Brandy Jensen
@brandyjensen.bsky.social
35K followers 370 following 570 posts
fine
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
annieabrams.bsky.social
today in class we read @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social ‘s Defector essay and then talked about whether we should spend the next few weeks on Hawthorne’s short stories or on The Scarlet Letter—students agreed on trying the longer, more difficult thing in light of the essay defector.com/close-readin...
Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector
In Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like...
defector.com
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
seantcollins.com
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
brandyjensen.bsky.social
“Even in the most generous reading—where her entire career and indeed life might reflect anything more than the cold calculus of a pure cynic who wants the approval and patronage of the world's richest and vainest reactionaries—Weiss's entire worldview is in the negative.”
Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector
On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...
defector.com
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
emilyhughes.bsky.social
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: 
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's	  	
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
tylerhuckabee.bsky.social
hope this doesn’t sound too woke or elitist but if i was a reporter in this room, i’d ask jd vance what he thinks doctors should do if an undocumented kid gets hit by a car.
atrupar.com
Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
milesklee.bsky.social
RIP, in one of her books we read for school she talked about keeping her baby in a cage during field research so the chimps couldn't eat it and i still laugh about that
phillewis.bsky.social
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
mid-theory.bsky.social
MTC has partnered with Chicago Review for a pitch workshop on October 9 @ 6pm ET. Want to try your hands in public writing, not sure how to approach editors, how to pitch your idea? Join us for a discussion of our respective processes as well as general conversations about best practices.
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
junlper.beer
"i’ve been getting a little bit of flak just because my dad died in 9/11” is an awesome line
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
luaz.bsky.social
"The Best American Poetry is a genre management project that drives a wedge between poetry and interdisciplinary intellectual culture. It powerfully insists on defining American poetry as a literary practice self-managed by the professional networks it privileges."
Reposted by Brandy Jensen
sarahmdowling1.bsky.social
Nearly impossible to pull a quote from this fantastic essay—each sentence more fantastic than the last!