Howard Rambsy II
@hrambsy.bsky.social
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Take a listen to @hrambsy.bsky.social’s interview about the Black Lit Network on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social! From the barbershop to the classroom, it’s a project deeply rooted in a genuinely public humanities. When you’re done, visit www.blacklitnetwork.org and try it out! #DigitalHumanities
How book recommendations at a barbershop led to an online network to find Black literature : St. Louis on the Air
Inspired by barbershop chats and a brotherly contest over hip-hop facts, the Black Lit Network is a digital resource designed to make African American literature more widely accessible. Southern Illin...
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September 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Take a listen to @hrambsy.bsky.social’s interview about the Black Lit Network on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social! From the barbershop to the classroom, it’s a project deeply rooted in a genuinely public humanities. When you’re done, visit www.blacklitnetwork.org and try it out! #DigitalHumanities
Look, we always talk about @alondra.bsky.social the founding Afrofuturist or her as the coordinator and dean or how she's a distinguished professor. But goodness, we have not said nearly enough about Alondra Nelson the exquisite writer. Whew.
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Look, we always talk about @alondra.bsky.social the founding Afrofuturist or her as the coordinator and dean or how she's a distinguished professor. But goodness, we have not said nearly enough about Alondra Nelson the exquisite writer. Whew.
Ok, a few notes on producing a podcast about critical and popular responses to African American novels, artistic productions, and more.
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Reflection on reaching 200 podcast episodes
We somehow did it: produced 200 episodes our podcast Remarkable Receptions. We launched our first episodes on June 28, 2022, and we posted ...
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January 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ok, a few notes on producing a podcast about critical and popular responses to African American novels, artistic productions, and more.
shorturl.at/K8xss
shorturl.at/K8xss
Here's a short piece on the rise of Afrofuturism during the late 1990s.
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shorturl.at/n5jmi
The Rise of Afrofuturism in the 1990s
A brief take on how Alondra Nelson’s Yahoo group in the 1990s shaped the rise of Afrofuturism through discussions on race, tech, and Black c...
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December 28, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Here's a short piece on the rise of Afrofuturism during the late 1990s.
shorturl.at/n5jmi
shorturl.at/n5jmi
I’ve been a college professor for 21 years now. I’ve been covering Nikki Giovanni’s “Ego Tripping” for 21 years now.
December 10, 2024 at 4:39 AM
I’ve been a college professor for 21 years now. I’ve been covering Nikki Giovanni’s “Ego Tripping” for 21 years now.
December 2, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Ok, some Black novel combinations, starting here.
Three novels with unnamed protagonists:
James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912)
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (1952)
Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)
Three novels with unnamed protagonists:
James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912)
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (1952)
Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)
November 24, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Ok, some Black novel combinations, starting here.
Three novels with unnamed protagonists:
James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912)
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (1952)
Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)
Three novels with unnamed protagonists:
James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912)
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (1952)
Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Literary scholar: I'm suggesting that the cup and its contents are metaphorical, and intersectionality provides a lens for us to (re)read the interplay between the container and what it holds.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Literary scholar: I'm suggesting that the cup and its contents are metaphorical, and intersectionality provides a lens for us to (re)read the interplay between the container and what it holds.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
November 24, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Literary scholar: I'm suggesting that the cup and its contents are metaphorical, and intersectionality provides a lens for us to (re)read the interplay between the container and what it holds.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Literary scholar: I'm suggesting that the cup and its contents are metaphorical, and intersectionality provides a lens for us to (re)read the interplay between the container and what it holds.