Sara Marcus
@thesaramarcus.bsky.social
Professor of English, writing about US literature, sound, political disappointment. I also wrote a book about Riot Grrrl. http://saramarcus.com https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674248656
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Sara Marcus
@thesaramarcus.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hi, everybody. I write and teach about US literature, music, sound, feminism and cultural history. I recently wrote a book on political disappointment that you might be interested in right now. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
I explained Melanie Klein's good breast/bad breast, infantile terror, and depressive position to my tantruming 8yo in the car this morning and it calmed her down immediately. So anybody who says psychoanalysis doesn't work is just doing it wrong.
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I explained Melanie Klein's good breast/bad breast, infantile terror, and depressive position to my tantruming 8yo in the car this morning and it calmed her down immediately. So anybody who says psychoanalysis doesn't work is just doing it wrong.
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March 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
More ND postdoc opportunities!
The Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship focusing on multiracial democracy. See below for detail and link to apply
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The Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship focusing on multiracial democracy. See below for detail and link to apply
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Very nice new postdoctoral gigs just posted at ND! $75K + research funds, low teaching. This year they're running it in Art, Art History, & Design; Film, Television, & Theatre; Sociology; History; German, Slavic, & Eurasian Studies; and the Medieval Institute. alresources.nd.edu/resources/pr...
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March 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very nice new postdoctoral gigs just posted at ND! $75K + research funds, low teaching. This year they're running it in Art, Art History, & Design; Film, Television, & Theatre; Sociology; History; German, Slavic, & Eurasian Studies; and the Medieval Institute. alresources.nd.edu/resources/pr...
Ok, as a mindfulness and anti-paralysis practice I'm going to call my senators about one issue per day. Today, Hegseth. Monday, health (WHO + NIH + RFK). Tuesday, immigration. I know this would be more effective if broadly coordinated. Who is coordinating well?
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ok, as a mindfulness and anti-paralysis practice I'm going to call my senators about one issue per day. Today, Hegseth. Monday, health (WHO + NIH + RFK). Tuesday, immigration. I know this would be more effective if broadly coordinated. Who is coordinating well?
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You might say 2024 was a bit of a disappointing year. But some of its best series were ABOUT disappointment in impressive, jarringly healthy ways.
I wrote about the year in TV for @newrepublic.com — thanks for reading, friends! newrepublic.com/article/1882...
I wrote about the year in TV for @newrepublic.com — thanks for reading, friends! newrepublic.com/article/1882...
TV’s Year of Big Disappointments
Some of this year’s TV felt distinctly deflated. But the very best shows took on the subject of disappointment itself.
newrepublic.com
December 26, 2024 at 3:58 PM
You might say 2024 was a bit of a disappointing year. But some of its best series were ABOUT disappointment in impressive, jarringly healthy ways.
I wrote about the year in TV for @newrepublic.com — thanks for reading, friends! newrepublic.com/article/1882...
I wrote about the year in TV for @newrepublic.com — thanks for reading, friends! newrepublic.com/article/1882...
I'm very pleased to be able to announce that Political Disappointment has received honorable mention for the MLA's James Russell Lowell Prize! www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
James Russell Lowell Prize Winners
2023Jonathan Sawday, Saint Louis University, for Blanks, Print, Space, and Void in English Renaissance Literature: An Archaeology of Absence (Oxford Univ. Press, 2023)Honorable mention: Sara Marcus, U...
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December 11, 2024 at 6:34 PM
I'm very pleased to be able to announce that Political Disappointment has received honorable mention for the MLA's James Russell Lowell Prize! www.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
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Contemporaries is (are?) in the midst of painful separation from Xitter, which was for years our main way of sharing clusters and podcasts, so in the interregnum we really appreciate any kind of signal boost for the amazing work we platform. We’re now on 20 episodes of Pod45 and 60+ essay clusters!
November 19, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Contemporaries is (are?) in the midst of painful separation from Xitter, which was for years our main way of sharing clusters and podcasts, so in the interregnum we really appreciate any kind of signal boost for the amazing work we platform. We’re now on 20 episodes of Pod45 and 60+ essay clusters!
