Michael Johnson

The editors (@SaraLSpurgeon1 @MKJohnsonUMF et al.) of WEIRD WESTERNS and HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER join the blog to discuss their experiences building a course around the "Weird Western. wp.me/p4J9AE-ixf

HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER, edited by Kerry Fine, @MKJohnsonUMF, @drrlush, and @SaraLSpurgeon1, explores the role of sex and sexuality in the weird western— which mixes western conventions with horror, fantasy, supernatural, or science fiction. Save 50%: bit.ly/UNPholiday2024

Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! unpblog.com/2024/11/27/rec…

"Speculative Wests" recently received the 2024 Thomas J. Lyon Book Award for best book in Western American Literary and Cultural Studies. @UnivNebPress

Congratulations to these UNP authors whose books were recently recognized! unpblog.com/2024/08/16/rec…

“This is for the ‘hood… BLACK LIGHTNING’s back”. My variant for my literal day one @bwrites247 and the incredible @FicoOssio ‘s new BLACK LIGHTNING # 1 in stores this November. Thanks to DC editorial’s real life Michael Holt, @Marquis_Draper for having me on board.

"CONTINENTAL RECKONING represents a new benchmark study for the active settler colonization period in the American West" and "is a treasure trove of information," writes Utah Historical Quarterly. Buy the book here: bit.ly/3WGfueR

From Leather Daddy Mando to Robert Conrad’s epically tight Wild Wild West pants, HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER satisfies all your kinky scholarly Western desires…

"@MKJohnsonUMF demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of canonical and less-known Western narratives and a thoughtful engagement with scholarship emerging from Chicana/ o, Indigenous, and Black Studies," writes @MTHist in the 2024 Spring Issue of Montana. bit.ly/3IPvUew

SPECULATIVE WESTS "offers new avenues for thinking about the past and present of the region and the stories culture embeds in its landscapes," writes @BrendenWRensink for Western Historical Quarterly of @MKJohnsonUMF's work. Read the article: bit.ly/435cdZD

#ICYMI: Melanie A. Marotta (@melanieamarotta ) , author of AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENT FEMALE HEROES: THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY YOUNG ADULT NEO-SLAVE NARRATIVE, recently participated in a Humanities in the Village event at @TheIvyBookshop. @JHUHumanities upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Africa…

Had the best time at #westernlit2023. Here I am with Indigenous comics marvel @sheyahshe. Great talks, great place and people, great community. Special thank you to the organizers and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes!

Chad Allen & Christine Bold win the Thomas J. Lyons book award for Earthworks Rising and Vaudeville Indians on Global Circuits, 1880s-1930s.#WesternLit2023

<twin peaks voice> it’s happening again a nat cassidy unboxing video

Looking across the cultural landscape of the twenty-first century, its literature, film, television, comic books, and other media, we can see multiple examples of what speculative westerns. Michael K. Johnson @MKJohnsonUMF @UMF1864 @UnivNebPress discusses speculative westerns and other speculative texts that feature western settings: faculti.net/speculative-vi… @UMFinthenews #literature #film #western

Looking across the cultural landscape of the twenty-first century, its literature, film, television, comic books, and other media, we can see multiple examples of what speculative westerns. Michael K. Johnson @MKJohnsonUMF @UMF1864 @UnivNebPress discusses speculative westerns and other speculative texts that feature western settings: faculti.net/speculative-vi… @UMFinthenews #literature #film #western

News & Reviews feat. @Professor_G_T @SuzanneRoberts @BrendenWRensink @sophieklahr @MKJohnsonUMF @ClaytonTrutor @byErikSherman and more! bit.ly/44qOrpP

Interview about Speculative Wests book (@UnivNebPress) with Writing Westward Podcast: reddcenter.byu.edu/Blogs/redd-cen…