Johanna Winant
@johannawinant.bsky.social
Posts are my own. Poetry is everyone's. She/her.
Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton UP, 2025), Lyric Logic (Columbia UP, 2026), essays, reviews, and other writing in various places
Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton UP, 2025), Lyric Logic (Columbia UP, 2026), essays, reviews, and other writing in various places
this is a really big deal, congratulations to @pghguild.com
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is a really big deal, congratulations to @pghguild.com
Joyce Carol Oates's twitter burn of Elon Musk has the same structure that Stanley Cavell identifies in his essay "The Avoidance of Love" about King Lear. In this essay I will...
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Joyce Carol Oates's twitter burn of Elon Musk has the same structure that Stanley Cavell identifies in his essay "The Avoidance of Love" about King Lear. In this essay I will...
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As I posted on the other site… a terrific, wide-ranging, stimulating conversation! Close reading, teaching today’s students, timeliness, intellectual community, surrendering to the text, trusting oneself in reaction to the text. I even jotted a note on philosophy of science. A rich discussion.
look, when the legendary City Lights asks to record a conversation about close reading, you respond “yes, I’ll hide upstairs in a room in my parents‘ house, put on a clean shirt, and talk a lot with my hands!!!”
join @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , Yael Segalovitz, @samantharhill.bsky.social, and me!
join @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , Yael Segalovitz, @samantharhill.bsky.social, and me!
City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As I posted on the other site… a terrific, wide-ranging, stimulating conversation! Close reading, teaching today’s students, timeliness, intellectual community, surrendering to the text, trusting oneself in reaction to the text. I even jotted a note on philosophy of science. A rich discussion.
look, when the legendary City Lights asks to record a conversation about close reading, you respond “yes, I’ll hide upstairs in a room in my parents‘ house, put on a clean shirt, and talk a lot with my hands!!!”
join @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , Yael Segalovitz, @samantharhill.bsky.social, and me!
join @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , Yael Segalovitz, @samantharhill.bsky.social, and me!
City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Close Reading Today - Celebrating University Press Week 2025
YouTube video by CityLightsBooks
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November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
look, when the legendary City Lights asks to record a conversation about close reading, you respond “yes, I’ll hide upstairs in a room in my parents‘ house, put on a clean shirt, and talk a lot with my hands!!!”
join @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , Yael Segalovitz, @samantharhill.bsky.social, and me!
join @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , Yael Segalovitz, @samantharhill.bsky.social, and me!
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City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Close Reading Today - Celebrating University Press Week 2025
YouTube video by CityLightsBooks
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
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Starting a new movement in literary criticism by trapping all of the country's best close readers in the Atlanta area for a month.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Starting a new movement in literary criticism by trapping all of the country's best close readers in the Atlanta area for a month.
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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...
2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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!!
a gift from @bakaari.bsky.social (some of the other ones she brought were her brilliance and her humor)
@mid-theory.bsky.social
@mid-theory.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
a gift from @bakaari.bsky.social (some of the other ones she brought were her brilliance and her humor)
@mid-theory.bsky.social
@mid-theory.bsky.social
I made it home from the symposium for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century at Emory, and realized I hadn’t taken photos — I was too busy thinking, listening, and talking — except this one of an uninvited attendee who tried to join during lunch
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I made it home from the symposium for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century at Emory, and realized I hadn’t taken photos — I was too busy thinking, listening, and talking — except this one of an uninvited attendee who tried to join during lunch
in my closing remarks yesterday at the symposium launching Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, I did a close reading of our title, noticing the word "for"
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
in my closing remarks yesterday at the symposium launching Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, I did a close reading of our title, noticing the word "for"
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
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A week from today, @keegancf.bsky.social and I will be in conversation with Chris Nealon about our books at Red Emma's in Baltimore - come talk poetry and work and the state and feminism and so much else with us? 💗 redemmas.org/events/keega...
Keegan Cook Finberg and Kristin Grogan present "Poetry in General: How a Literary Form Became Public" and "Stitch, Unstitch Modernist Poetry and the World of Work" in conversation w/ Christopher Nealo...
Join us for an evening of rethinking the power and labor of poetry in everyday spaces.
redemmas.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A week from today, @keegancf.bsky.social and I will be in conversation with Chris Nealon about our books at Red Emma's in Baltimore - come talk poetry and work and the state and feminism and so much else with us? 💗 redemmas.org/events/keega...
I think it's likely that I look back on the book launch symposium for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century as one of the absolute highlights of my career
thanks to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , our contributors, and all the participants -- this was so incredible
thanks to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , our contributors, and all the participants -- this was so incredible
We are underway. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social delivers opening remarks at a packed “Close Reading For The 21st Centure” book launch symposium.
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I think it's likely that I look back on the book launch symposium for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century as one of the absolute highlights of my career
thanks to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , our contributors, and all the participants -- this was so incredible
thanks to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social , our contributors, and all the participants -- this was so incredible
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@columbiaup.bsky.social is currently hiring two editorial assistants. One to work w/ me and my colleague, who acquires in theory, philosophy, and religion. The other to work with the sociology/Black Studies editor and the editorial director/editor for Asian humanities. bit.ly/4nHDLMY
Editorial Assistant - Other NYC Locations, New York, United States
Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Salary Range: $46,400.00-$46,400.00
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, includi...
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
@columbiaup.bsky.social is currently hiring two editorial assistants. One to work w/ me and my colleague, who acquires in theory, philosophy, and religion. The other to work with the sociology/Black Studies editor and the editorial director/editor for Asian humanities. bit.ly/4nHDLMY
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Today is the official publication day for POETRY IN GENERAL: How a Literary From Became Public.
✨ Now available wherever books are sold ✨
Use CUP20 for a discount from the press
cup.columbia.edu/book/poetry-...
✨ Now available wherever books are sold ✨
Use CUP20 for a discount from the press
cup.columbia.edu/book/poetry-...
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today is the official publication day for POETRY IN GENERAL: How a Literary From Became Public.
✨ Now available wherever books are sold ✨
Use CUP20 for a discount from the press
cup.columbia.edu/book/poetry-...
✨ Now available wherever books are sold ✨
Use CUP20 for a discount from the press
cup.columbia.edu/book/poetry-...
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I am one of the recommenders for n+1 Bookmatch this year and I can't pretend to be cool about it bc this is like my world series, Oscars, etc. Naturally I took the quiz & got an incredible list of books, none of which were my recommendations. They know me better than I know myself
🚨 Bookmatch is back! 🚨 From now until December 2, make a donation of any amount to n+1 and we’ll send you the Bookmatch quiz—a personality test that will generate a reading list tailored to your tastes and whims. Try the quiz here: secure.givelively.org/donate/n1-fo...
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I am one of the recommenders for n+1 Bookmatch this year and I can't pretend to be cool about it bc this is like my world series, Oscars, etc. Naturally I took the quiz & got an incredible list of books, none of which were my recommendations. They know me better than I know myself
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Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
November 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Complicity of liberal institutions with the crackdown on student protest paved the way for the crisis of academia. To defend our work we must sever the link with the security state. Come join us at U of C tomorrow, where we will discuss how to confront the hiring of the inveterate liar John Kirby.
never have I been so tempted to share a photo of my then two-year old son dressed as vizzini, weeping in a bald cap
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
never have I been so tempted to share a photo of my then two-year old son dressed as vizzini, weeping in a bald cap
pleased to announce that once again I'm writing something that feels like undergoing an organ removal
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
pleased to announce that once again I'm writing something that feels like undergoing an organ removal
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I started following @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social 14 hours ago. I immediately purchased this ebook, and I’ve ordered a physical copy.
From the first section alone, I can tell this book will be consequential in teaching grades 9-16, my mentoring of new ELA teachers, and my work as a doctoral student.
From the first section alone, I can tell this book will be consequential in teaching grades 9-16, my mentoring of new ELA teachers, and my work as a doctoral student.
November 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I started following @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social 14 hours ago. I immediately purchased this ebook, and I’ve ordered a physical copy.
From the first section alone, I can tell this book will be consequential in teaching grades 9-16, my mentoring of new ELA teachers, and my work as a doctoral student.
From the first section alone, I can tell this book will be consequential in teaching grades 9-16, my mentoring of new ELA teachers, and my work as a doctoral student.
“Mommy, can I have just one twick?”
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Mommy, can I have just one twick?”
tonight, the people at one house where my daughter trick or treated asked each kid “would you like candy…or a potato?”
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
tonight, the people at one house where my daughter trick or treated asked each kid “would you like candy…or a potato?”
I will always repost Bread and Puppet content
The entire Bread and Puppet performance was right on time but this is the skit that I keep thinking about the most.
I was slow to start recording - others have posted more complete recordings - but I did manage to catch the Spanish chorus:
I was slow to start recording - others have posted more complete recordings - but I did manage to catch the Spanish chorus:
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I will always repost Bread and Puppet content
I finished Villette and the twist is…Brontë’s writing about close reading
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I finished Villette and the twist is…Brontë’s writing about close reading
may I recommend having your library order @rosecasey.bsky.social 's book
October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
may I recommend having your library order @rosecasey.bsky.social 's book
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