Elizabeth Barnett
@elizabarnett.bsky.social
Commuting through Texas on I-10, pretending I'm a trucker, teaching English, making little notes on index cards, writing Egads! about queer picture books in the seventies and eighties. Book of poems,The Law at Night, coming in '27 from U of Nebraska Press.
Is Julius Caesar super campy or am I?
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Is Julius Caesar super campy or am I?
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Columbia University Press titles are 50% off. I know this because I ordered copies of Poetry in General today for artists and poets who gave me permission to print their work in the book. Thank you, brilliant poets! Thank you discounts! cup.columbia.edu/book/poetry-...
Poetry in General | Columbia University Press
In the second half of the twentieth century, poetry leapt out of books and became an interdisciplinary public form. Poetry entered bureaucratic systems of or... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Columbia University Press titles are 50% off. I know this because I ordered copies of Poetry in General today for artists and poets who gave me permission to print their work in the book. Thank you, brilliant poets! Thank you discounts! cup.columbia.edu/book/poetry-...
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my book is 50% off on the Columbia site today - for $18 you can have the perfect gift for an uncle you don’t like or that one cousin who won’t stop talking about social reproduction theory
cup.columbia.edu/book/stitch-...
cup.columbia.edu/book/stitch-...
Stitch, Unstitch | Columbia University Press
The labor of literature is often thought of as a specialized craft, distinct from everyday work. In Stitch, Unstitch, Kristin Grogan traces an alternative vi... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
my book is 50% off on the Columbia site today - for $18 you can have the perfect gift for an uncle you don’t like or that one cousin who won’t stop talking about social reproduction theory
cup.columbia.edu/book/stitch-...
cup.columbia.edu/book/stitch-...
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Between diffusion models and LLMs, tech has inflated a trillion dollar bubble around automating activities that have immense social and cultural capital—writing, art, photography—but little actual capital. It’s harmful to education, culture, and society with minimal overall benefit
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Between diffusion models and LLMs, tech has inflated a trillion dollar bubble around automating activities that have immense social and cultural capital—writing, art, photography—but little actual capital. It’s harmful to education, culture, and society with minimal overall benefit
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Papillons; Paris, Tolmer[ca. 1925] (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48852965) #nature #illustration #art
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Paris, Tolmer[ca. 1925]
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November 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Papillons; Paris, Tolmer[ca. 1925] (source: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48852965) #nature #illustration #art
imaginary Romans with real knives in them
Experience: I was stabbed in the back with a real knife while performing Julius Caesar
Our student theatre group had the bright idea of using actual knives on stage for authenticity. The blade missed my aorta by about a centimetre
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
imaginary Romans with real knives in them
Holiday tradition of googling “new donna tartt when”
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Holiday tradition of googling “new donna tartt when”
One day you're young, the next you're making a zoned grocery list for when H-E-B opens at 6am
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
One day you're young, the next you're making a zoned grocery list for when H-E-B opens at 6am
Something like convergent evolution happening as humanities professors respond to ai with a similar set of practices that we each hunkered down and came up with out of desperation over the summer of 2025.
A fantastic piece that gets into the details of what a great Humanities classroom looks like. I love the focus on what to do versus what not to do—and why.
🧍Non-AI summary: it’s human and paper-based.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
🧍Non-AI summary: it’s human and paper-based.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Something like convergent evolution happening as humanities professors respond to ai with a similar set of practices that we each hunkered down and came up with out of desperation over the summer of 2025.
I saw the image before the artist, and was surprised that Picasso made this good-natured turkey.
Pablo Picasso - Turkey, from Picasso: Original Etchings for the Texts of Buffon - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
www.metmuseum.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I saw the image before the artist, and was surprised that Picasso made this good-natured turkey.
Things I am trying as migraine medication runs out and insurance denies refills: meditation, fish oil, zyrtec, daily pages, haphazard food elimination, magnesium, neck stretches (family mocks)...
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Things I am trying as migraine medication runs out and insurance denies refills: meditation, fish oil, zyrtec, daily pages, haphazard food elimination, magnesium, neck stretches (family mocks)...
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Upending this cultural compromise by effectively destroying trust that the institutions can effectively and consistently diagnose merit is an existential crisis for the entire sector, but we seem to be sleeping on a parallel crisis in knowledge acquisition/production as such
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Upending this cultural compromise by effectively destroying trust that the institutions can effectively and consistently diagnose merit is an existential crisis for the entire sector, but we seem to be sleeping on a parallel crisis in knowledge acquisition/production as such
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The gentlest, firmest, weapon for us to use in the culture wars, from Goethe:
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The gentlest, firmest, weapon for us to use in the culture wars, from Goethe:
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."
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Adjuncts, indie scholars, publishers, journal eds: please spread the word about this and help me do recon! It's so hard w/ social media being so fragmented to learn about all the great lit studies articles and books pub'd this year by contingent/indie folx. I know there's lots! Deadline: end of Nov.
It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Adjuncts, indie scholars, publishers, journal eds: please spread the word about this and help me do recon! It's so hard w/ social media being so fragmented to learn about all the great lit studies articles and books pub'd this year by contingent/indie folx. I know there's lots! Deadline: end of Nov.
Good! I wish all celebrities, ethically bankrupt or not, would resist the urge to "write" children's books.
