Johanna Winant
@johannawinant.bsky.social
Posts are my own. Poetry is everyone's. She/her.
Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton UP, 2025), Lyric Logic (Columbia UP, 2026), essays, reviews, and other writing in various places
Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century (Princeton UP, 2025), Lyric Logic (Columbia UP, 2026), essays, reviews, and other writing in various places
This morning, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I, along with Robert LeBlanc, gave a workshop on close reading @ncte.org — and then got to hang out in person for a bit too!
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This morning, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I, along with Robert LeBlanc, gave a workshop on close reading @ncte.org — and then got to hang out in person for a bit too!
and this is actually my unified theory of Sharon Cameron
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
and this is actually my unified theory of Sharon Cameron
My unified theory of Sharon Cameron, and what I learned from reading her starting in my first semester of my PhD when Lauren Berlant took a hard look at me and said "I think you'd like this book called Lyric Time."
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My unified theory of Sharon Cameron, and what I learned from reading her starting in my first semester of my PhD when Lauren Berlant took a hard look at me and said "I think you'd like this book called Lyric Time."
okay fine everyone, here’s the selfie I sent Kristin
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
okay fine everyone, here’s the selfie I sent Kristin
my library bought @kristingrogan.bsky.social ’s beautiful book and yours should too
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
my library bought @kristingrogan.bsky.social ’s beautiful book and yours should too
“I am so tired, how will I come up with an idea to start off discussion in class tomorrow?” I ask myself before remembering that my very first publication offered a solution to this exact problem
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“I am so tired, how will I come up with an idea to start off discussion in class tomorrow?” I ask myself before remembering that my very first publication offered a solution to this exact problem
Real Genius or GTFO
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Real Genius or GTFO
for example, just the first quote I found that is apt...
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
for example, just the first quote I found that is apt...
a gift from @bakaari.bsky.social (some of the other ones she brought were her brilliance and her humor)
@mid-theory.bsky.social
@mid-theory.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
a gift from @bakaari.bsky.social (some of the other ones she brought were her brilliance and her humor)
@mid-theory.bsky.social
@mid-theory.bsky.social
I made it home from the symposium for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century at Emory, and realized I hadn’t taken photos — I was too busy thinking, listening, and talking — except this one of an uninvited attendee who tried to join during lunch
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I made it home from the symposium for Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century at Emory, and realized I hadn’t taken photos — I was too busy thinking, listening, and talking — except this one of an uninvited attendee who tried to join during lunch
in my closing remarks yesterday at the symposium launching Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, I did a close reading of our title, noticing the word "for"
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
in my closing remarks yesterday at the symposium launching Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, I did a close reading of our title, noticing the word "for"
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
so I couldn't resist making this as I'm waiting at the ATL airport, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social told me to post it
“Mommy, can I have just one twick?”
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“Mommy, can I have just one twick?”
guess what she chose
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
guess what she chose
Update: today we spent the whole time analyzing this inscription from Persepolis
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Update: today we spent the whole time analyzing this inscription from Persepolis
I finished Villette and the twist is…Brontë’s writing about close reading
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I finished Villette and the twist is…Brontë’s writing about close reading
may I recommend having your library order @rosecasey.bsky.social 's book
October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
may I recommend having your library order @rosecasey.bsky.social 's book
I have an idea about casting @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me…
October 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I have an idea about casting @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and me…
Hey high school English teachers! If you are going to @ncte.org 's convention next month, please be in touch! @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I, along with ed prof pals Robert LeBlanc and @philnichols.bsky.social, will be presenting and leading a workshop on Saturday, 11/22
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey high school English teachers! If you are going to @ncte.org 's convention next month, please be in touch! @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and I, along with ed prof pals Robert LeBlanc and @philnichols.bsky.social, will be presenting and leading a workshop on Saturday, 11/22
you guys, Dan and I are not going to stop posting about close reading for a little while — we have more in the works — so allow me literally to water it down with this photo of the ocean I took a few days ago
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
you guys, Dan and I are not going to stop posting about close reading for a little while — we have more in the works — so allow me literally to water it down with this photo of the ocean I took a few days ago
I’m wearing mine today!
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m wearing mine today!
Happy official publication day to Close Reading for the Twenty- First Century
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Happy official publication day to Close Reading for the Twenty- First Century
holding proofs feels so weird
October 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
holding proofs feels so weird
I really want everyone to know about this book of poetry
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I really want everyone to know about this book of poetry
I took a red eye to Boston for MSA and then the hotel computers were down and they couldn’t check anyone in and so I waited in the lobby for another 7 hours BUT the book fair was set up during that time
October 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I took a red eye to Boston for MSA and then the hotel computers were down and they couldn’t check anyone in and so I waited in the lobby for another 7 hours BUT the book fair was set up during that time
I’m shilling CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY hard because I’m so proud of it —specifically because it, like every close reading, is the product of a community and an offering to a community.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
and I collaborated with each other and also 22 brilliant contributors.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
and I collaborated with each other and also 22 brilliant contributors.
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’m shilling CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY hard because I’m so proud of it —specifically because it, like every close reading, is the product of a community and an offering to a community.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
and I collaborated with each other and also 22 brilliant contributors.
@dan-sinnamon.bsky.social
and I collaborated with each other and also 22 brilliant contributors.