Monica Carol Miller
@monicacmiller.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of English at Middle Georgia State University. I write about the intersections of region, gender, & sometimes music
The Tacky South; Being Ugly: Southern Women Writers and Social Rebellion; Dear Regina: Flannery O'Connor's Letters from Iowa
The Tacky South; Being Ugly: Southern Women Writers and Social Rebellion; Dear Regina: Flannery O'Connor's Letters from Iowa
Typo just now: sidebards
Was that the Shakespeare version of Clippy?
Was that the Shakespeare version of Clippy?
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Typo just now: sidebards
Was that the Shakespeare version of Clippy?
Was that the Shakespeare version of Clippy?
I enjoy Springsteen's music, though I'm not a ginormous fan. Even so, I really enjoyed this movie--both as a biopic about Springsteen as well as a film about what the creative process can and cannot do. I enjoyed reading this take on it.
"Suffice it to say that the decade’s media landscape has been particularly Bruce-minded. Why all of this now?" @grantsharpies.bsky.social offers a personal account of the Boss’s career and legacy: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/springtime-for-springnuts/
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I enjoy Springsteen's music, though I'm not a ginormous fan. Even so, I really enjoyed this movie--both as a biopic about Springsteen as well as a film about what the creative process can and cannot do. I enjoyed reading this take on it.
I’m just curious—do K-12 classrooms have pencil sharpeners now? Do students use such pencils, or just mechanical pencils?
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I’m just curious—do K-12 classrooms have pencil sharpeners now? Do students use such pencils, or just mechanical pencils?
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Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Taught Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter with the Enemy” a few weeks back, and there is a lot packed in this story, especially calling out the Lost Cause narrative.
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
The Lost Cause in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter with the Enemy”
When I started thinking about my American literary survey course this semester, I knew I wanted to have a story by Flannery O’Connor…
interminablerambling.medium.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Taught Flannery O’Connor’s “A Late Encounter with the Enemy” a few weeks back, and there is a lot packed in this story, especially calling out the Lost Cause narrative.
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
interminablerambling.medium.com/the-lost-cau...
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oh man
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
oh man
The NYT piece is asinine. I admit, though, that I’m enjoying the many 9 to 5 references that it has inspired.
a close up of a woman 's back with white hair and hoop earrings
ALT: a close up of a woman 's back with white hair and hoop earrings
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The NYT piece is asinine. I admit, though, that I’m enjoying the many 9 to 5 references that it has inspired.
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
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Note to self: you are still here, alive and on earth. Go outside and look at the leaves changing colour. They will look back at you: let’s see who blinks first…
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Note to self: you are still here, alive and on earth. Go outside and look at the leaves changing colour. They will look back at you: let’s see who blinks first…
There's still time to register for our free, online information session this week.
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There's still time to register for our free, online information session this week.
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The subway on Halloween night is one of the greatest things about NYC.
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The subway on Halloween night is one of the greatest things about NYC.
For my 15th birthday in 1989, I got this Indigo Girls album, REM’s Green (after seeing them in concert), & Robyn Hitchcock’s Queen Elvis. I still listen to them often.
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
(Hard to narrow down to four)
(Hard to narrow down to four)
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
For my 15th birthday in 1989, I got this Indigo Girls album, REM’s Green (after seeing them in concert), & Robyn Hitchcock’s Queen Elvis. I still listen to them often.
1989 really was an amazing year for music. If you don’t know this Phranc album, you should.
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
1989 really was an amazing year for music. If you don’t know this Phranc album, you should.
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Add a muddy bog and human skulls, ruin a candy
Raisinets in a muddy bog with several human skulls lying around
Raisinets in a muddy bog with several human skulls lying around
change one letter, ruin a candy
Spittles
Spittles
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Wars
Wars
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Add a muddy bog and human skulls, ruin a candy
Raisinets in a muddy bog with several human skulls lying around
Raisinets in a muddy bog with several human skulls lying around
From my before bed book stack, I just finished The Land of Sweet Forever (so good!) & am fixing to start reading Doll Parts—which is making my internal jukebox even more chaotic than usual.
October 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
From my before bed book stack, I just finished The Land of Sweet Forever (so good!) & am fixing to start reading Doll Parts—which is making my internal jukebox even more chaotic than usual.
And now I've reached the part of the day where I just want to listen to Big Star's Thirteen on repeat. So I shall. Yay for headphones!
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And now I've reached the part of the day where I just want to listen to Big Star's Thirteen on repeat. So I shall. Yay for headphones!
I'm feeling cranky today, so I put on some Emmylou Harris music, which calms me down. And I remembered the time in high school that I blew out one of the speakers on my parents' stereo, blasting Emmylou Harris too loudly. I have always been a badass :)
October 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm feeling cranky today, so I put on some Emmylou Harris music, which calms me down. And I remembered the time in high school that I blew out one of the speakers on my parents' stereo, blasting Emmylou Harris too loudly. I have always been a badass :)
I’m so glad that I learned about this novel from @scalzi.com (that @markensley.bsky.social pointed me to). I’m 60 pages in, & I’m fascinated by magic in this world.
And, as an English prof myself, I’m also fascinated by how @courtney-floyd.com has brought so much of academia & teaching to this world
And, as an English prof myself, I’m also fascinated by how @courtney-floyd.com has brought so much of academia & teaching to this world
It’s book day!!!
HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨
HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m so glad that I learned about this novel from @scalzi.com (that @markensley.bsky.social pointed me to). I’m 60 pages in, & I’m fascinated by magic in this world.
And, as an English prof myself, I’m also fascinated by how @courtney-floyd.com has brought so much of academia & teaching to this world
And, as an English prof myself, I’m also fascinated by how @courtney-floyd.com has brought so much of academia & teaching to this world
There's still plenty of time to register for our upcoming online information session about our graduate programs in the School of Arts and Letters at Middle Georgia State University.
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
There's still plenty of time to register for our upcoming online information session about our graduate programs in the School of Arts and Letters at Middle Georgia State University.
@robynhitchcock.bsky.social Have you read The Life of Violet, the new Virginia Woolf, yet? It strikes me as humor that you would enjoy.
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@robynhitchcock.bsky.social Have you read The Life of Violet, the new Virginia Woolf, yet? It strikes me as humor that you would enjoy.
Dolly’s okay ❤️
October 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Dolly’s okay ❤️
I sent myself a reminder about prepping for an upcoming class: “get wise blood.”
And now I’m imagining several ways that this message might be misunderstood.
And now I’m imagining several ways that this message might be misunderstood.
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I sent myself a reminder about prepping for an upcoming class: “get wise blood.”
And now I’m imagining several ways that this message might be misunderstood.
And now I’m imagining several ways that this message might be misunderstood.
The words “silent” and “listen” are anagrams.
September 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The words “silent” and “listen” are anagrams.