Canaan Morse 莫楷
@canaanmorse.bsky.social
Postdoc @UVA 明清文学
‘21 National Book Award Finalist
scholar poet translator farm boy
Poetry oral traditions DnD China
‘21 National Book Award Finalist
scholar poet translator farm boy
Poetry oral traditions DnD China
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Canaan Morse 莫楷
@canaanmorse.bsky.social
· Mar 19
Current: The Invisibility Cloak (novel by Ge Fei 格非, NYRB Classics)
Peach Blossom Paradise (ditto)
Upcoming: The Moon Sets Over the Temple That Was (ditto)
Guide to Recollecting the Future (poems by Yang Xiaobin 杨小滨, Zephyr Press)
Peach Blossom Paradise (ditto)
Upcoming: The Moon Sets Over the Temple That Was (ditto)
Guide to Recollecting the Future (poems by Yang Xiaobin 杨小滨, Zephyr Press)
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
焚書 and 藏書, but you cannot see them because they have been burned or hidden
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
焚書 and 藏書, but you cannot see them because they have been burned or hidden
Blues Padres 2000
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Blues Padres 2000
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
Quoting for my Christmas list
Roopa Knitting Mills is a manufacturer, which means they work with brands. But they also sell directly to consumers through their in-house label House of Blanks. Their hoodies cost $110 partly because they use USA grown cotton and produce everything else in Canada.
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Quoting for my Christmas list
Thanos, Destroyer of the Universe: *kicks a puppy*
Kristi Noem: Skill issue
Kristi Noem: Skill issue
Thinking back to how people were like “wow marvel villains are so underdeveloped, they just look at the screen, kick a puppy, and say yeah im a bad person” now that so many public figures have done more or less the same thing
Wait he wrote that?? About himself?
These are words that a marvel writer would put in the mouth of an antagonist so that you know they’re really bad despite making some good points
These are words that a marvel writer would put in the mouth of an antagonist so that you know they’re really bad despite making some good points
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Thanos, Destroyer of the Universe: *kicks a puppy*
Kristi Noem: Skill issue
Kristi Noem: Skill issue
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
Am I the only person in the US who kind of hates that damn song? You know the one. Couldn’t he have varied the melody just the tiniest bit?
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Am I the only person in the US who kind of hates that damn song? You know the one. Couldn’t he have varied the melody just the tiniest bit?
I am only just now listening to Kind of Blue for the first time ever.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I am only just now listening to Kind of Blue for the first time ever.
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The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
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Printed a version of this for nonbookmaker folks ("our community says" instead of "bookmakers & binders say"), with a neon green border under black ink:
November 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Printed a version of this for nonbookmaker folks ("our community says" instead of "bookmakers & binders say"), with a neon green border under black ink:
This is my response to most of Bluesky, but to this especially
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is my response to most of Bluesky, but to this especially
Goddamn right
No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Goddamn right
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Oooh really looking forward to this press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The Politics of Common Reading
Examines the transformation of vernacular knowledge during a pivotal period of modern Chinese history, 1894 to 1954. What did common readers read in the midst of the revolutions that punctuated Chin...
press.uchicago.edu
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Oooh really looking forward to this press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
UVA parents weekend is an absolutely suffocating crush of white wealth
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
UVA parents weekend is an absolutely suffocating crush of white wealth
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I find your lack of tuna disturbing.
🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I find your lack of tuna disturbing.
🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣
SCOTUS allowing Trump to starve Americans for political reasons.
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
SCOTUS allowing Trump to starve Americans for political reasons.
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Trump also just released the guy who lied to the FBI about the Bidens taking bribes.
He has ties to Russian intelligence — and Trump’s businesses.
Again: The law does not apply to them.
newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
He has ties to Russian intelligence — and Trump’s businesses.
Again: The law does not apply to them.
newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Trump also just released the guy who lied to the FBI about the Bidens taking bribes.
He has ties to Russian intelligence — and Trump’s businesses.
Again: The law does not apply to them.
newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
He has ties to Russian intelligence — and Trump’s businesses.
Again: The law does not apply to them.
newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
I often see skeets from TT profs bemoaning the amount of admin they do. That makes sense. But consider - you get those emails because you’re valued as a permanent team member.
Contingent faculty get no such emails, go to no meetings, sit on no committees for a reason - not necessarily a good one.
Contingent faculty get no such emails, go to no meetings, sit on no committees for a reason - not necessarily a good one.
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I often see skeets from TT profs bemoaning the amount of admin they do. That makes sense. But consider - you get those emails because you’re valued as a permanent team member.
Contingent faculty get no such emails, go to no meetings, sit on no committees for a reason - not necessarily a good one.
Contingent faculty get no such emails, go to no meetings, sit on no committees for a reason - not necessarily a good one.
Silly rabbit. Nothing will stop legacy media from repeating right-encoded nonsense.
Everyone should pay careful attention to the Maine voter ID ballot measure (Prop 1). It is on track to lose -- thereby proving that the GOP claims that voter ID laws are overwhelmingly popular is a lie. Perhaps now the legacy media will stop repeating that nonsense.
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Silly rabbit. Nothing will stop legacy media from repeating right-encoded nonsense.
My beloved home state of Maine killed it tonight. Again.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My beloved home state of Maine killed it tonight. Again.
Be prepared for multiple shades of breathtakingly illegal Trump fuckery
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Be prepared for multiple shades of breathtakingly illegal Trump fuckery
Volume 4, Fascicle 7: Constraint Satisfaction
丁集卷四，《羁绊满足》
Zhang Dai would own this if he could
丁集卷四，《羁绊满足》
Zhang Dai would own this if he could
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Volume 4, Fascicle 7: Constraint Satisfaction
丁集卷四，《羁绊满足》
Zhang Dai would own this if he could
丁集卷四，《羁绊满足》
Zhang Dai would own this if he could
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🚨ALL CLEAR officially declared.
Frightening how these active shooter incidents have been so normalized. And how we’re all on the edge ALL THE TIME. 😮💨
#UVA #GunControlNow
Frightening how these active shooter incidents have been so normalized. And how we’re all on the edge ALL THE TIME. 😮💨
#UVA #GunControlNow
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🚨ALL CLEAR officially declared.
Frightening how these active shooter incidents have been so normalized. And how we’re all on the edge ALL THE TIME. 😮💨
#UVA #GunControlNow
Frightening how these active shooter incidents have been so normalized. And how we’re all on the edge ALL THE TIME. 😮💨
#UVA #GunControlNow