Sarah Ferguson’s new children’s book ‘pulped’ after scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein links
Sarah Ferguson’s new children’s book ‘pulped’ after scrutiny over Jeffrey Epstein links
Copies of Flora and Fern: Kindness Along the Way, which was set to be published in October, have been sent for recycling
Thousands of copies of Sarah Ferguson’s new children’s book have reportedly been withdrawn and “pulped” in the wake of the renewed scrutiny over her links to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The book had been due for publication on 9 October, but was postponed until 20 November. It has now been removed entirely from publication schedules, and publishing sources have claimed that printed copies are being sent for recycling. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Good! I wish all celebrities, ethically bankrupt or not, would resist the urge to "write" children's books.
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As Capra later said:
"I had my belly full of war and i came out a perfect pacifist."
Stewart wasn't even sure he'd ever act again. He didn't know if he could still be the nonchalant heroes he always played.
He only agreed to do Wonderful Life because Capra said it would help him find a way.
"I had my belly full of war and i came out a perfect pacifist."
Stewart wasn't even sure he'd ever act again. He didn't know if he could still be the nonchalant heroes he always played.
He only agreed to do Wonderful Life because Capra said it would help him find a way.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM
As Capra later said:
"I had my belly full of war and i came out a perfect pacifist."
Stewart wasn't even sure he'd ever act again. He didn't know if he could still be the nonchalant heroes he always played.
He only agreed to do Wonderful Life because Capra said it would help him find a way.
"I had my belly full of war and i came out a perfect pacifist."
Stewart wasn't even sure he'd ever act again. He didn't know if he could still be the nonchalant heroes he always played.
He only agreed to do Wonderful Life because Capra said it would help him find a way.
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There is no more durable misconception than believing Democratic Senators feel greater solidarity with Democratic voters than they do with Republican Senators.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
There is no more durable misconception than believing Democratic Senators feel greater solidarity with Democratic voters than they do with Republican Senators.
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You realize this is what they WANT you to do...because it's not about the books. It's about dismantling the entire public institution.
Do these morons know that there’s copies of these books people can get anywhere that will never be removed from the Internet?
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You realize this is what they WANT you to do...because it's not about the books. It's about dismantling the entire public institution.
A tenure-track job outside of San Antonio. Happy to answer questions!
Assistant/Associate Professor in Communication Studies - Seguin, Texas job with Texas Lutheran University | 37910567
TLU invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in Communication Studies to begin in August 2026.
jobs.chronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A tenure-track job outside of San Antonio. Happy to answer questions!
*November, aka the end of summer in San Antonio
*Mauricio Dubón getting his second Gold Glove
*calling my husband "sir" when he was trying to boss me around and both of us cracking up
*dipping into friends' books when I miss their voices
*Mauricio Dubón getting his second Gold Glove
*calling my husband "sir" when he was trying to boss me around and both of us cracking up
*dipping into friends' books when I miss their voices
American life is truly dogshit right now. Here are some things I have recently enjoyed:
— Watching Luka Doncic do pretty much anything
— The new Airpods Pro
— New season of English Teacher
— Counting how many times people say "Good morning" in the new Kathryn Bigelow movie with Kat. (I'd guess 30+?)
— Watching Luka Doncic do pretty much anything
— The new Airpods Pro
— New season of English Teacher
— Counting how many times people say "Good morning" in the new Kathryn Bigelow movie with Kat. (I'd guess 30+?)
November 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
*November, aka the end of summer in San Antonio
*Mauricio Dubón getting his second Gold Glove
*calling my husband "sir" when he was trying to boss me around and both of us cracking up
*dipping into friends' books when I miss their voices
*Mauricio Dubón getting his second Gold Glove
*calling my husband "sir" when he was trying to boss me around and both of us cracking up
*dipping into friends' books when I miss their voices
Hard to turn the pages and look in the physical magazine.
Portfolio: The Trap at 26 Federal Plaza
Every day in downtown Manhattan immigrants arriving for routine hearings are targeted by ICE agents and taken from their families.
nymag.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Hard to turn the pages and look in the physical magazine.
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Hot off the press! Congratulations to Keegan Cook Finberg on the arrival of her amazing new book, POETRY IN GENERAL: HOW A LITERARY FORM BECAME PUBLIC tinyurl.com/2vbhy4t4 @keegancf.bsky.social #LiteratureNow @columbiaup.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hot off the press! Congratulations to Keegan Cook Finberg on the arrival of her amazing new book, POETRY IN GENERAL: HOW A LITERARY FORM BECAME PUBLIC tinyurl.com/2vbhy4t4 @keegancf.bsky.social #LiteratureNow @columbiaup.bsky.social
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I keep hearing people defend teachers using AI because it will save them time on the unpaid work that we do. Are they in fewer meetings? Have fewer duties? Dealing with fewer new initiatives? Being asked to spend less time getting evaluated? Lots of nontech ways to reduce teacher burdens:
A Mild Case of Teacher Brain
Reducing educators' administrative load
nobody-wants-this.ghost.io
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I keep hearing people defend teachers using AI because it will save them time on the unpaid work that we do. Are they in fewer meetings? Have fewer duties? Dealing with fewer new initiatives? Being asked to spend less time getting evaluated? Lots of nontech ways to reduce teacher burdens:
I'm sure subscribing to another cozy British murder streamer will fix things.
October 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I'm sure subscribing to another cozy British murder streamer will fix things.