many other things was an Honorary Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/89b0...
RIP Tom Stoppard who amongst many other things was an Honorary Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/89b0...
Sir Tom Stoppard obituary: playful and prolific playwright
A popular and exotic figure, Stoppard was known for his dandyish appearance as well as his wit and eloquence
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
‘I write fiction because it's a way of making statements I can disown’
RIP Tom Stoppard who amongst many other things was an Honorary Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/89b0...
RIP Tom Stoppard who amongst many other things was an Honorary Fellow of @britishacademy.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/89b0...
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“Imagine if we truly understand complex whale communication & can extend our term ‘language’ to them. Such breakthroughs would not only rewrite biology textbooks but also fundamentally redefine what it means to be human & pave the way to instituting new protections for whales, the ocean & beyond”🧪
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Imagine if we truly understand complex whale communication & can extend our term ‘language’ to them. Such breakthroughs would not only rewrite biology textbooks but also fundamentally redefine what it means to be human & pave the way to instituting new protections for whales, the ocean & beyond”🧪
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“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
- Doris Lessing
- Doris Lessing
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
- Doris Lessing
- Doris Lessing
We are hiring!
Office Coordinator:
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts!
Job posting at
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Come work with a creative, collegial, forward-thinking team at Tennessee’s flagship state university.
Office Coordinator:
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts!
Job posting at
fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Come work with a creative, collegial, forward-thinking team at Tennessee’s flagship state university.
Office Coordinator: Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts - UTK
We seek a dynamic, flexible, and hardworking professional as Office Coordinator who can manage daily office operations and physical space needs, handle scheduling and administrative calendars, create ...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We are hiring!
Office Coordinator:
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts!
Job posting at
fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Come work with a creative, collegial, forward-thinking team at Tennessee’s flagship state university.
Office Coordinator:
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts!
Job posting at
fa-ewlq-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Come work with a creative, collegial, forward-thinking team at Tennessee’s flagship state university.
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for the first time maybe ever i’m working on my book to procrastinate on all the other stuff i have to do
October 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
for the first time maybe ever i’m working on my book to procrastinate on all the other stuff i have to do
Wonderful collaboration this week with Knoxville’s Central Cinema and the #DenboCenter for Humanities & the Arts! We sponsored a $5 public screening of Neptune Frost, dir. by Saul Williams, in conjunction with Monday’s Distinguished Lecture Series talk by C. Riley Snorton. Best kind of synergy!
October 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Wonderful collaboration this week with Knoxville’s Central Cinema and the #DenboCenter for Humanities & the Arts! We sponsored a $5 public screening of Neptune Frost, dir. by Saul Williams, in conjunction with Monday’s Distinguished Lecture Series talk by C. Riley Snorton. Best kind of synergy!
Join us at the #DenboCenter this Monday and Tuesday for our 2-Day Faculty Writing Challenge! Kick off your day with a calming breathing meditation followed by focused writing sessions from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch provided. For dedicated writers, feel free to stay until 4 pm!
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Join us at the #DenboCenter this Monday and Tuesday for our 2-Day Faculty Writing Challenge! Kick off your day with a calming breathing meditation followed by focused writing sessions from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch provided. For dedicated writers, feel free to stay until 4 pm!
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"alarming impact of AI on the environment: forprofit utilities will have to make $720 B in grid upgrades by 2030 to meet spiraling demand, costs that they will pass on. locking in planetchoking carbon emissions right when we should be pivoting away from fossil fuels"
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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The Costs of the Cloud | Ashley Dawson
Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” The US, he warned in an executive order, suffered from “a precariously
www.nybooks.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"alarming impact of AI on the environment: forprofit utilities will have to make $720 B in grid upgrades by 2030 to meet spiraling demand, costs that they will pass on. locking in planetchoking carbon emissions right when we should be pivoting away from fossil fuels"
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Fascinating talk by C. Riley Snorton at @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social today on plants, nonbinary identity, film!
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fascinating talk by C. Riley Snorton at @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social today on plants, nonbinary identity, film!
“Can one possess tenure and still say: The cat sat on the mat?”
"Email has become a crucible. I can no longer say 'Attached is the draft.' I must instead write, 'Enclosed—though, of course, enclosure itself is a problematic modality—please locate a text-in-process, emergent rather than concluded.'”
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences
When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“Can one possess tenure and still say: The cat sat on the mat?”
Just got a letter about a “small” breech at a national lab
Wait until you hear about the data breach at the SSA and other federal agencies.
NEW: Credit reporting giant TransUnion has confirmed a data breach involving more than 4.4 million customers' personal information. TransUnion claims "no credit information was accessed" in the late-July breach, which it said involves its U.S. consumer support operations.
August 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Just got a letter about a “small” breech at a national lab
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I just read a review so aggressively clueless about a book I just finished and enjoyed that it significantly increased my enjoyment of the book knowing that someone else was too dim to get it. Not proud, but not not proud.
August 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I just read a review so aggressively clueless about a book I just finished and enjoyed that it significantly increased my enjoyment of the book knowing that someone else was too dim to get it. Not proud, but not not proud.
Harvey’s Orbital is all tell, no show. A book with the author’s voice as main character. Autofiction with other people…
August 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Harvey’s Orbital is all tell, no show. A book with the author’s voice as main character. Autofiction with other people…
Our amazing 2025-26 fellowship cohort at the Denbo Center! Film, Art, queer studies, Lit, German SF, philosophy, anthropology—going to be a fantastic year! @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Our amazing 2025-26 fellowship cohort at the Denbo Center! Film, Art, queer studies, Lit, German SF, philosophy, anthropology—going to be a fantastic year! @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social
Getting into the weirdness of Julian Bleecker …
August 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting into the weirdness of Julian Bleecker …
Rest in peace, Brian McHale, dear friend.
August 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Rest in peace, Brian McHale, dear friend.