Arielle Zibrak
@zibrak.bsky.social
feminisms, projects, pop culture 📚
| Literary Tour of the US, The Great Courses
| 12 Stories by American Women, Penguin Classics
| Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures, NYU
| Writing Against Reform, UMass
Prof @ UWyo - views own
👐www.ArielleZibrak.com👐
| Literary Tour of the US, The Great Courses
| 12 Stories by American Women, Penguin Classics
| Avidly Reads Guilty Pleasures, NYU
| Writing Against Reform, UMass
Prof @ UWyo - views own
👐www.ArielleZibrak.com👐
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Arielle Zibrak
@zibrak.bsky.social
· Sep 3
Here's what I'm up to these days. SO EXCITED to write this book and talk about how the history of positive thinking in wellness impacts us all. Grateful for my agent @babedylan.bsky.social and my new editor Maria, who rocks.
The bad reviews of Wuthering Heights just make me more excited to see it.
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The bad reviews of Wuthering Heights just make me more excited to see it.
On this Galentine's day, I celebrate the ten-year anniversary of this great event in the history of sexuality.
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Seattle Aquarium cancels octopus sex act due to cannibalism concerns
EDITOR'S NOTE: This original story below was from February 2016 but somehow got picked up from other sites and began trending again in 2017. The Seattle Aquarium wants everyone to know the Octopus Bli...
komonews.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:54 PM
On this Galentine's day, I celebrate the ten-year anniversary of this great event in the history of sexuality.
komonews.com/news/local/a...
komonews.com/news/local/a...
NYC: GO TO THIS TONIGHT! Two brilliant minds in fiction. Nina McConigley's book is big news in Energy Humanities / THE NOVEL / Anti-Colonial Fiction. Say you saw her when because you're going to be seeing her everywhere.
greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
Nina McConigley with Mira Jacob
Brooklyn independent bookstore
greenlightbookstore.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
NYC: GO TO THIS TONIGHT! Two brilliant minds in fiction. Nina McConigley's book is big news in Energy Humanities / THE NOVEL / Anti-Colonial Fiction. Say you saw her when because you're going to be seeing her everywhere.
greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
Folks going to @c19americanists.bsky.social conference: Give a hand up in the comments if you want me to bring you your very own copy of TWELVE STORIES
in Cincinnati. Also a good time to think about a desk copy if you're considering Fall adoption.
Remember the ladies!
edu.prh.com/us/desk/
in Cincinnati. Also a good time to think about a desk copy if you're considering Fall adoption.
Remember the ladies!
edu.prh.com/us/desk/
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Folks going to @c19americanists.bsky.social conference: Give a hand up in the comments if you want me to bring you your very own copy of TWELVE STORIES
in Cincinnati. Also a good time to think about a desk copy if you're considering Fall adoption.
Remember the ladies!
edu.prh.com/us/desk/
in Cincinnati. Also a good time to think about a desk copy if you're considering Fall adoption.
Remember the ladies!
edu.prh.com/us/desk/
Don't fear. The ghost of the future is also unknown to itself.
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Don't fear. The ghost of the future is also unknown to itself.
ummmm what's going on with google books today?
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
ummmm what's going on with google books today?
A few years ago I decided to write a book about a group of people who had not been extensively studied, who constantly changed their names, had terrible handwriting and unprecedented ideas, and lied about everything. But it's all been worth it because WHAT A STORY.
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A few years ago I decided to write a book about a group of people who had not been extensively studied, who constantly changed their names, had terrible handwriting and unprecedented ideas, and lied about everything. But it's all been worth it because WHAT A STORY.
Today my little brother would have been 35. To celebrate, here are some of his core beliefs:
-all skittles taste the same
-a rule of jenga is if you yell jenga before you lose you still lose, but if you don't you're disqualified
-Donna Tartt is a persona invented by the publishing industry
-all skittles taste the same
-a rule of jenga is if you yell jenga before you lose you still lose, but if you don't you're disqualified
-Donna Tartt is a persona invented by the publishing industry
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Today my little brother would have been 35. To celebrate, here are some of his core beliefs:
-all skittles taste the same
-a rule of jenga is if you yell jenga before you lose you still lose, but if you don't you're disqualified
-Donna Tartt is a persona invented by the publishing industry
-all skittles taste the same
-a rule of jenga is if you yell jenga before you lose you still lose, but if you don't you're disqualified
-Donna Tartt is a persona invented by the publishing industry
The thinking part of writing I like to do to a soundtrack and that's been truer than ever with this book.
Sneak peek of playlist!
Currently writing the part where two female cult leaders work together to snuff out their enemies. Peep the track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8Q...
Sneak peek of playlist!
Currently writing the part where two female cult leaders work together to snuff out their enemies. Peep the track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8Q...
Little Simz - Venom | A COLORS SHOW
YouTube video by COLORS
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The thinking part of writing I like to do to a soundtrack and that's been truer than ever with this book.
Sneak peek of playlist!
Currently writing the part where two female cult leaders work together to snuff out their enemies. Peep the track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8Q...
Sneak peek of playlist!
Currently writing the part where two female cult leaders work together to snuff out their enemies. Peep the track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8Q...
We wouldn't be in this situation if we took female comedians more seriously.
February 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
We wouldn't be in this situation if we took female comedians more seriously.
I'm sorry, genius.
The Pantone Settlement Formerly Known as "Cloud Dancer"
February 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I'm sorry, genius.
Reposted by Arielle Zibrak
Catherine O'Hara as Katharine Hepburn for SCTV.
