Douglas Dowland
@profdgd.bsky.social
Curious about affect in the contemporary US? Visit: https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5889/
I have entered the "kill your darlings" phase of talk preparing.
January 3, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I have entered the "kill your darlings" phase of talk preparing.
I have just spent a more than modest about of money for some awesome books coming from SUNY Press and I blame @rcolesworthy.bsky.social for this entirely.
December 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I have just spent a more than modest about of money for some awesome books coming from SUNY Press and I blame @rcolesworthy.bsky.social for this entirely.
I'm averaging a cup of coffee per page of writing. Page ten is going to be absolutely wild.
December 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm averaging a cup of coffee per page of writing. Page ten is going to be absolutely wild.
The Christmas station is alternating between holiday music and nineties grunge. Burl Ives to Nirvana makes for a wild ride.
December 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Christmas station is alternating between holiday music and nineties grunge. Burl Ives to Nirvana makes for a wild ride.
This is a foundational book series and I'm proud that my second book is part of it.
25 years of our series Cultural Frames, Framing Culture
A new blog post by Robert Newman, Series Editor and Past President and Director of the National Humanities Center
To celebrate, take 30% off books in the series when you use code <10CFFC25> at checkout!
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A new blog post by Robert Newman, Series Editor and Past President and Director of the National Humanities Center
To celebrate, take 30% off books in the series when you use code <10CFFC25> at checkout!
www.upress.virginia.edu/news/twenty-...
Twenty-Five Years of Cultural Frames, Framing Culture
<p>The <a href="https://www.upress.virginia.edu/series/CFF/">Cultural Frames, Framing Culture series</a> happily celebrates its twenty-fifth year of p
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December 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is a foundational book series and I'm proud that my second book is part of it.
Someone seems cozy.
December 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Someone seems cozy.
And now it’s time for some midwestern deliciousness.
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And now it’s time for some midwestern deliciousness.
Reposted by Douglas Dowland
Here we go, the inaugural issue of Rust Belt Studies: A Journal of Public and Emplaced Humanities! I'm happy to see the work that Katie and Valentino are doing—please read, submit, and support! www.rustbeltstudies.org
Home | Rust Belt Studies
www.rustbeltstudies.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Here we go, the inaugural issue of Rust Belt Studies: A Journal of Public and Emplaced Humanities! I'm happy to see the work that Katie and Valentino are doing—please read, submit, and support! www.rustbeltstudies.org
My first book (timely as ever if you ask me) and all of @univnebpress.bsky.social's catalog is 50% off this month with coupon code 6HLW25.
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Weak Nationalisms - Nebraska Press
The question “What is America?” has taken on new urgency. Weak Nationalisms explores the emotional dynamics behind that question by examining how a range...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
My first book (timely as ever if you ask me) and all of @univnebpress.bsky.social's catalog is 50% off this month with coupon code 6HLW25.
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Reposted by Douglas Dowland
I hadn’t seen @profdgd.bsky.social ’s book review of a book about reviewing books when I wrote my thread, but yes — bsky.app/profile/prof...
The academic book review is both a craft and an insight into the life of the mind. My thoughts on the genre in today’s Inside Higher Ed.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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Why Review? (opinion)
We review because it’s what we do, and it’s who we are.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I hadn’t seen @profdgd.bsky.social ’s book review of a book about reviewing books when I wrote my thread, but yes — bsky.app/profile/prof...
In my mailbox today. Much appreciated and timely; a perfect gift for any department chair.
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In my mailbox today. Much appreciated and timely; a perfect gift for any department chair.
Reposted by Douglas Dowland
“One learns through the review the bitterness of academe’s priorities: Yes, being reviewed is important (until it is not); no, reviews “count” for little to nothing on the vitae (but the expectation is that you will do them anyway).”
The academic book review is both a craft and an insight into the life of the mind. My thoughts on the genre in today’s Inside Higher Ed.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Why Review? (opinion)
We review because it’s what we do, and it’s who we are.
www.insidehighered.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“One learns through the review the bitterness of academe’s priorities: Yes, being reviewed is important (until it is not); no, reviews “count” for little to nothing on the vitae (but the expectation is that you will do them anyway).”
"The book review is central to what we do—and who we are. It is a relish worthy of savor, a form of communion that is as learned as it is precious."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Why Review? (opinion)
We review because it’s what we do, and it’s who we are.
www.insidehighered.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"The book review is central to what we do—and who we are. It is a relish worthy of savor, a form of communion that is as learned as it is precious."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
The academic book review is both a craft and an insight into the life of the mind. My thoughts on the genre in today’s Inside Higher Ed.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Why Review? (opinion)
We review because it’s what we do, and it’s who we are.
www.insidehighered.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The academic book review is both a craft and an insight into the life of the mind. My thoughts on the genre in today’s Inside Higher Ed.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
The final paper for the medical humanities course, inspired by Rita Charon's work, asks students to describe how their future profession will allow themselves to display the self they admire. The drafts, so far, have been amazing.
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The final paper for the medical humanities course, inspired by Rita Charon's work, asks students to describe how their future profession will allow themselves to display the self they admire. The drafts, so far, have been amazing.
My article on shame, the face, and the medical encounter in Richard Selzer's "Imelda" is available open-access in the latest issue of Literature and Medicine.
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Project MUSE - Literature and Medicine-Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My article on shame, the face, and the medical encounter in Richard Selzer's "Imelda" is available open-access in the latest issue of Literature and Medicine.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/issue/...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/issue/...
Reading Sontag’s journals. The note here is so minimal it’s hard to tell if it’s anxiety, pride, or both.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reading Sontag’s journals. The note here is so minimal it’s hard to tell if it’s anxiety, pride, or both.
Ordered! And so should you!
everyone is talking about getting copies of University Keywords (or other JHU Press books) for all their friends, students, and comrades for the holidays, especially when it is 40% off with the code HHOL25.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ordered! And so should you!
Status: imprisoned on the recliner.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Status: imprisoned on the recliner.
Recently I told students about this. First, they thought I was kidding. Second, they immediately understood the power differentials and innate creepiness of it all.
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Recently I told students about this. First, they thought I was kidding. Second, they immediately understood the power differentials and innate creepiness of it all.
This week I learned how to derail the medical humanities class by asking students to name their least favorite organ.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This week I learned how to derail the medical humanities class by asking students to name their least favorite organ.
The books for Literature and Medicine next semester.
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The books for Literature and Medicine next semester.
Next semester's reading in the Medical Humanities course.
November 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Next semester's reading in the Medical Humanities course.
The majors have informed me that their Halloween reading list includes Angela Carter, Oscar Wilde, Poe, Mary Shelley, and my second book(?).
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The majors have informed me that their Halloween reading list includes Angela Carter, Oscar Wilde, Poe, Mary Shelley, and my second book(?).