Anna E. Clark
@annaeclark.bsky.social
Now: criticism, teaching, SoCal
Then: academia, 19thC, NYC
Always: "the novel," outdoor things, trying to figure it out
annaeclark.com
Then: academia, 19thC, NYC
Always: "the novel," outdoor things, trying to figure it out
annaeclark.com
In the category of good things entering the world of ideas: this smart and beautifully conceived collection of essays close reading superlative close readings from @johannawinant.bsky.social @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social from @princetonupress.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In the category of good things entering the world of ideas: this smart and beautifully conceived collection of essays close reading superlative close readings from @johannawinant.bsky.social @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social from @princetonupress.bsky.social
Among other things, this is just dumb.
July 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Among other things, this is just dumb.
Anyway, look at this perfection
January 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Anyway, look at this perfection
Well so this is Fancy. She is a delightful weirdo.
January 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Well so this is Fancy. She is a delightful weirdo.
One of the best things I read this year, Holy Land by D.J. Waldie, ended up becoming one of my favorite things to write about, and recalling this vignette of Christmas isolation is my new holiday tradition. www.altaonline.com/california-b...
December 23, 2024 at 5:38 PM
One of the best things I read this year, Holy Land by D.J. Waldie, ended up becoming one of my favorite things to write about, and recalling this vignette of Christmas isolation is my new holiday tradition. www.altaonline.com/california-b...
Normally I’m not that into literary reliquary, but I make an exception for Proust, patron saint of meaning-imbued *things*
November 16, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Normally I’m not that into literary reliquary, but I make an exception for Proust, patron saint of meaning-imbued *things*
Felt really good to stand with other people in support of education and against protest bans, genocide, and an attempt to restructure higher ed in the Netherlands to align w/ far right principles.
November 14, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Felt really good to stand with other people in support of education and against protest bans, genocide, and an attempt to restructure higher ed in the Netherlands to align w/ far right principles.
It’s an old lesson, but so much is possible at a local level that is initially unthinkable at a national one. Also here is a picture of some pamphlets I found yesterday by Provo, one of the main participants in this movement:
November 10, 2024 at 9:48 AM
It’s an old lesson, but so much is possible at a local level that is initially unthinkable at a national one. Also here is a picture of some pamphlets I found yesterday by Provo, one of the main participants in this movement:
Speaking of gauzy covers, at first I hated this one, but then I realized it’s the perfect cover not for the Flaubert, but for the novels that teach Emma all the wrong lessons about life.
April 23, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Speaking of gauzy covers, at first I hated this one, but then I realized it’s the perfect cover not for the Flaubert, but for the novels that teach Emma all the wrong lessons about life.
I mean, this is a little much (though better than a Keurig, because anything is better than a Keurig).
November 17, 2023 at 1:07 PM
I mean, this is a little much (though better than a Keurig, because anything is better than a Keurig).
A taco shop, a Denny’s, or the premise of a “Nathan for You” episode?
(it is, in fact, a taco shop named Denny’s, and also one of my favorite signs in the rich discourse landscape that is the San Diego strip mall scene.)
(it is, in fact, a taco shop named Denny’s, and also one of my favorite signs in the rich discourse landscape that is the San Diego strip mall scene.)
October 5, 2023 at 7:52 PM
A taco shop, a Denny’s, or the premise of a “Nathan for You” episode?
(it is, in fact, a taco shop named Denny’s, and also one of my favorite signs in the rich discourse landscape that is the San Diego strip mall scene.)
(it is, in fact, a taco shop named Denny’s, and also one of my favorite signs in the rich discourse landscape that is the San Diego strip mall scene.)
This is fascinating — as much a philosophy of linguistic communication as anything else. It imagines an Eng/writing curriculum based entirely around students learning to talk and write in increasingly complex ways *to one another,* and suggests an entire reframing of the discipline in the process.
September 10, 2023 at 12:20 AM
This is fascinating — as much a philosophy of linguistic communication as anything else. It imagines an Eng/writing curriculum based entirely around students learning to talk and write in increasingly complex ways *to one another,* and suggests an entire reframing of the discipline in the process.
No rural boba tea for this girl.
July 11, 2023 at 8:02 PM
No rural boba tea for this girl.
*therapist voice*: “I’m noting a few tensions here.”
July 6, 2023 at 8:10 PM
*therapist voice*: “I’m noting a few tensions here.”