Genius, genius, genius.
Genius, genius, genius.
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Catherine O'Hara as Katharine Hepburn for SCTV.
Genius, genius, genius.
Genius, genius, genius.
To the hattest woman to have lived in our times: "The minute Catherine found out that she was going to officiate, she came up with the idea of, 'What if we dressed her kind of like the pope? She had the idea for the headpiece, she wanted to have a little bit of her hair wrapped around the hat."
a man in a suit reaches out to another man in a suit
Alt: Catherine O'Hara, who died today, dressed as the pope in character as Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek.
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
To the hattest woman to have lived in our times: "The minute Catherine found out that she was going to officiate, she came up with the idea of, 'What if we dressed her kind of like the pope? She had the idea for the headpiece, she wanted to have a little bit of her hair wrapped around the hat."
OMG this is so terrible.
Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
OMG this is so terrible.
Submit to this Edith Wharton society panel at the MLA -- looking for scholars at any level, grad students, independent scholars, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Come talk about me at the MLA! It's a guaranteed session.
January 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Submit to this Edith Wharton society panel at the MLA -- looking for scholars at any level, grad students, independent scholars, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Reposted by Arielle Zibrak
I love #literarylandscapes and the kind of place-based work they do. Such a rich issue.
Read and share Vol. 18 of #LiteraryLandscapes — we have essays on Renee Nicole Good, Danez Smith, Harvey Pekar, Stuart Dybek, and Charles Dickens. 2/2 newterritorymag.com/literary-lan...
Literary Landscapes - The New Territory Magazine
A project about the ways that Midwestern literature is relevant today—how we engage with the stories we tell about our region.
newterritorymag.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I love #literarylandscapes and the kind of place-based work they do. Such a rich issue.
AI was trained by Stuart Smalley. "You're good enough, you're smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like you."
January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
AI was trained by Stuart Smalley. "You're good enough, you're smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like you."
Reposted by Arielle Zibrak
My review of @zibrak.bsky.social 's WRITING AGAINST REFORM is up at Transatlantica (revue le plus chic! 🇫🇷)! An honor to think with a book this smart, which taught me a lot and pushed me to articulate some—I hope!—productive tensions or disagreements: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti...
Arielle Zibrak, Writing Against Reform: Aesthetic Realism in the Pr...
In “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson denounced those who dress uncharitable motives in the flattering garb of compassion: “I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. ...
journals.openedition.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
My review of @zibrak.bsky.social 's WRITING AGAINST REFORM is up at Transatlantica (revue le plus chic! 🇫🇷)! An honor to think with a book this smart, which taught me a lot and pushed me to articulate some—I hope!—productive tensions or disagreements: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti...
Very moved by this nuanced and thoughtful review of WRITING AGAINST REFORM by @natewolff.bsky.social
(free to read in English at: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti... )
"this critique (of sentimentalism) needed an extra dash of dialectics."
💙💙💙How can you not love this scholar?💙💙💙
(free to read in English at: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti... )
"this critique (of sentimentalism) needed an extra dash of dialectics."
💙💙💙How can you not love this scholar?💙💙💙
Arielle Zibrak, Writing Against Reform: Aesthetic Realism in the Pr...
In “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson denounced those who dress uncharitable motives in the flattering garb of compassion: “I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. ...
journals.openedition.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Very moved by this nuanced and thoughtful review of WRITING AGAINST REFORM by @natewolff.bsky.social
(free to read in English at: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti... )
"this critique (of sentimentalism) needed an extra dash of dialectics."
💙💙💙How can you not love this scholar?💙💙💙
(free to read in English at: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti... )
"this critique (of sentimentalism) needed an extra dash of dialectics."
💙💙💙How can you not love this scholar?💙💙💙
Just to be clear, the majority party Freedom Caucus in Wyoming did not cut $40 million from the university block grant because it had to. They literally do not know what to do with the surplus revenue. They did it because they want the people of the state to remain ignorant.
Wyoming lawmakers clash over where to stash $250M in surplus revenue
by Maggie Mullen, WyoFile Amid ongoing budget fights over spending, Wyoming lawmakers clashed Wednesday on the proper way to stash a quarter of a
capcity.news
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Just to be clear, the majority party Freedom Caucus in Wyoming did not cut $40 million from the university block grant because it had to. They literally do not know what to do with the surplus revenue. They did it because they want the people of the state to remain ignorant.
People of Cambridge and Boston! Come with me to see the wonder that is my dearest Wyoming friend, Nina McConigley, reading from her hot new novel and in conversation with Laura Van den Berg. I MEAN!
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Nina McConigley, author of How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder, in conversation with Laura van den Berg
This event will take place at our CAMBRIDGE store. We offer validated parking in the lot on Roseland St. behind Lesley's University Hall. See parking details below.
portersquarebooks.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
People of Cambridge and Boston! Come with me to see the wonder that is my dearest Wyoming friend, Nina McConigley, reading from her hot new novel and in conversation with Laura Van den Berg. I MEAN!
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Porter Sq. Books. Feb 9. 7pm.
portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-0...
ALA 2026 Edith Wharton International Society
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
January 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
ALA 2026 Edith Wharton International Society
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
Seeks panels for a roundtable on “Wharton & Pedagogy.” (1/3)
"My own mind." That's his reality entire, folks. And they want it to be yours, too. Each in our own reality alone.
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"My own mind." That's his reality entire, folks. And they want it to be yours, too. Each in our own reality alone.