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Real Syntacticnew project requires a new <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>: I’m a settler scholar on unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh lands (so-called Vancouver east end.) I write about form, figuration, in-betweenness and amongstness, in the C19 Atlantic and inland waterways. Newer projects on settler uses of early C19 poetics in placemaking; and the category of the material in <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/mediahistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mediahistory</a>. I print stuff, <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/run" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#run</a>, <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bird</a>, and am learning <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/changeringing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#changeringing</a> as a Masorti Jew. I post about book[art]s, history, pedagogy, dogs. <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histodons</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Some of my must-read books for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMonth</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PercivalEverett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PercivalEverett</a>: JAMES and The Trees <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JasonMott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JasonMott</a>: Hell of a Book <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ToniMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToniMorrison</a>: Beloved <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MauriceCarlosRuffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MauriceCarlosRuffin</a>: We Cast a Shadow <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SolomonNorthup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolomonNorthup</a>: 12 Years A Slave <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarrietJacobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrietJacobs</a>: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RalphEllison</a>: Invisible Man <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DanzySenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanzySenna</a>: Colored Television<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LitStudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Some of my must-read books for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMonth</a>.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PercivalEverett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PercivalEverett</a>: JAMES and The Trees <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JasonMott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JasonMott</a>: Hell of a Book <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ToniMorrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToniMorrison</a>: Beloved <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MauriceCarlosRuffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MauriceCarlosRuffin</a>: We Cast a Shadow <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SolomonNorthup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolomonNorthup</a>: 12 Years A Slave <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HarrietJacobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrietJacobs</a>: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RalphEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RalphEllison</a>: Invisible Man <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DanzySenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanzySenna</a>: Colored Television<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LitStudies</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Great essay on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdgarAllanPoe</a> by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AngelaCarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AngelaCarter</a> <a href="https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Carter_Cabinet.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Carter_Cabinet.pdf</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LitStudies</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeorgeOrwell</a> died today in 1950. His words & admonitions live on. Let us read, remember, & act upon them.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiFascism</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orwell</a> died today in 1950. His words & admonitions live on. Let us read, remember, & act upon them.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiFascism</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))January 19th (1809) is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdgarAllanPoe</a>'s birthday. What are your favorite stories? My current ones include:"The Man of the Crowd" "The Black Cat" "William Wilson" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "Berenice"<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdgarAllanPoe</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))January 19th (1809) is <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdgarAllanPoe</a>'s birthday. What are your favorite stories? My current ones include:"The Man of the Crowd" "The Black Cat" "William Wilson" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "Berenice"<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EdgarAllanPoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdgarAllanPoe</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Ursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ursula</a> K. Le Guin on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>: the freedom, the loneliness, the difficulty. "You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned how to do it. Of course, there are differences. Writing makes no noise, except groans, and it can be done anywhere, and it is done alone."<a href="https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ursula</a> K. Le Guin on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>: the freedom, the loneliness, the difficulty. "You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned how to do it. Of course, there are differences. Writing makes no noise, except groans, and it can be done anywhere, and it is done alone."<a href="https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EmilyDickinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmilyDickinson</a> was born today in 1830. What's your favorite poem of hers? So many to choose from. Here's one of mine.The Brain—is wider than the Sky— For—put them side by side— The one the other will contain With ease—and you—beside— The Brain is deeper than the sea— For—hold them—Blue to Blue— The one the other will absorb— As sponges—Buckets—do— The Brain is just the weight of God— For—Heft them—Pound for Pound— And they will differ—if they do— As Syllable from Sound—<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LitStudies</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Carpenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carpenters</a>, Trish Loughran on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Melville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Melville</a>, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).Check out Columbia's terrific list!<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLiterature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Litstudies</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Carpenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Carpenters</a>, Trish Loughran on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Melville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Melville</a>, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, Columbia UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).Check out Columbia's terrific list!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USLiterature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Litstudies</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))LitHub published a piece today on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> and discussed how so few were listed in the top 100 best books of the past 25 years. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Didion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Didion</a>'s Year of Magical Thinking was on it, which is one of the greatest memoirs/books I've read. Here are three of my other favorites (there are more!). How about you?<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PattiSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PattiSmith</a>, Just Kids <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HuaHsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HuaHsu</a>, Stay True <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MichelleZauner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichelleZauner</a>, Crying in H Mart<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))LitHub published a piece today on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/memoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memoir</a> and discussed how so few were listed in the top 100 best books of the past 25 years. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Didion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Didion</a>'s Year of Magical Thinking was on it, which is one of the greatest memoirs/books I've read. Here are three of my other favorites (there are more!). How about you?<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PattiSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PattiSmith</a>, Just Kids <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HuaHsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HuaHsu</a>, Stay True <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MichelleZauner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichelleZauner</a>, Crying in H Mart<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))If you are thinking of buying someone a book for the holiday season, please consider visiting an independent bookseller, buying from a university press or an online bookseller that is not <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>.Also, you might want to purchase <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PercivalEverett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PercivalEverett</a>'s JAMES, a brilliant revision of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MarkTwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkTwain</a>'s <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HuckFinn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HuckFinn</a>. JAMES also just won the National Book Award.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NationalBookAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalBookAward</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))If you are thinking of buying someone a book for the holiday season, please consider visiting an independent bookseller, buying from a university press or an online bookseller that is not <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amazon</a>.Also, you might want to purchase <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PercivalEverett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PercivalEverett</a>'s JAMES, a brilliant revision of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MarkTwain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkTwain</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HuckFinn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HuckFinn</a>. JAMES also just won the National Book Award.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalBookAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalBookAward</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))Percival Everett's brilliant James won the National Book Award for Fiction. If you haven't read it, you must! And if you haven't read Huck Finn (ever or recently), you might want to read that first. Everett wrote the story that Twain couldn't. It's really an extraordinary accomplishment. We're so lucky he gave us this gift (and The Trees and Erasure and so many more amazing novels).<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Percival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Percival</a> Everett <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/James" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#James</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NationalBookAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalBookAward</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/litstudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#litstudies</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))On this day, in 1955 James Baldwin's Notes of A Native Son was published. So much of his work speaks to our present moment. "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." from No Name in the Street, 1972.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/JamesBaldwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamesBaldwin</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LitStudies</a>

(((Cindy Weinstein)))On this day, in 1995 James Baldwin's Notes of A Native Son was published. So much of his work speaks to our present moment. "It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." from No Name in the Street, 1972.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JamesBaldwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamesBaldwin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LitStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LitStudies</a>

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