Marc Blanc
@blancpages.bsky.social
Literary and cultural historian of the left; professor; Midwesternist. Words in Jacobin, Chicago Review, Belt, History News Network, and a few bathroom stalls.
This Juneteenth, I'm reading W.E.B. Du Bois's excellent biography of John Brown. ✊
June 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This Juneteenth, I'm reading W.E.B. Du Bois's excellent biography of John Brown. ✊
"In truth always thinkers who do not work have tried to unite workers who do not think. Only working thinkers can unite thinking workers." –W.E.B. Du Bois, "Dark Princess" (1929)
June 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"In truth always thinkers who do not work have tried to unite workers who do not think. Only working thinkers can unite thinking workers." –W.E.B. Du Bois, "Dark Princess" (1929)
Nancy Fraser, "Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do about It."
February 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Nancy Fraser, "Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do about It."
Was thrilled to participate in a record-breaking #douglassday! "If there is no struggle, there is no progress"
February 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Was thrilled to participate in a record-breaking #douglassday! "If there is no struggle, there is no progress"
Amidst all the strife in the world, I had the best day of my life last Saturday. I love you @madisonjblanc.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Amidst all the strife in the world, I had the best day of my life last Saturday. I love you @madisonjblanc.bsky.social
When I bought this copy of an Oscar Micheaux novel on Amazon, I was put off but intrigued by its hostile design. I wrote about what these mysterious print on demand books mean for the preservation of Black literary and publishing history for Chicago Review: www.chicagoreview.org/profit-margi...
February 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When I bought this copy of an Oscar Micheaux novel on Amazon, I was put off but intrigued by its hostile design. I wrote about what these mysterious print on demand books mean for the preservation of Black literary and publishing history for Chicago Review: www.chicagoreview.org/profit-margi...
"America is more our country, than it is the whites—we have enriched it with our blood and tears. The greatest riches in all America have arisen from our blood and tears. The Americans have got so fat on our blood and groans, that they have almost forgotten the God of armies." David Walker, 1830
January 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"America is more our country, than it is the whites—we have enriched it with our blood and tears. The greatest riches in all America have arisen from our blood and tears. The Americans have got so fat on our blood and groans, that they have almost forgotten the God of armies." David Walker, 1830