Dr. LuElla D’Amico
@luelladamico.bsky.social
Early&19th-Century U.S. Literary Historian at the U of Incarnate Word. Girlhood Studies. Children’s Lit. Transatlanticism. Women’s Writing&Religion. 💜Catholicism&Caffeine.
"Gratitude is the cheerfulness of wisdom."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Thanksgiving to all! May your day be filled with peace, warmth, and the grace of good company. (Not to mention the wisdom to be grateful.)
Happy Thanksgiving to all! May your day be filled with peace, warmth, and the grace of good company. (Not to mention the wisdom to be grateful.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Gratitude is the cheerfulness of wisdom."— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Thanksgiving to all! May your day be filled with peace, warmth, and the grace of good company. (Not to mention the wisdom to be grateful.)
Happy Thanksgiving to all! May your day be filled with peace, warmth, and the grace of good company. (Not to mention the wisdom to be grateful.)
Picking up my kids from evening clubs and reminded of this Emerson poem I taught this morning:
"In the turbulent beauty
Of a gusty Autumn day,
Poet on a sunny headland
Sighed his soul away."
"In the turbulent beauty
Of a gusty Autumn day,
Poet on a sunny headland
Sighed his soul away."
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Picking up my kids from evening clubs and reminded of this Emerson poem I taught this morning:
"In the turbulent beauty
Of a gusty Autumn day,
Poet on a sunny headland
Sighed his soul away."
"In the turbulent beauty
Of a gusty Autumn day,
Poet on a sunny headland
Sighed his soul away."
Students from my Romanticism class made me this beautiful keepsake of our Austen event, with all their signatures. I tried not to cry in class, dear colleagues. Yes, those are tea stains they said made it all the more authentic.
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Students from my Romanticism class made me this beautiful keepsake of our Austen event, with all their signatures. I tried not to cry in class, dear colleagues. Yes, those are tea stains they said made it all the more authentic.
Under the weather today and yesterday, and my sweet husband said he was bringing home comfort food. He arrived with… a flour tortilla blanket. Reader, I am now wrapped like a burrito and accepting my fate.
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Under the weather today and yesterday, and my sweet husband said he was bringing home comfort food. He arrived with… a flour tortilla blanket. Reader, I am now wrapped like a burrito and accepting my fate.
Botanical garden time this afternoon
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Botanical garden time this afternoon
10yo made my lunch today and it includes a leftover piece of Halloween candy and a note. Life is sweet.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
10yo made my lunch today and it includes a leftover piece of Halloween candy and a note. Life is sweet.
Teaching Emerson's "Nature" today so it feels right and true to share this for your Mondays as you walk around to do whatever self-ing you shall self today: "The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind."
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Teaching Emerson's "Nature" today so it feels right and true to share this for your Mondays as you walk around to do whatever self-ing you shall self today: "The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind."
Knew I’d found my people at this American women writers conference when a serious literary conversation turned into a full feminist exegesis of Hillary Duff's comeback. Currently packing this morning to “Mature” like it’s primary source material for life. Listen if you haven't yet!
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Knew I’d found my people at this American women writers conference when a serious literary conversation turned into a full feminist exegesis of Hillary Duff's comeback. Currently packing this morning to “Mature” like it’s primary source material for life. Listen if you haven't yet!
About to pack it in because I have an early flight (God willing) and a stack of grading waiting for me. But here’s a little more Society for the Study of American Women Writers Philly love for your Saturday evening. ✨📚
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
About to pack it in because I have an early flight (God willing) and a stack of grading waiting for me. But here’s a little more Society for the Study of American Women Writers Philly love for your Saturday evening. ✨📚
"Part of my history is I tell about women."
Yes! SSAWW keynote!
Yes! SSAWW keynote!
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Part of my history is I tell about women."
Yes! SSAWW keynote!
Yes! SSAWW keynote!
Hosted a morning mentoring session on navigating burnout with then spent some time with some absolute rock stars on an Editing Stowe roundtable. Feminist editing—as theory and as practice—is where it’s at.🔥
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hosted a morning mentoring session on navigating burnout with then spent some time with some absolute rock stars on an Editing Stowe roundtable. Feminist editing—as theory and as practice—is where it’s at.🔥
Stoicism and Little House at Society for the Study of American Women Writers: done and joyfully so. Loved debriefing with my co-writer Gregory Eiselein afterward. Can’t wait to keep thinking about Stoic joy in American lit…and to do even more conferencing tomorrow!
