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Jessica Teague
@jes-tea.bsky.social
Author of ‘Sound Recording Technology and American Literature’ (Cambridge UP) * American Book Award Winner * Jazz fan * Book nerd * English Prof in Las Vegas
www.drjessicateague.com
We’re hiring a TT Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction at UNLV - please share!

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Assistant Professor, English [R0149472]
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November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’m quoted in this piece about the Vegas lounge scene, past & present

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A pop icon is behind the comeback of one of Las Vegas' most intimate traditions
In the 1950s and '60s, it became an institution.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The current issue of LaVeRB (Las Vegas Review of books) is out! And my essay on Gatsby can be found there. #gatsby #bookreviews @laverb.bsky.social

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Current Issue
Issue #10 April 2025 Fiction: Jon Hickey, Big Chief (Simon and Schuster) Poetry: Rachel Richardson, Smother (Norton) Fiction: Frederic S. Durbin, The Country Under Heaven (Melville House) History: …
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June 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I wrote an essay about Gatsby and music and Las Vegas. Let me know what you think!

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June 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Teaching Kafka’s ‘The Trial’ this week as part of my 1925 class, and you can probably guess how that feels… yikes.
April 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What did you think of Intermezzo by Sally Rooney? Here is my Review for LaVeRB @laverb.bsky.social - link below
January 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What were your favorite albums/songs from the last year? What should I put on my new year playlist? I want your recommendations!
December 31, 2024 at 2:01 AM
A new review of “Fire” in Alta by my love @johnhay.bsky.social -

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December 16, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Next semester I’m teaching a class all about literature & pop culture from 1925 (a 100 yr anniversary class). What kinds of secondary readings and history should I assign? What would be on your dream 1925 syllabus?
December 4, 2024 at 4:01 AM
I’m posting this question again because I’d genuinely like to hear people’s thoughts on university presses asking permission to sell our books to AI:
Did anyone else who published with Cambridge get a request to sign over their work for “AI Subsidiary Aggregation”? They claim we’ll be paid a 20% royalty, but I’m highly suspicious. Are other university presses doing this?
December 3, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Did anyone else who published with Cambridge get a request to sign over their work for “AI Subsidiary Aggregation”? They claim we’ll be paid a 20% royalty, but I’m highly suspicious. Are other university presses doing this?
December 3, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Color in the desert
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Today I had the honor of introducing a craft talk with Teju Cole—he was so thoughtful in response to my students’ questions
By our powers combined, we make Teju Cole appear. 🌎 #BlackMountainInstitute
November 21, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Reposted by Jessica Teague
The deadline for the Arizona Quarterly special issue on the American Novel that @natewolff.bsky.social and I are coediting is less than a month away! Do send us things.
azq.arizona.edu/call-papers-0
Call for Papers | Arizona Quarterly
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November 11, 2024 at 7:59 PM
I’m rereading Bob O’Meally’s ‘Antagonist Cooperation’ for a paper I’m writing and forgot what a scathing indictment of Trump it includes! His argument in the intro for “radical inclusiveness” is 🔥
November 12, 2024 at 12:36 AM