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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Jul 24

'Rethinking Literary Naturalism: Proust and Quignard After Life' by Ian James reads biosemiotics, Proust, and Quignard together to elaborate a theory of literary naturalism. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/RethinkingLiteraryNaturalism 📚

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · 5d

New at Liverool University Press, the recent monograph "Rethinking Literary Naturalism" by Diacritics contributor Ian James

Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · Jul 24

Recently published in our Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures series 📚
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Nina Farizova @ninafarizova.bsky.social · 8d

So happy to have my article on The Beatles lyrics in Japan functioning as what I term "world lyric" out in Diacritics!

diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · 8d

A new issue of Diacritics (52.3) is out!
With contributions by William Stroebel, Alexander Diones, Rebecca Ruth Gould, Tobias Ertl, and Nina Farizova. Featuring art by Misha Wyllie, with an interview by Philip Glahn. Read here in Open Access on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55662

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · 8d

A new issue of Diacritics (52.3) is out!
With contributions by William Stroebel, Alexander Diones, Rebecca Ruth Gould, Tobias Ertl, and Nina Farizova. Featuring art by Misha Wyllie, with an interview by Philip Glahn. Read here in Open Access on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55662

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · 14d

In the 2nd part of our "Documents" series, Juliane Rebentisch develops her theory of contemporary art through an engagement with Land Art. Translated & introduced by Mitchell Herrmann.

Read here on the Diacritics blog: www.diacriticsjournal.com/documents-2-...

Documents 2: Juliane Rebentisch on Land Art - Diacritics

September 17, 2025 What is a document? A lesson, a specimen, a fragment of evidence—perhaps even a warning. Our blog series “Documents” is dedicated to bringing texts from outside the Anglophone world...

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · 14d

Diacritics contributors David Marriott and Rizvana Bradley are presenting the book series "Inventions" at a free virtual event with @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 15d

Join @citylightsbooks.bsky.social this Thursday (9/25) at 6PM PT for a free virtual event celebrating the series Inventions: Black Philosophy, Politics, Aesthetics – featuring: Series Editor David Marriott, joined by contributors Rizvana Bradley and Patrice Douglass

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ORCID @orcid.org · 15d

🗓️ Our next Ask Me Anything is with University Presses on 30 Sept! Join us to learn how small publishers are making the most of ORCID membership. Got questions? Submit them when you register! Register: https://linktr.ee/orcid_org

#ORCIDevents #ScholarlyPublishing #UniversityPresses

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Dominic Boyer @dominicboyer.bsky.social · Aug 31

New episode of the Cultures of Energy pod! We talk about wildfires ecologies, poetry and symbiosis, and the importance of walking slowly. Plus @cymene.bsky.social is back! cenhs.libsyn.com/237-the-cany...

Cultures of Energy: 237 - The Canyon (feat. Robert Savino Oventile)

Cymene returns to the pod at long last (yay!) and we discuss recent events and how climate science probably caused wildfires and bears to happen. Then (13:17) Robert Savino Oventile joins the podcast ...

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Jul 8

My poems, Susan Hopkins's, Tom Mills's, and Edgar McGregor's photos.

All proceeds donated to rebuilding the Eaton Canyon Nature Center destroyed by the Eaton Fire. Plus: check out the blurb from Timothy Morton!

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The Canyon

Amazon.com: The Canyon eBook : Oventile, Robert Savino: Kindle Store

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 22d

Breaking with the received view of Marx's relation to German Idealism, True Materialism by @jensensuther.bsky.social argues that the materialist critique of capitalist production is inseparable from Hegel's idea that the demand for freedom is a demand for mutual recognition

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Book cover of True Materialism: Hegelian Marxism and the Modernist Struggle for Freedom by Jensen Suther

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · 23d

As of September 15, Diacritics is again open to general submissions. We look forward to reading your work! For further information, please see our author submission guidelines here: www.diacriticsjournal.com/portfolio/su...

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RS Oventile @rsoventile.bsky.social · Aug 7

My interview at the @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social blog with @royscranton.bsky.social about his new book Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress (published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social)

www.diacriticsjournal.com/embracing-pe...

Embracing Pessimism amidst Collapse: An Interview with Roy Scranton - Diacritics

Embracing Pessimism amidst Collapse: An Interview with Roy Scranton Roy Scranton is Associate Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, where he is Director of the Notre Dame Environmental...

