Katie da Cunha Lewin
@kdclewin.bsky.social
Writing + teaching. Lecturer in C20th/21st Lit. The Writer's Room OUT NOW; new project on professionalism and amateurism. Co-editor of C21 Literature journal. Rep @charlotteseymour.bsky.social. kdclewin.com
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Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
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C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings |
Issue: Issue: 2(12) Novel Media / Media Novel (Autumn 2025) (2025)
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
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In conjunction with @bacls.bsky.social, we are looking for some proposals for panels at BAAS and MSA! Read more here:
Call for C21/BACLS Panel Proposals
BACLS members are warmly invited to submit proposals for panels for the upcoming British Association for American Studies (BAAS) and British Association of Modernist Studies (BAMS) conferences in coll...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In conjunction with @bacls.bsky.social, we are looking for some proposals for panels at BAAS and MSA! Read more here:
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Thrilled that my book will be published by @princetonupress.bsky.social in February next year!
In The Writer’s Room (available in North America on 2/17/26), @kdclewin.bsky.social “melds memoir and literary history in her search for writers’ rooms.” Read the full review in Kirkus:
THE WRITER'S ROOM | Kirkus Reviews
Where inspiration happens.
www.kirkusreviews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thrilled that my book will be published by @princetonupress.bsky.social in February next year!
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Solidarity with @pcsunion.bsky.social workers at the British Library.
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Solidarity with @pcsunion.bsky.social workers at the British Library.
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive.
A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable.
Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼
This is beyond outrageous
'A post-92 university will freeze staff pay if they choose to remain in a more expensive pension scheme as institutions continue to find new ways to grapple with rising cost.' 1/3
Northumbria to freeze pay if staff refuse TPS-USS pension switch
University says moving employees from more expensive scheme will save it up to £11 million a year
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is beyond outrageous
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One of our reviews editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social has a book out! Congratulations Denise!
Very happy to have received a physical copy of @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social fantastic new book. @edinburghup.bsky.social @bacls.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
One of our reviews editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social has a book out! Congratulations Denise!
Thrilled that my book will be published by @princetonupress.bsky.social in February next year!
In The Writer’s Room (available in North America on 2/17/26), @kdclewin.bsky.social “melds memoir and literary history in her search for writers’ rooms.” Read the full review in Kirkus:
THE WRITER'S ROOM | Kirkus Reviews
Where inspiration happens.
www.kirkusreviews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thrilled that my book will be published by @princetonupress.bsky.social in February next year!
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I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
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Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
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Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
For all my ambivalence about her, she really is good. Loved this essay by Zadie Smith on trying to avoid the legacy of Charles Dickens
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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On Killing Charles Dickens, by Zadie Smith
I did everything I could to avoid writing my historical novel. When I finally started “The Fraud,” one principle was clear: no Dickens.
www.newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
For all my ambivalence about her, she really is good. Loved this essay by Zadie Smith on trying to avoid the legacy of Charles Dickens
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
ZOHRAN. Thank god, some good news
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
ZOHRAN. Thank god, some good news
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Looking forward to doing this tomorrow!
🗣️ Join us on 5 November for the first English Literature seminar. Katie da Cuhna Lewis, author of The Writer's Room, will deliver a thought-provoking presentation on "Love and Interest": The Professional Writer in the 21st Century: buff.ly/ItGPLdj
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Looking forward to doing this tomorrow!
Looking forward to doing this tomorrow!
🗣️ Join us on 5 November for the first English Literature seminar. Katie da Cuhna Lewis, author of The Writer's Room, will deliver a thought-provoking presentation on "Love and Interest": The Professional Writer in the 21st Century: buff.ly/ItGPLdj
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Looking forward to doing this tomorrow!
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The Publishing Programme at @derbyuni.bsky.social invites submissions to its hybrid conference, 'Publishing for All in an Age of Uncertainty' on 1–2 September 2026.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 27 February 2026. Please send submissions to: j.hargrave@derby.ac.uk.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 27 February 2026. Please send submissions to: j.hargrave@derby.ac.uk.
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Publishing Programme at @derbyuni.bsky.social invites submissions to its hybrid conference, 'Publishing for All in an Age of Uncertainty' on 1–2 September 2026.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 27 February 2026. Please send submissions to: j.hargrave@derby.ac.uk.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 27 February 2026. Please send submissions to: j.hargrave@derby.ac.uk.
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News from St Pancras www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
British Library chief executive quits midway through PCS strike
The British Library has been thrown into further turmoil midway through a two-week PCS strike with the resignation of its chief executive Rebecca Lawrence.
www.pcs.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
News from St Pancras www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
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Had a lovely time talking to Karina Jakubowicz about The Writer's Room on the Virginia Woolf podcast last week. We talked about Woolf (ofc) as well as preserved writer's houses, feminisation of publishing and James Baldwin. Episode should be out at the end of the month!
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Had a lovely time talking to Karina Jakubowicz about The Writer's Room on the Virginia Woolf podcast last week. We talked about Woolf (ofc) as well as preserved writer's houses, feminisation of publishing and James Baldwin. Episode should be out at the end of the month!
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Can anyone recommend writing (journalistic or academic) on changes in the US TV and film industries in the past 5 or so years? Ie, on the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, influence of venture capital etc. Thanks!
November 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Can anyone recommend writing (journalistic or academic) on changes in the US TV and film industries in the past 5 or so years? Ie, on the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, influence of venture capital etc. Thanks!
Had a lovely time talking to Karina Jakubowicz about The Writer's Room on the Virginia Woolf podcast last week. We talked about Woolf (ofc) as well as preserved writer's houses, feminisation of publishing and James Baldwin. Episode should be out at the end of the month!
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Had a lovely time talking to Karina Jakubowicz about The Writer's Room on the Virginia Woolf podcast last week. We talked about Woolf (ofc) as well as preserved writer's houses, feminisation of publishing and James Baldwin. Episode should be out at the end of the month!
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I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
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as a smaller, digital-only journal that is diamond open access and charges no author-processing fees (thanks @openlibhums.org!), we can promise that we will be able to make a decision about your submission much faster than traditional print journals.
We've refreshed out author guidelines for submissions to our journal, including new guidance for anyone looking to submit an interview. We'd love to hear from you!
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Author Guidelines
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October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
as a smaller, digital-only journal that is diamond open access and charges no author-processing fees (thanks @openlibhums.org!), we can promise that we will be able to make a decision about your submission much faster than traditional print journals.