Heidi Hanrahan
@heidihanrahan.bsky.social
Available Now: _American Women Writers of the 19th Century_
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2026 Outstanding Reference Sources List Announced
CHICAGO- The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2025 have been named to the 2026 Outstanding References Sources List, an annual list selected by experts of the Collection Development and…
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A lovely surprise in my inbox: my book was one of ten winners of an ALA Outstanding Reference Source award. Thanks to the folks at @mcfarland.bsky.social! (Five other winners are also McFarland titles!)
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Feels like we're head into a new Era of Brontë*
*suffering enormously but then later enjoying the cataclysmic downfalls of our enemies
*suffering enormously but then later enjoying the cataclysmic downfalls of our enemies
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Feels like we're head into a new Era of Brontë*
*suffering enormously but then later enjoying the cataclysmic downfalls of our enemies
*suffering enormously but then later enjoying the cataclysmic downfalls of our enemies
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One thing about the Lutherans with they put that teva laden foot down… they put it DOWN!!!
@solomonmissouri.bsky.social Lutherans at it again lol
January 31, 2026 at 9:45 PM
One thing about the Lutherans with they put that teva laden foot down… they put it DOWN!!!
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A lovely surprise in my inbox: my book was one of ten winners of an ALA Outstanding Reference Source award. Thanks to the folks at @mcfarland.bsky.social! (Five other winners are also McFarland titles!)
rusaupdate.org/2026/01/2026...
rusaupdate.org/2026/01/2026...
2026 Outstanding Reference Sources List Announced
CHICAGO- The most noteworthy reference titles published in 2025 have been named to the 2026 Outstanding References Sources List, an annual list selected by experts of the Collection Development and…
rusaupdate.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
A lovely surprise in my inbox: my book was one of ten winners of an ALA Outstanding Reference Source award. Thanks to the folks at @mcfarland.bsky.social! (Five other winners are also McFarland titles!)
rusaupdate.org/2026/01/2026...
rusaupdate.org/2026/01/2026...
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“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
@washingtonpost.com
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@washingtonpost.com
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January 24, 2026 at 10:22 PM
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
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Gotta say: it takes a white guy emeritus prof from Yale to proclaim that faculty life hasn't changed in 40 years — amidst adjunctification, platformization, public funding cuts, the substitution of tech for competent support staff, the disappearance of those jobs *my* senior advisors enjoyed...
Opinion | Why Professors Fear the Future
Academic life has barely changed in 40 years. Why? The faculty likes it that way.
www.chronicle.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Gotta say: it takes a white guy emeritus prof from Yale to proclaim that faculty life hasn't changed in 40 years — amidst adjunctification, platformization, public funding cuts, the substitution of tech for competent support staff, the disappearance of those jobs *my* senior advisors enjoyed...
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
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As we move into Hate Yourself Publicly Season, I also wish for us a year in which we have the courage to value ourselves for who we are & not hate ourselves for who we're not, a year in which we listen not to those who line their pockets with our insecurities, but to voices of tenderness & respect.
December 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As we move into Hate Yourself Publicly Season, I also wish for us a year in which we have the courage to value ourselves for who we are & not hate ourselves for who we're not, a year in which we listen not to those who line their pockets with our insecurities, but to voices of tenderness & respect.
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We don't need a New You in this New Year, we just need you. You in your fullness, you in all your messy beauty, you with all your creative joy and honest heartbreak. You. You are the only you we'll ever have, and we are not us without you.
December 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We don't need a New You in this New Year, we just need you. You in your fullness, you in all your messy beauty, you with all your creative joy and honest heartbreak. You. You are the only you we'll ever have, and we are not us without you.
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I try to say this prayer immediately after midnight on New Year’s to set my intention for the coming year.
It’s from the Book of Common Prayer (1979).
It’s from the Book of Common Prayer (1979).
January 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I try to say this prayer immediately after midnight on New Year’s to set my intention for the coming year.
It’s from the Book of Common Prayer (1979).
It’s from the Book of Common Prayer (1979).
Josh is such a gem. And yes: softness and kindness are strengths, no matter what some folks say.
This year has turned me fully to mush. I'll straight up look a friendly cashier in the eyes and whisper: "Never lose what you have inside you."
My sincere year-end thought isn’t an original one, but its importance has been underscored to me repeatedly over the last 12 months: be free with telling the people you love that you love them, casually, and at every chance. Great love, small love, every type of love.
December 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Josh is such a gem. And yes: softness and kindness are strengths, no matter what some folks say.
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Robert Frost's manuscript for "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" for this, the darkest evening of the year.
December 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Robert Frost's manuscript for "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" for this, the darkest evening of the year.
I first read this poem in my father's final days. It took my breath away. Tomorrow will mark one week since we lost him, but I know he's still with us. So grateful to have (finally!) read _The People's Project_, edited by @theferocity.bsky.social and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, where it appears.
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I first read this poem in my father's final days. It took my breath away. Tomorrow will mark one week since we lost him, but I know he's still with us. So grateful to have (finally!) read _The People's Project_, edited by @theferocity.bsky.social and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, where it appears.
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It's time to celebrate a little-known writer called... Willa Cather! 🎉 (Born on this day in 1873!)
Read much about Cather with:
- Melissa Homestead's "Willa Cather in the Denver Times in 1915 and New Evidence of the Origins of The Professor's House": muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Read much about Cather with:
- Melissa Homestead's "Willa Cather in the Denver Times in 1915 and New Evidence of the Origins of The Professor's House": muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's time to celebrate a little-known writer called... Willa Cather! 🎉 (Born on this day in 1873!)
Read much about Cather with:
- Melissa Homestead's "Willa Cather in the Denver Times in 1915 and New Evidence of the Origins of The Professor's House": muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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Read much about Cather with:
- Melissa Homestead's "Willa Cather in the Denver Times in 1915 and New Evidence of the Origins of The Professor's House": muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...
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When a poem becomes a prayer.
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
When a poem becomes a prayer.
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
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Today we celebrate the birthday of... Louisa May Alcott! 🎈
You can read our latest forum on Alcott, edited by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean for the 15th anniversary of Little Women: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... ✨
But also:
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You can read our latest forum on Alcott, edited by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean for the 15th anniversary of Little Women: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... ✨
But also:
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November 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today we celebrate the birthday of... Louisa May Alcott! 🎈
You can read our latest forum on Alcott, edited by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean for the 15th anniversary of Little Women: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... ✨
But also:
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You can read our latest forum on Alcott, edited by Max L. Chapnick and Eagan Dean for the 15th anniversary of Little Women: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic... ✨
But also:
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Man, do you know what rules? Actually loving other people, reminding us that we deserve a government that cares for us, and inspiring us to meet our neighbors.
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Man, do you know what rules? Actually loving other people, reminding us that we deserve a government that cares for us, and inspiring us to meet our neighbors.