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Roy Scranton @royscranton.bsky.social · Aug 7

"There is no map for this territory. We are incapable of comprehending what is happening or where we are headed."

I talked with @rsoventile.bsky.social about IMPASSE for @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social

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Embracing Pessimism amidst Collapse: An Interview with Roy Scranton - Diacritics

Embracing Pessimism amidst Collapse: An Interview with Roy Scranton Roy Scranton is Associate Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, where he is Director of the Notre Dame Environmental...

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 9

Diacritics 52.2 is out! Curated by Austin Lillywhite & Nicole Seymour, "Queer Environs" features Danielle Allor, Micah J. Goodrich, Alvin K. Wong, Natalia Cecire, John Kennedy, Davy Knittle, Jonathan Cane, André Prado Fernandes, Andil Gosine.
Read here on Project Muse (OA): muse.jhu.edu/issue/55098

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jul 8

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 7

Diacritics' new blog series “Documents” translates non-English theoretical texts to bring them into scholarly circulation. The first entry features 2 excerpts by August Strindberg on natural photography, translated & introduced by Paulo A. Lorca. Read here: www.diacriticsjournal.com/documents-1-...

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Jun 17

"As If!" by Chase Gregory explores the stylistically strategic, often campy, and productively fraught cross-identifications of early queer criticism. Read the introduction for free on our website! #LiteraryTheory #LGBTQBooks
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Cover of As If!: Queer Criticism Across Difference by Chase Gregory. The design mimics a yellow plaid spiral notebook against a bright red background. The title “As If!” appears in bold white letters on a black oval that resembles a sticker. A strip of green tape below reads “Queer Criticism Across Difference” in black capital letters. The author’s name is displayed on a piece of black tape.

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · Apr 9

Jean-Xavier Renaud, who has previously published his work in Diacritics, is presenting "Hauteville Digne," a new series of watercolor paintings and postcards, on his website: jxrenaud.com/portfolio/20...

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University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social · Apr 8

Four fab new releases:

-EXPLODED VIEWS: Speculative Form and the Labor of Inquiry by Jonathan P. Eburne

-QUIET METHODOLOGIES: Humility in the Humanities by Suzanne Bost

-EXPLOSIVITY: Following What Remains by Javier Arbona-Homar

-Humanities in the Time of AI by Laurent Dubreuil

#NewBooks

Cover of Exploded Views: Speculative Form and the Labor of Inquiry by Jonathan P. Eburne. Image: Accumulation of superimposed sticky notes with sketched diagrams and flowcharts and figures. Title and author in white boxes stacked but askew.

Cover of Quiet Methodologies: Humility in the Humanities by Suzanne Bost. Image: Peony pink background with title text and author name stacked from top to bottom. Subtitle and author text appear as if under transparent tape.

Cover of Explosivity: Following What Remains by Javier Arbona-Homar. Image: Top-down view of copper sheet interrupted by a corona of flame on middle right. Title in black, subtitle in red, author in white.

Cover of Humanities in the Time of AI by Laurent Dubreuil. Image: Bright orange background with title and author in fore and maroon Forerunners series elements throughout.

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · Apr 9

Diacritics author and former faculty editor Laurent Dubreuil has published "Humanities in the Time of AI" with University of Minnesota Press

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Project MUSE @projectmuse.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks to the generous support of libraries and institutions worldwide, Project MUSE’s S2O initiative has reached a milestone of releasing the current issues of over 100 journals from 27 publishers!

#StepUP & Explore S2O on MUSE: bit.ly/MUSE_S2O

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · Apr 8

The forecast is looking hazy. What things are hiding in the fog? More discounts!

This week, answer the #CUPSpringSale daily riddle to earn a discount.

Which of our new books published in April will it be? Find a prize on the page of the winning book!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/new-books-pu...

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · Mar 28

Diacritics (52.1) is out! "Encamped" features work by Eman Ghanayem, Theresa Rocha Beardall, Lily Wong, Liron Mor, Rebecca R. Gould, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, Patty Keller, Imane Terhmina, Ervin Malakaj, César Domínguez, Farah Bakaari, et al.
Read it here on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54493

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diacriticsjournal.bsky.social @diacriticsjournal.bsky.social · Mar 25

Jonathan Culler, former editor, current advisory board member, and author of Diacritics, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Paris 8 on March 26.

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