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David Mittelman
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Afro-Luso-Brazilian literary/cultural studies (still, somehow).
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Here is my new article, "Inversions, Subversions, Reversions: Possibilities of the Literary Sertão," just published in Luso-Brazilian Review.

The issue is open access via @projectmuse.bsky.social (you'll need to verify you are a human but no login should be required).

muse.jhu.edu/pub/19/artic...
I didn’t buy any books for a while, but here are the recent bookquisitions:
January 30, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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What if the digital revolution was just a counterrevolution against admin assistant fantasies of lobbing metal tape dispensers and staplers at their bosses’ heads?
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
what
A man was arrested after intentionally ramming car into 770, the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, in Crown Heights.
January 29, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Solid
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Among the things I love best about this thread, and there are several, is how much of it is Justin replying “a ridiculous people” over and over.
Student: Professor Zimmerman, where does Upstate New York start in your opinion?

Me a Californian: The Catskills, I guess. What do you think?

Student: Anything north of The Bronx.

New Yorkers are ridiculous.
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
how bout that
🇧🇷 Em forte alta, Ibovespa sobe mais de 12% em 2026 e ultrapassa a marca de 180 mil pontos.
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
It’s not just about Lula himself, but he has an ability to make himself and Brazil be taken seriously that his far right rivals…do not.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I think I’ll just sit here and take pictures of this cat who has taken over my lap.
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
things change
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Friends in Spanish, Portuguese, and other language departments, do you offer a pro seminar for your grads? if so, do you have materials you'd be willing to share? Thank you!
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
…and what proportion of Columbia’s Jewish alumni grew up in the city?
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.

Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
yeah you all should see the one i keep in my boot
never leave home without at least two emojis on me
Then there’s…this. This is a news article, not an op ed. I reviewed Fox’s December 2019-March 2020 COVID coverage in their online news section and it didn’t throw in shit like this, even since then they’ve deteriorated
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
realmente impressionante

“Apenas Nikolas discursou no ato. O Pastor Silas Malafaia, que estava previsto para ir, não compareceu. No seu discurso, o parlamentar mandou recados ao STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) e à cúpula do Congresso, e ignorou as vítimas da descarga atmosférica no local.”
www1.folha.uol.com.br
January 25, 2026 at 9:39 PM
PVD FOREVER
On Foundings: 254 years later, my town holds a parade every year celebrating the night fed up Rhode Islanders captured and burned a customs enforcement ship after heavy handed official harrassment. No one ever snitched. #GaspeeAffair
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM
god damn
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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ILL is a miracle and I give thanks for each day it continues to serve.
January 24, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Not a huge fan of performative attention-seekers with adrenaline addictions.
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Office door update
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Yes, and also everyone should read Andre’s recent book on Lula!

www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
January 23, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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does anyone else’s dog “help” them climb stairs
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
OK who the *hell* made it play “Leaving on a Jet Plane” inside my head all afternoon??
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"Quem então imaginava o verdadeiro recheio das coisas, que impunham para se executar, no sobre o desenho da ordem?"

-- João Guimarães Rosa, "Uma Estória de Amor (Festa de Manuelzão)"
January 22, 2026 at 12:28 AM
so wait, are we getting Iceland or not?
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM