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Ray Ball

@ProfessorBall

history prof, early modernist, Iberia & beyond, poet, editor, author of Cómo ser rey, Treating the Public, Tithe of Salt, & Lararium. she/her. bi. Tweets mine.

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So what, Stephen King put out 97 books in 9 months during the 80s using nothing but his incredible work ethic and cocaine
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Sci-fi author says he wrote 97 books in 9 months using AI tools, including ChatGPT and Midjourney | @BusinessInsider pwne.ws/426V1AA
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My excellent #NewMexico colleagues just assessed basic needs insecurity there- including among #faculty and #staff Check out this new #RealCollege data news.unm.edu/news/survey-fin… 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Poet dg nanouk okpik, who is Iñupiaq and grew up with adoptive parents in Anchorage, has been recognized as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her collection of poems, “Blood Snow.” adn.com/arts/2023/05/08/alas…
Alaska-rooted Iñupiaq poet dg nanouk okpik a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

Alaska-rooted Iñupiaq poet dg nanouk okpik a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

“I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it,” okpik said by phone Monday. “I feel like a thousand marmots running in the tundra — playing in the tussocks and hummocks and taiga and tundra.”

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One of the beauties by this year's Pulitzer prize winner, Carl Phillips.
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People have always been mean to those who wear glasses. In April 1631 Antonio Gomez, "whom because he wears glasses is called four eyes", is denounced to the Inquisition.
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This is the book I wrote as I took @neilhimself's Masterclass in writing. It became an instant Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller in the UK and is coming to the US from Redhook in October. Use the code PREORDER25 at @BNBuzz for a preorder discount!
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So excited to announce a colloquium on #feminism and (early modern) history, organised by the extraordinary @DrHannahDawson and @murphyhs2019! Join us on 9 May to think anew about gender, power, marginality, and the lens of feminism in history. Register: feminism-earlymodernhistory.…
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Spain/Portugal folks, please share this opportunity for graduate students to workshop work in progress at the @eltallerkjcc Summer Institute this June. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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A too early preview of the June 2023 issue: will include work by @MsAubeELA @jackbedell @Martelli89 @LeePottsPoet @patriciacaspers @mrmeyerhofer @ProfessorBall @BunkongTuon @AmBusyPoeming @GaryPercesepe and more.
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Visited Pompeii today. Reminded of a particular book cover. 🐍🥚🏛️🥚🐍 @ProfessorBall @VariantLit – at Pompei, Campania
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How different would things be if just 1200 more ppl had voted for @ForrestDunbarAK in 2021? How much safer & more civil would our city be? How much better would we care for our least fortunate? How much easier would it be to drive the roads? I think about this all the time.
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We are pleased to invite nominations of books or articles published in 2022 for consideration for Sixteenth Century Society & Conference book prizes (deadline 1 April) & articles prizes (1 May). Authors may self-nominate. sixteenthcentury.org/prizes/
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So the College Board just… gutted AP African American History? Just bc one governor in one state took issue with it? I sincerely hope that high schools around the country look into dual enrollment as opposed to AP classes if AP classes so easily lose all value.
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If we want future generations of Alaskans to stay here and help our state reach its fullest potential, we need to make sure future generations have affordable housing to live in and wages that reflect their cost of living.
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General submissions close in 10 days!
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#NextUP, the latest title in @AllenJGrieco's book series Food Culture, Food History before 1900 - In the Kitchen, 1550-1800 Reading English Cooking at Home and Abroad Edited by @m_bassnett & @HillaryNunn aup.nl/en/book/9789463721646…
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"Waterscape", by Ray Ball @ProfessorBall, published in Issue Thirteen. Read here: bit.ly/readissue13. Buy here: bit.ly/buyissue13.
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To academics annoyed that a billionaire is destroying Twitter, let me introduce you to academic publishing.
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We haven’t seen a midlife crisis like this since Henry VIII
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This entire thread. This kind of literary obscurity is what I’m afraid of going back to. And a lot of y’all who see Twitter as a hellsite or a cesspool were not only favored by that system, but actively work to gatekeep it
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