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It took me a LONG time to edit this episode (combo of technical and hurricane reasons, which I guess are ultimately the same) but I think it was worth the wait – such a smart conversation. Thanks to our suspiciously great guests and to @franciscondine.bsky.social for being the host with the most.
in case you missed it earlier today: a new episode of the @atpost45.bsky.social Pod45 podcast, featuring me, @lintax.bsky.social, @stalpaz.bsky.social, and @eleanoir.bsky.social discussing the cluster on "Suspicion" that Eleanor edited! open.spotify.com/episode/2fjP...
Episode 20: Suspicion
Pod45 · Episode
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November 19, 2024 at 2:48 AM
It took me a LONG time to edit this episode (combo of technical and hurricane reasons, which I guess are ultimately the same) but I think it was worth the wait – such a smart conversation. Thanks to our suspiciously great guests and to @franciscondine.bsky.social for being the host with the most.
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What's so "standard" about jazz standards? This Tues (Nov 19) Daphne Brooks talks with Brian Kane about his book Hearing Double: Jazz, Ontology, Auditory Culture (OUP), 5:30 pm ET in the Popular Music Books online series. For info on how to join us: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
November 15, 2024 at 9:45 PM
What's so "standard" about jazz standards? This Tues (Nov 19) Daphne Brooks talks with Brian Kane about his book Hearing Double: Jazz, Ontology, Auditory Culture (OUP), 5:30 pm ET in the Popular Music Books online series. For info on how to join us: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
All of you who were not on Bluesky in July 2023 sadly missed the best post the site has ever seen, which I hereby repost again for the benefit of all.
Welcome to the jungle
We’ve got a lot of trees
We’ve got anything you want, honey
As long as it is trees
We’ve got a lot of trees
We’ve got anything you want, honey
As long as it is trees
November 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM
All of you who were not on Bluesky in July 2023 sadly missed the best post the site has ever seen, which I hereby repost again for the benefit of all.
Hi, everybody. I write and teach about US literature, music, sound, feminism and cultural history. I recently wrote a book on political disappointment that you might be interested in right now. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
November 14, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Hi, everybody. I write and teach about US literature, music, sound, feminism and cultural history. I recently wrote a book on political disappointment that you might be interested in right now. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
OK, I'll try to be active here again. It seems worth a shot.
November 13, 2024 at 6:16 PM
OK, I'll try to be active here again. It seems worth a shot.
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🚨 NEW ORDINARY UNHAPPINESS 🚨
we talk with the wonderful @thesaramarcus.bsky.social
about her book Political Disappointment and disappointment as "an untimely desire" that can sustain survival and fuel creativity. plus: campaign songs, our youthful political letdowns, and more!
we talk with the wonderful @thesaramarcus.bsky.social
about her book Political Disappointment and disappointment as "an untimely desire" that can sustain survival and fuel creativity. plus: campaign songs, our youthful political letdowns, and more!
50: Political Disappointment feat. Sara Marcus - Ordinary Unhappiness
Abby and Patrick are joined by academic, journalist, and critic Sara Marcus, author of the 2023 book Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis. After recallin...
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April 27, 2024 at 1:13 PM
🚨 NEW ORDINARY UNHAPPINESS 🚨
we talk with the wonderful @thesaramarcus.bsky.social
about her book Political Disappointment and disappointment as "an untimely desire" that can sustain survival and fuel creativity. plus: campaign songs, our youthful political letdowns, and more!
we talk with the wonderful @thesaramarcus.bsky.social
about her book Political Disappointment and disappointment as "an untimely desire" that can sustain survival and fuel creativity. plus: campaign songs, our youthful political letdowns, and more!
If you're in Philly for MLA or live there—or even are passing through for whatever reason—please come to this party celebrating recent books by Peter Coviello, Jonathan Leal, and yours truly! Friday Jan. 5, 4-6 PM, Fergie's Pub (1214 Samson). We'll probably be upstairs.
January 5, 2024 at 2:36 AM
If you're in Philly for MLA or live there—or even are passing through for whatever reason—please come to this party celebrating recent books by Peter Coviello, Jonathan Leal, and yours truly! Friday Jan. 5, 4-6 PM, Fergie's Pub (1214 Samson). We'll probably be upstairs.
