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Dr. Laura M. Furlan
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Associate Professor of English. Director of American Studies. Author of Indigenous Cities (UNP 2017). Writer of creative nonfiction. Adoptee. Native Chicagoan. Queer mommy. She/her.
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In Carlisle this weekend fan-girling Wendy Red Star. She is hilarious.
Print of Her Dreams Are True, which features the image of a star quilt in the center, with four cutouts of a black and white photo of a Crow woman with braids, arranged around each side. Hanging on a blue wall.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Second day of Noho Cross is a little less windy than the first. Kiddo raced his first Cat 4/5 and did amazing!
Boy in blue kit on bike on grass. Much grass and red tape in the foreground and background.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Yesterday I took my creative nonfiction class to the university art museum to do some ekphrastic writing. Highly recommend!
Close up of Tigh an Dáin (The House of the Poem), a vintage dollhouse decorated with printed materials. The wall card for the dollhouse, made in 2024 by (and on loan from) the Over the River Collective.
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Saw one of the turkeys in downtown Northampton.
A large turkey next to a sidewalk and fence with parked cars.
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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It’s here! My first exhibition catalog essay!!
The first page of the essay, entitled “Wendy Red Star’s Archival Interventions.” Below my by-line is an image by Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, and to the right are two mostly out of focus paragraphs. The front cover of the catalog, entitled Wendy Red Star: Her Dreams Are True. Background is one of her collages: it’s reddish, with a fringed hide dress behind the title, and handwriting in black next to and beside the dress.
October 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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The First Americans Museum is gorgeous!
A view of the museum from the front. A metal arch with a hand near the top is in the foreground. The museum behind has a large semicircle of glass behind. An exhibit meant to be inside a home has a red shawl on a hanger next to a cowboy hat and shelves of photos and other items. The wall behind is purple.
September 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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In the archives at the Western History Collection.
Picture of a library table with lamps, lots of wood bookcases, and a stained glass window in the distance.
September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Maybe not the best photo, but there was a POSSUM outside my classroom this morning!
A cute possum, its back turned, in some rocks near grass.
September 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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My son found baby hairless moles (I think?) while gardening today!
A garden gloved hand holds a tiny pink mole. Below are five or six more. Their eyes are closed, and they are wriggling.
September 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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What a beautiful day for Hydra Cross! 🚴🏽‍♂️
Boy in blue kit on bike in a race in a park.
August 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Cover of Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis. Title and author are flush left. On the right is a man constructed from differently patterned fabrics. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, and a red bandana is around his neck.
August 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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First cross race of the season. Missed the podium by some tenths of a second!! 🚴🏽‍♂️
Boy in blue kit and gray helmet on bike, riding on pavement at the end of the race. Woods in the background. That’s Adam Myerson over there on the left in the stars and stripes.
August 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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On yesterday’s paddle, I saw a great blue heron, six turtles, so many fish, and some kind of duck (a merganser maybe?) swallowing a protesting fish whole.
A painted turtle on a log along the edge of a river. There are grasses and lily pads on the surface of the water.
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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I may have eaten some gnats on this ride.
My blue Trek bike in front of a black iron fence, a reservoir and small mountain behind.
August 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I’m at the Cara Romero exhibition at the Hood. ❤️
The photo TV Indians in a frame, with the info card next to it. In the image, several people stand in front of old tvs, above them is a dark, ominous cloud.
July 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I picked 6 lbs of blueberries in an hour. 🫐
A blue plastic coffee can tied to a rope, full of blueberries. Grass and bushes behind.
July 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Hanging out on Roanoke Mountain before I head to the airport. Thankful for this shade, a doggo named Nadine I just met, and the scarlet tanager that keeps singing to me.
An open book on my lap, in the woods with dappled sunlight.
July 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Anybody behind me?
Boy on bike at race, looking over his shoulder. There’s fencing behind him, a USA Cycling sign, then green grass and tall trees. It’s hot AF out there.
July 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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My magnolia is blooming for the second time this year.
Close up of three purplish flowers on a big magnolia tree.
July 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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So many moments of queer joy on this gaycation. ❤️ u, Ptown!
A painted banner that reads No Home 4 Hate Provincetown, in white letters on black background. A heart with rainbow stripes is on the right side. In front of the banner is a brick walk; behind, a garden and signs for stores.
July 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Made two seal friends on today’s paddle.
Seal head sticking out of the water in the harbor. Many boats behind.
July 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Miss Conception’s Make America Gay Again show last night was riotous fun!
A tall drag queen in a blonde wig and a dress that resembles a pride flag sings into a microphone on stage.
July 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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I borrowed a boat.
Over the front of a yellow ocean kayak, water and a big pier in front.
July 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Omg this guy put on the best show ever! 🐳
July 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Back in Provincetown. 💜
Kristen Arnett’s new book on my lap on the beach. Boats and water in front of me.
June 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM