Jonathan Ellis
@jonathansellis.bsky.social
Author/editor of things on Elizabeth Bishop. Yes, I still write letters & postcards. Paid and sometimes unpaid academic. He/him.
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Celebrating #NationalPoetryDay and our 2026 collections – Divinations on Survival by Natalie Linh Bolderston @natlinhbolderston.bsky.social, Here & Thereafter by Alice Miller, and Against Falling by Linda Anderson. Available to pre-order from Friday the 10th October! bit.ly/Pavilion26
October 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Celebrating #NationalPoetryDay and our 2026 collections – Divinations on Survival by Natalie Linh Bolderston @natlinhbolderston.bsky.social, Here & Thereafter by Alice Miller, and Against Falling by Linda Anderson. Available to pre-order from Friday the 10th October! bit.ly/Pavilion26
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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay!
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September 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for our Michael Murphy Poetry Prize! englishassociation.ac.uk/michael-murp... Winner announced on #NationalPoetryDay!
@carcanet.bsky.social
@prototypepubs.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
@carcanet.bsky.social
@prototypepubs.bsky.social
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
@faberbooks.bsky.social
@picadorbooks.bsky.social
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📢 We’re thrilled to announce that we have up to 4 student bursary awards for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York for 2025-26. Deadline to apply is 31 July. Please share widely! www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18thcentury #18thC
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies bursaries - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York
Thanks to funding from an external donor, we offer up to four bursaries towards fees for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies.
www.york.ac.uk
June 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢 We’re thrilled to announce that we have up to 4 student bursary awards for the MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York for 2025-26. Deadline to apply is 31 July. Please share widely! www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c... #18thcentury #18thC
The gutting of the NEH is appalling.
Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.
June 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The gutting of the NEH is appalling.
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Very good UK job for a very good org that won't fold any time soon. First litmag to publish my poems, too, FWIW!
We’re hiring! Apply to join our team as the new Marketing & Events Manager by the end of this month.
Learn more: www.carcanet.co.uk/careers/
Learn more: www.carcanet.co.uk/careers/
June 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Very good UK job for a very good org that won't fold any time soon. First litmag to publish my poems, too, FWIW!
Blur for REM
Who was the best opening act you've seen live?
June 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Blur for REM
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This Thursday, 15 May: Join us for an online event to celebrate the Fitzcarraldo Editions publication of Diane Seuss' MODERN POETRY and FRANK:SONNETS. Seuss will be in conversation with Jonathan Ellis. Tickets are free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diane-seus...
Diane Seuss Launch Event with Jonathan Ellis
Please join us for an online event to celebrate the Fitzcarraldo Editions publication of Diane Seuss' Modern Poetry and frank: sonnets.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This Thursday, 15 May: Join us for an online event to celebrate the Fitzcarraldo Editions publication of Diane Seuss' MODERN POETRY and FRANK:SONNETS. Seuss will be in conversation with Jonathan Ellis. Tickets are free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diane-seus...
Booing Trent only helps
Arsenal.
Arsenal.
May 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Booing Trent only helps
Arsenal.
Arsenal.
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Great day of #SUCUstrike action at the University of #Sheffield. Today we started our #Palestine support roving picket, which much solidarity around the campus. Join us! ucu.group.shef.ac.uk @drvaleriehobbs.bsky.social @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Great day of #SUCUstrike action at the University of #Sheffield. Today we started our #Palestine support roving picket, which much solidarity around the campus. Join us! ucu.group.shef.ac.uk @drvaleriehobbs.bsky.social @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social
Nice to be striking in the sunshine today!
April 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Nice to be striking in the sunshine today!
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🔹Thursday, 15 May🔹 We will be hosting a virtual launch for Diane Seuss's FRANK: SONNETS and MODERN POETRY. Diane Seuss will be in conversation with Jonathan Ellis. The event is free, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diane-seus...
Diane Seuss Launch Event with Jonathan Ellis
Please join us for an online event to celebrate the Fitzcarraldo Editions publication of Diane Seuss' Modern Poetry and frank: sonnets.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🔹Thursday, 15 May🔹 We will be hosting a virtual launch for Diane Seuss's FRANK: SONNETS and MODERN POETRY. Diane Seuss will be in conversation with Jonathan Ellis. The event is free, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diane-seus...
I'd be tempted to ban Ted Hughes questions at Sylvia Plath events.
April 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'd be tempted to ban Ted Hughes questions at Sylvia Plath events.
Apply for small grant. Pass quality threshold. Lose in lottery. Apply for small grant. Pass quality threshold. Lose in lottery. Arts and Humanities funding is Beckettian tragicomedy.
March 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Apply for small grant. Pass quality threshold. Lose in lottery. Apply for small grant. Pass quality threshold. Lose in lottery. Arts and Humanities funding is Beckettian tragicomedy.
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REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association : Please read this important joint letter we have written (on behalf of us, our chair @jennyrichards.bsky.social ) along with @ies-sas.bsky.social & @univeng.bsky.social
englishassociation.ac.uk/ref2029-conc...
englishassociation.ac.uk/ref2029-conc...
REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
englishassociation.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association : Please read this important joint letter we have written (on behalf of us, our chair @jennyrichards.bsky.social ) along with @ies-sas.bsky.social & @univeng.bsky.social
englishassociation.ac.uk/ref2029-conc...
englishassociation.ac.uk/ref2029-conc...
The Guardian has FOUR articles on “With Love, Meghan” on their website.
March 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Guardian has FOUR articles on “With Love, Meghan” on their website.
“The university has gone from a marketplace of ideas to a marketplace.” From Amandla Thomas-Johnson’s brilliant essay, Poked in the Eye. mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/p...
Poked in the Eye
The university has gone from a marketplace of ideas to a marketplace. It has become a career fair. I could once boast that the road that wrapped around my home on Cornell’s Ithaca campus prov…
mid-theory.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“The university has gone from a marketplace of ideas to a marketplace.” From Amandla Thomas-Johnson’s brilliant essay, Poked in the Eye. mid-theory.com/2025/02/05/p...
In full support of BAAS for doing this.
BAAS regrets to announce that the BAAS / US Embassy Small Grants Programme has been cancelled. 1/7
February 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In full support of BAAS for doing this.
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This is an important letter from bodies representing Arts and Humanities in the UK. Please share widely
The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.
February 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is an important letter from bodies representing Arts and Humanities in the UK. Please share widely
Good chance I’ll be seeing several of EB’s “loved houses” this year. Watch this space!
January 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Good chance I’ll be seeing several of EB’s “loved houses” this year. Watch this space!
Continuing to write while all kinds of storm (literal and metaphorical) rage around you is easier said than done. Picking up the first forced rhubarb of the season helps. Small things first, etc.
January 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Continuing to write while all kinds of storm (literal and metaphorical) rage around you is easier said than done. Picking up the first forced rhubarb of the season helps. Small things first, etc.
I see jobs at Oxbridge still come with an “entertainment allowance.”
January 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I see jobs at Oxbridge still come with an “entertainment allowance.”
He had nicknames for everyone, bless him.
January 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
He had nicknames for everyone, bless him.
I will drink several damn fine coffees over the next few days in memory of the wonderful David Lynch. Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and of course Twin Peaks each made me love cinema.
January 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I will drink several damn fine coffees over the next few days in memory of the wonderful David Lynch. Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and of course Twin Peaks each made me love cinema.
Yes, it looks like I’m convening five modules this semester…
January 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yes, it looks like I’m convening five modules this semester…