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Stoicism and Little House at Society for the Study of American Women Writers: done and joyfully so. Loved debriefing with my co-writer Gregory Eiselein afterward. Can’t wait to keep thinking about Stoic joy in American lit…and to do even more conferencing tomorrow!
Prepping for a conference talk on Little House mid-flight, and the stranger next to me starts reminiscing about her favorite scenes. A reminder: classic stories find us—and connect us—across generations and time.
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Prepping for a conference talk on Little House mid-flight, and the stranger next to me starts reminiscing about her favorite scenes. A reminder: classic stories find us—and connect us—across generations and time.
Spent the evening visiting the relics St. Thérèse of Lisieux at the Little Flower Basilica.
"My way is all confidence and love."
"My way is all confidence and love."
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Spent the evening visiting the relics St. Thérèse of Lisieux at the Little Flower Basilica.
"My way is all confidence and love."
"My way is all confidence and love."
Aaaaand I've landed in San Antonio.
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Aaaaand I've landed in San Antonio.
Leaving the Lilly Network conference buoyed by enlivening time with Christian scholars contemplating the Christian Imagination—one of the topics closest to my heart. And I didn’t have to imagine fall for once! 🍂
Key takeaway: When denouncing evil, don’t forget to announce good!
Key takeaway: When denouncing evil, don’t forget to announce good!
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Leaving the Lilly Network conference buoyed by enlivening time with Christian scholars contemplating the Christian Imagination—one of the topics closest to my heart. And I didn’t have to imagine fall for once! 🍂
Key takeaway: When denouncing evil, don’t forget to announce good!
Key takeaway: When denouncing evil, don’t forget to announce good!
Molly hanging with her son Ron tonight. Consider this our official Halloweasley greeting. 🎃✨
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Molly hanging with her son Ron tonight. Consider this our official Halloweasley greeting. 🎃✨
We won’t be in school for Jane’s actual birthday, so we’re celebrating early! 🎉 San Antonio friends: join my Romanticism students for all things Austen—tea, scones, and sparkling conversation worthy of Pemberley—on Nov. 12 at 9am! ☕️🫖
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We won’t be in school for Jane’s actual birthday, so we’re celebrating early! 🎉 San Antonio friends: join my Romanticism students for all things Austen—tea, scones, and sparkling conversation worthy of Pemberley—on Nov. 12 at 9am! ☕️🫖
Bedtime story. A favorite fall D'Amico read aloud.
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Bedtime story. A favorite fall D'Amico read aloud.
Received this lovely book mail in its own stunning packaging from @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social 📚✨ Trying to decide if I dare open it yet… who am I kidding? After admiring the wrapping, I know exactly what I’ll be delving into soon. Can’t wait to read Christians Reading Classics!
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Received this lovely book mail in its own stunning packaging from @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social 📚✨ Trying to decide if I dare open it yet… who am I kidding? After admiring the wrapping, I know exactly what I’ll be delving into soon. Can’t wait to read Christians Reading Classics!
Boys went on a camping trip this weekend and brought back this souvenir. They know me well. Love it.
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Boys went on a camping trip this weekend and brought back this souvenir. They know me well. Love it.
Spending the day with 10yo and we just read this book fair nab about an emerging "smart cookie" poet whose brain is a little different than everyone else's in class. 10/10 for my creative 10yo and her mother whose brain tends toward the literary/imaginative as well.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Spending the day with 10yo and we just read this book fair nab about an emerging "smart cookie" poet whose brain is a little different than everyone else's in class. 10/10 for my creative 10yo and her mother whose brain tends toward the literary/imaginative as well.
Waiting on my Uber and noticed the hotel lobby has color coordinated books. Books for decoration. Not necessarily reading, I presume?
At least there are books. And they are beautiful...
At least there are books. And they are beautiful...
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Waiting on my Uber and noticed the hotel lobby has color coordinated books. Books for decoration. Not necessarily reading, I presume?
At least there are books. And they are beautiful...
At least there are books. And they are beautiful...
Diet Coke stash at my conference! And I got to watch an adorable panda movie.
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Diet Coke stash at my conference! And I got to watch an adorable panda movie.
Spouse dropped me off at the airport this morning for a conference. Sad to leave the family for a few days—but not sad about plane reading. ✈️📚
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Spouse dropped me off at the airport this morning for a conference. Sad to leave the family for a few days—but not sad about plane reading. ✈️📚