Laurel V. Hankins
@laurelvhankins.bsky.social
Teaching and researching c18/c19 American Lit at UMass Dartmouth: https://www.umassd.edu/directory/lhankins/
The Art of Retreat now available from Bucknell UP: https://tinyurl.com/yhunwhzm.
The Art of Retreat now available from Bucknell UP: https://tinyurl.com/yhunwhzm.
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Colleagues and institutional support at University of Nottingham’s American Studies program have been crucial to my own professional development. Please sign the petition to save the program - there is still time for the decision to be reversed and the dept. has a good plan.
c.org/GgqB242p97
c.org/GgqB242p97
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Colleagues and institutional support at University of Nottingham’s American Studies program have been crucial to my own professional development. Please sign the petition to save the program - there is still time for the decision to be reversed and the dept. has a good plan.
c.org/GgqB242p97
c.org/GgqB242p97
Colleagues and institutional support at University of Nottingham’s American Studies program have been crucial to my own professional development. Please sign the petition to save the program - there is still time for the decision to be reversed and the dept. has a good plan.
c.org/GgqB242p97
c.org/GgqB242p97
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Colleagues and institutional support at University of Nottingham’s American Studies program have been crucial to my own professional development. Please sign the petition to save the program - there is still time for the decision to be reversed and the dept. has a good plan.
c.org/GgqB242p97
c.org/GgqB242p97
Immediately on my reading list……..
I joke that it took me twenty years to figure out how to get this off my chest about Herman Melville, starting from my first encounter as an undergrad in 2005. But it kind of did. So thrilled that this essay has a home at J19: Project MUSE - Melville's Idea of a Wife muse.jhu.edu/article/970112
Project MUSE - Melville's Idea of a Wife
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October 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Immediately on my reading list……..
Soccer Mommy put on a great show in Boston tonight. color theory was my COVID lockdown soundtrack and it meant a lot to be with friends and a happy crowd tonight. Also thanks to my husband for babysitting on our anniversary so I could go.
September 20, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Soccer Mommy put on a great show in Boston tonight. color theory was my COVID lockdown soundtrack and it meant a lot to be with friends and a happy crowd tonight. Also thanks to my husband for babysitting on our anniversary so I could go.
When the moonflowers think they’re morning glories.
September 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
When the moonflowers think they’re morning glories.
The student in the morning class who saw My Chemical Romance in Boston last night looked much better than the professor in the same class who saw Rilo Kiley in Boston last night.
September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The student in the morning class who saw My Chemical Romance in Boston last night looked much better than the professor in the same class who saw Rilo Kiley in Boston last night.
very rude of Katabasis to come out last week and not in June.
September 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
very rude of Katabasis to come out last week and not in June.
garden welcomed us home in fine fashion today.
August 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
garden welcomed us home in fine fashion today.
I just preordered this incredible looking @sunypress.bsky.social book co-edited by @carolinegelmi.bsky.social, one of my favorite writers and teachers, and I hope you will too! sunypress.edu/Books/T/Teac...
Teaching Poetry Now
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August 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I just preordered this incredible looking @sunypress.bsky.social book co-edited by @carolinegelmi.bsky.social, one of my favorite writers and teachers, and I hope you will too! sunypress.edu/Books/T/Teac...
Spotted: a rogue hollyhock volunteer.
August 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Spotted: a rogue hollyhock volunteer.
My AI bib for students will apparently just remain a living document.
"Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts.”
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
"Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts.”
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
AI Search Has A Citation Problem
We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.
www.cjr.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My AI bib for students will apparently just remain a living document.
"Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts.”
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
"Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts.”
www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
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I drafted an email opposing Canvas's partnership with OpenAI and am happy send it to you if you'd like to send such a thing to your institution's instructional designers and faculty senate.
July 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I drafted an email opposing Canvas's partnership with OpenAI and am happy send it to you if you'd like to send such a thing to your institution's instructional designers and faculty senate.
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syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.
July 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
syllabus time, teaming up for the herculean efforts of reinventing writing assignments. here, some prompts for required weekly low stakes 250-500 word reflections/ process pieces that have proven relatively conducive to real writing in lit class. please share any similar suggestions in thread.
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Happy Bastille Day! Feline reminder that philosophical patron saint of the French Revolution, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, put a cat on the cover of "The Social Contract" because cats were his “test of character”; those who don’t enjoy cats “have the despotic instinct of men.”
@dukepress.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Happy Bastille Day! Feline reminder that philosophical patron saint of the French Revolution, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, put a cat on the cover of "The Social Contract" because cats were his “test of character”; those who don’t enjoy cats “have the despotic instinct of men.”
@dukepress.bsky.social
@dukepress.bsky.social
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Five years ago today my book Bank Notes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic came out. Like a lot of books that first Covid summer it got lost a bit at the time. Thanks to all of you who have read it.🗃️
https://www.pennpress.org/9780812252248/bank-notes-and-shinplasters/
https://www.pennpress.org/9780812252248/bank-notes-and-shinplasters/
Bank Notes and Shinplasters – Penn Press
The colorful history of paper money before the Civil WarBefore Civil War greenbacks and a national bank network established a uniform federal currency in the...
www.pennpress.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Five years ago today my book Bank Notes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic came out. Like a lot of books that first Covid summer it got lost a bit at the time. Thanks to all of you who have read it.🗃️
https://www.pennpress.org/9780812252248/bank-notes-and-shinplasters/
https://www.pennpress.org/9780812252248/bank-notes-and-shinplasters/
Sour cherry pie, from our very own tree. Should be set up for elevenses tomorrow.
July 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Sour cherry pie, from our very own tree. Should be set up for elevenses tomorrow.
The rabbits have taken to lounging.
June 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The rabbits have taken to lounging.
Birds left me a pie’s worth.
June 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Birds left me a pie’s worth.
Today in personal growth I showered with a house centipede and only did two tiny shrieks.
June 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Today in personal growth I showered with a house centipede and only did two tiny shrieks.
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Spoiler: it’s me!!! 🥳
The Society for the Study of the American Gothic is pleased to announce the winner of its 2025 award for Best Scholarly Article or Book Chapter on the American Gothic.
www.mdpi.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Spoiler: it’s me!!! 🥳
This is what democracy looks like in Rhode Island.
June 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is what democracy looks like in Rhode Island.
I just vacuumed an actual cobweb out of my box of complimentary copies, so taking inspiration from another great piece by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and reposting that my book, The Art of Retreat, is out from @bucknellupress.bsky.social, just in time for summer reading. RUP30 for 30% off.
June 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I just vacuumed an actual cobweb out of my box of complimentary copies, so taking inspiration from another great piece by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and reposting that my book, The Art of Retreat, is out from @bucknellupress.bsky.social, just in time for summer reading. RUP30 for 30% off.
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The 19th century abolitionist movement utilized a diversity of tactics and engaged in constant critical internal debate in the mission to end slavery. The movement needed speeches, lawyers, lawbreakers, newspapers, and armed resisters. History teaches us that freedom requires all of the above.
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The 19th century abolitionist movement utilized a diversity of tactics and engaged in constant critical internal debate in the mission to end slavery. The movement needed speeches, lawyers, lawbreakers, newspapers, and armed resisters. History teaches us that freedom requires all of the above.
The moment has passed and you may not like it but this is what 2 high agency males look like.
June 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The moment has passed and you may not like it but this is what 2 high agency males look like.