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Eric Keenaghan
@openingfield.bsky.social
Writer, professor, etc.

Queering Cold War Poetry
The Muriel Rukeyser Era (co-editor)

www.openingfield.com
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Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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“You don’t have the authority to arrest US citizens asking to see a judicial warrant” —Brad Lander just now as he is being handcuffed by ICE.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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The publisher has cut their costs by outsourcing to this company, the company has cut their costs by using AI/low-paid staff instead of paying for a proper job, while I’ve spent hours & hours fixing the manuscript, so all the extra labour from cost-costing has fallen on me, the unremunerated author
May 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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May 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So, I just learned that the NEA’s terrific literary team publicly announced their collective resignation, effective at the end of the month. It is a dark time for the arts in this country—which is aging a lot since they were never supported to the extent they should have been.
May 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Speak out against these attacks: tell your representative you support the NEH. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
URGENT: Save the NEH
I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Reminder: join us tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. ET for a free webinar, Legislative Encroachment on Higher Ed, and learn how advocates are defending DEIA, academic freedom, and the right to protest and get strategies for your own campus and community.
Legislative Encroachment on Higher Ed - MLA Webinars
Join our free webinar to learn how advocates are defending DEIA, academic freedom, and the right to protest and to get strategies for your own campus and community.
webinars.mla.org
March 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Readers, contact your US representatives & senators to protest the Trump executive order to dissolve the IMLS. Issued last night at midnight with no news coverage. Here is the tool through the American Library Association to facilitate doing so: oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
Show Up For Our Libraries - Tell Your Story
Please share a story about how libraries have a positive impact in YOUR community. This might be a story about you or your family, or about other library users who have benefitted from the library&...
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March 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Pierre Joris (1946-2025)
From the family: We will gather at main gate, Greenwood Cemetery, 500 25th Street (Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, Brooklyn), on Friday, February 28 at 9:45am and proceed to the gravesite. At 2pm, we will meet at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook (253 Conover Street, Brooklyn).
February 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Confirmation hearing for unqualified nominee for the threatened DOE today:

What specific oversight measures will prevent voucher funds from being misused for non-educational expenses like theme park tickets and ski passes, as they have in states with vouchers? #QuestionsForLinda
February 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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You can read these three books FREE for an entire month here: cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/pro...
Congratulations to our #MLA2025 award winners: Adhaar Noor Desai, Sean Franzel, and Eric Keenaghan & Rowena Kennedy-Epstein. You can find these books and lots more at the @cornellupress.bsky.social stand in the exhibit hall.
January 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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In celebration of the #MLA2025 conference, we're excited to offer THREE #FreeReads for an entire month. 📖

Including BLOTTED LINES, WRITING TIMES, and THE MURIEL RUKEYSER ERA.

Start reading now: cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/pro...
January 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Exciting news! You'll find our very own 1869 Podcast in this 25 Best University Podcasts lineup. 🎙️

Listen to 1869 Podcast here: soundcloud.com/1869thecuppo...

See the complete list: podcasts.feedspot.com/university_p...
Cornell Press
Podcast series from Cornell University Press. Changing the world one book at a time.
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January 3, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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We filed our appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive yesterday. If we are unsuccessful in our fight, libraries won’t be allowed to own and lend digital books, only license them from big media corporations. Why is that bad for YOU? 🧵in comments blog.archive.org/2023/12/15/i...
Internet Archive Defends Digital Rights for Libraries | Internet Archive Blogs
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December 16, 2023 at 10:09 PM
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NEW EPISODE of the 1869 Podcast with Eric Keenaghan & Rowena Kennedy-Epstein, co-editors of THE MURIEL RUKEYSER ERA.

Learn about Muriel Rukeyser’s legacy and why much of her writing was suppressed during her time.

Listen now: soundcloud.com/1869thecuppo...
1869, Ep. 142 w/ Eric Keenaghan & Rowena Kennedy-Epstein, editors of The Muriel Rukeyser Era
Learn about the new book here (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771750/the-muriel-rukeyser-era/#bookTabs=1 Read the transcript here: https://ott
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November 28, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Rachel Maddow’s cold open on global authoritarianism — J & I turn to each other. “So what would it take to have Coltrane sent to us if we just decide to stay in Montreal next weekend?”
November 21, 2023 at 2:39 AM
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It's officially pub day for our November 2023 books!

See the full lineup here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/new-books-fr...
November 15, 2023 at 3:15 PM
In one week, come join me & Rowena Kennedy-Epstein as we discuss #murielrukeyser with the Flow Chart Foundation and celebrate the release of The Muriel Rukeyser Era: Selected Prose! Follow the link. Below to register for this Zoom event.

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November 8, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Includes The Muriel Rukeyser Era!
November 2, 2023 at 9:18 PM
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"I read through everything I wrote and I feel very disappointed. But what can I do. I wrote it. It’s there."
– Chantal Akerman
October 30, 2023 at 2:15 PM