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sari edelstein
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English prof @UMassBoston | 19thc US lit | new project on the American beach | *Adulthood & Other Fictions: American Literature and the Unmaking of Age*🌈
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Thrilled to announce the 25/26 schedule at the American Literature and Culture Seminar at the Mahindra Center at Harvard. Please join us if you are in town for any of these events! Many thanks to my co-organizer @notsorry-sari.bsky.social, and to all our presenters!
September 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 The poet SANDRA LIM is giving a talk at the Mahindra Center at Harvard on April 9, called "Repetition, Repetition." Allison Adair, responding. It's the last meeting of the year for the Am Lit Seminar I run with @notsorry-sari.bsky.social. Many poets will be in attendance! Join us!
Sandra Lim: “Repetition, Repetition.” | Mahindra Humanities Center
mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu
April 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Excited that the next meeting of the Am Lit and Culture Seminar at the Mahindra Center at Harvard will be on 3/26, at 6pm, with Walter Johnson: "The Crime against Kansas: Indian Removal and Empire in the Life of John Brown." Aziz Rana will respond. mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/event/walter...
Walter Johnson: The Crime against Kansas: Indian Removal and Empire in the Life of John brown | Mahindra Humanities Center
mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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People often assume the emotions associated with cruelty are hatred and anger, but it’s actually pleasure and joy. Fascists relish their cruelty. They roll it around on their tongue like a mouthful of full-bodied wine. They laugh as they harm.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
very excited about this ✨
February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"The depressing thing about the Christmas season - isn't it? - is that it's the time when all of the institutions are speaking with one voice." Eve Sedgwick, Tendencies

never loses its force
December 9, 2024 at 1:10 PM
I guess the era of the Jonathans is over...

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone
What happens if half the population is no longer involved in reading and writing?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 6:18 PM
We are so excited for Aaron Lecklider's talk--"Abnormal Forms: Seeing Voyeurism in the History of Sexuality"--with a response by Anna Lvovsky! Join us this Tuesday at 6pm. Details below.
Mahindra Humanities Center
The Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard brings insights from deep, patient, and immersive work in the humanities to bear on the most urgent questions of our time.
mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu
November 12, 2024 at 1:13 AM