David Kurnick

My book THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES REREAD is out from @ColumbiaUP's Rereadings Series. Coupon CUP20 gets 20% off. cup.columbia.edu/book/the-savag…. Excerpts @parisreview (theparisreview.org/blog/2021/11/0…) and @bookforum (bookforum.com/fiction/revisi…).

You could say Allan Hollinghurst made an impression on me at 16. Still figuring it out. bookforum.com/print/3103/the…

@melnickjeffrey1 Gonna walk dog and listen. Totally forgot about this song. I can’t change / the law / of averages!

@DavidKurnick David I think I’ve listened 7 times tonight

It’s so easy—and understandable—to fall into numbness these days. So I’m feeling gratitude for those musical moments that give me actual pleasant chills: tonight it was when the Roche sisters sing, mournfully, “kid, you’re gonna, run in the family.”

If you're a Jewish academic (TT or non-TT instructor, grad student or staff) and sick of reading about how scared you are of your (often Jewish, duh) students for their Palestine activism, please sign our open letter! docs.google.com/document/d/1IT…

@rkgwork Now 484 and counting. And not just profs: all teaching roles, staff, and grad students invited to sign. If you're a Jewish academic and sick of reading about how scared you are of your (often Jewish, duh) students for their Palestine activism, please sign!

Wrote an essay on the malign logics that are used to discredit student protestors haverfordclerk.com/opinion-on-the…

Jewish Professors: We Support Rutgers' Handling Of Gaza Protest patch.com/new-jersey/new…

If you are Jewish (in any way) and an academic worker (in any way) please consider signing this defense of Rutgers and the effort there to engage in real dialogue. The organized attacks have already begun. docs.google.com/document/d/1IT…

This is a big deal beyond New Jersey. Rutgers' president is facing Stefanik's show trial in Congress on 5/23 and we want him to call bullshit on the claim that Palestine solidarity is antisemitic or that serving our Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students hurts Jews. Help us out!

This must be the antisemitic movement I've heard so much about

Spent the first night of Passover at the student seder in the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia. The Jewish flank of the Palestine solidarity movement is growing and it is so beautiful to behold. Judge for yourself how unsafe these Jewish students look.

1 hour before this event with @OmarSShakir of @hrw was to take place at @ColumbiaLaw, the student organizers were told that the event was cancelled by the University, for failure to comply with a new event policy.

Surprise, surprise.

We have reached a new moment in American history: "Columbia University is suspending Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) as official student groups through the end of the fall term. news.columbia.edu/news/statement…

NYC high school students walking out from across the city in the hundreds today to demand a #CeasefireNow in Gaza! These students will not be silent while Biden funds genocide!

BREAKING: Media workers have taken over the lobby of the New York Times headquarters in NYC in protest of their biased coverage of Palestine. They are reading from newspapers bearing the names of the thousands of Gazans murdered by Israel in the last month.

This teach in is not to be missed. Dedicated to the folks fomenting genocide in the name of humanity. Feat. Adam Horowitz, Sherene Seikaly, @SeanMac_R, and Shira Robinson. Hosted by @jadaliyya #Gaza #Palestine #Genocide #Ceasefire

@DYShor I am a Jew who lives in district 10 offering you and @RepDanGoldman a hearty FUCK YOU #notinmyname. It is not using an “antisemitism card” to oppose MTG’s actual, rabid antisemitism — it is defending Jews from ACTUAL ANTISEMITISM