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Lennard J. Davis
@lendavis.bsky.social
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First gen professor of disability studies, poverty and working class studies, novel criticism and theory. Currently Emeritus Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · 16d
academic.oup.com/alh/article/... John Marsh's ALH review of my book POOR THINGS ends "After reading Poor Things...academics may never see works about the poor the same."
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · 26d
Great review by @mattbrim.bsky.social of my book POOR THINGS in the Journal of Working Class Studies.
View of Davis, L. (2024) Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those Without It. Duke University Press.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · Jul 25
Section 504 in the Rehabilitation Act in 1972 was as short as a tweet, but it belied the volumes of language it would generate in the coming years of disability history. #DisabilityPrideMonth #ADA35 @lendavis.bsky.social
Forty-Six Words That Changed Disability History
By Lennard J. Davis | Trying to find a moment when the ADA began is like trying to find the source of the Nile or the Amazon. So many tributaries flow into the making of the ADA that you cannot say if...
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · Jun 23
White House Sued Over Accessibility
Disability advocates are suing after the Trump White House abruptly stopped including sign language interpreters at press briefings and other events.
www.disabilityscoop.com
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · Jun 14
This American Life is rebroadcasting my segment this weekend for Father’s Day It starts about 5 minutes into the episode. It's about using DNA testing to find out if my father was my biological father.
Go Ask Your Father - This American Life
Sons and daughters get to find out the one thing they've always wanted to know about their father.
www.thisamericanlife.org
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Contacted them. They get their books from distributors. They will check which distributor and will ban the book for sale from their list.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
I contacted them. They said they get it from a distributor. I asked them to let me know who the distributor is. Waiting to find out. They said they will blacklist the book on their list and won't sell it.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Looks like someone got the page proofs illegally. Yes, it was typeset.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Agreed.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
When I get to the bottom of what happened I will let you know. In the meantime, could you please indicate to your followers the actual state of things? There certainly was no intention on my part or Rebecca's to have this work surface. Quite the opposite.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Whether there is a pirated edition that someone got published (and somehow got the page proofs?) is up for speculation. My editor says he will get the Amazon and Barnes and Noble listing taken down. But I want you to know this has nothing to do with me or Rebecca.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Sami, I don't know what is going on.Your post was the first I have heard about this bootleg edition. I am in touch with Routledge to find out what happened. I had zero knowledge of this and my editor at Routledge as well as Rebecca have no knowledge.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Thank you. This is both shocking and horrible. For many reasons. I'm in communication with Routledge right now.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
I know. Don't buy it!
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
And the articles as well?
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Hi Chloe,
This is news to me (and to my editor at Routledge.) I'm shocked to find this out. I assume that this is somehow a pirated edition. Does it include the section on Neurodiversity? Part VIII?
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Can you show me the contents of the book, because neither I nor Routledge have put this book out. Thank you.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
authorsguild.org/news/ai-driv...
AI Is Driving a New Surge of Sham “Books” on Amazon - The Authors Guild
As we feared—and warned—the growing access to AI is driving a new surge of low-quality sham “books” on Amazon. In the last few weeks, we have seen hundreds of examples of how bad actors are using gene...
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/a...
Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering
Books of gibberish are listed on Amazon.com for thousands of dollars, with one author claiming his name was used to send almost $24,000 to a fraudulent seller
www.theguardian.com
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
A fake version of the Disability Studies Reader 6th edition has been put up on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The 6th edition was never published. Routledge is working to get the listing taken down. Please do not order it because this is a scam. All the previous editions 1st through 5th are genuine.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Or this? www.boldbusiness.com/digital/ai-g....
AI Gone Wild: Fake Books Sold on Amazon
Generative AI has been a wildly innovative tool, but like all tools, it's something used nefariously. Case in point: fake books.
www.boldbusiness.com
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Could be this? www.theguardian.com/books/2018/a...
Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering
Books of gibberish are listed on Amazon.com for thousands of dollars, with one author claiming his name was used to send almost $24,000 to a fraudulent seller
www.theguardian.com
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
Hi Sami
I can't explain this photo, except to say that the picture doesn't show a book, only a single page. If there is a book out there, it wasn't published by Routledge. I would have a copy and so would my editor.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
I notified the editor at Routledge who will get the Amazon and Barnes and Noble listings taken down. I would appreciate it if you could let your followers know this. Thank you.
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Lennard J. Davis @lendavis.bsky.social · May 12
That is not the case. Believe me, I would know.
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