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Announcing a free special issue in Journal of Popular Music Studies on podcasting and gender edited by @kategalloway.bsky.social, Morgan Bimm, and me. Big thanks to our authors and to @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social , @ehphd.bsky.social, & @ericdharvey.bsky.social! Link: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...
November 21, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Announcing a free special issue in Journal of Popular Music Studies on podcasting and gender edited by @kategalloway.bsky.social, Morgan Bimm, and me. Big thanks to our authors and to @kgoldschmitt.bsky.social , @ehphd.bsky.social, & @ericdharvey.bsky.social! Link: online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...
Hear me out: a tech tool that lets you beep any library book checked out to you, so you can find it on your shelves when it's due or recalled. Like beeping your parked car or calling your lost phone. Or a teeny GPS tracker so you can map its location. I'm waiting.
November 20, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Hear me out: a tech tool that lets you beep any library book checked out to you, so you can find it on your shelves when it's due or recalled. Like beeping your parked car or calling your lost phone. Or a teeny GPS tracker so you can map its location. I'm waiting.
Chicago friends/acquaintances/everybody:
Come to my book event on Monday, Nov. 6, at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore! I'll be talking with Pete Coviello about political disappointment.
www.semcoop.com/event/sara-m...
Come to my book event on Monday, Nov. 6, at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore! I'll be talking with Pete Coviello about political disappointment.
www.semcoop.com/event/sara-m...
November 3, 2023 at 6:05 PM
Chicago friends/acquaintances/everybody:
Come to my book event on Monday, Nov. 6, at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore! I'll be talking with Pete Coviello about political disappointment.
www.semcoop.com/event/sara-m...
Come to my book event on Monday, Nov. 6, at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore! I'll be talking with Pete Coviello about political disappointment.
www.semcoop.com/event/sara-m...
I'm coming east this week and next to talk with some wonderful people about political disappointment, transcriptions, sound, intergenerational coalition, and more. Please come on out if you're nearby.
October 17, 2023 at 6:38 PM
I'm coming east this week and next to talk with some wonderful people about political disappointment, transcriptions, sound, intergenerational coalition, and more. Please come on out if you're nearby.
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We @atpost45.bsky.social have a cluster for you on John Keene. Edited by Brittney Michelle Edmonds, the cluster features Phillip Brian Harper, Margo Natalie Crawford, @kqandrews.bsky.social, @bamenke.bsky.social, Yogita Goyal, Matt Brim, Tyrone S. Palmer, & Fred Moten.
post45.org/contemporaries
post45.org/contemporaries
Contemporaries - Post45
Post45 seeks to reinvigorate the erstwhile convention of academic critics not only describing past traditions but also actively intervening in current tastes. It provides a forum for writers to conver...
post45.org
October 6, 2023 at 2:54 PM
We @atpost45.bsky.social have a cluster for you on John Keene. Edited by Brittney Michelle Edmonds, the cluster features Phillip Brian Harper, Margo Natalie Crawford, @kqandrews.bsky.social, @bamenke.bsky.social, Yogita Goyal, Matt Brim, Tyrone S. Palmer, & Fred Moten.
post45.org/contemporaries
post45.org/contemporaries
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Do not go gentle into that good night
July 9, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Do not go gentle into that good night
This Tuesday, Sept. 19, I'll be doing an event for Political Disappointment in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Aida Levy-Hussen, at the Literati bookstore. It's at 6:30. If you have people in A2 or Detroit, please send them over. If you yourself are a person in A2 or Detroit, please come on by.
September 19, 2023 at 1:36 AM
This Tuesday, Sept. 19, I'll be doing an event for Political Disappointment in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Aida Levy-Hussen, at the Literati bookstore. It's at 6:30. If you have people in A2 or Detroit, please send them over. If you yourself are a person in A2 or Detroit, please come on by.
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Oh cool, I wonder what kinds of records the UAW will start making. Industrial noise, probably.
September 15, 2023 at 11:33 PM
Oh cool, I wonder what kinds of records the UAW will start making. Industrial noise, probably.