Paul Benzon

My essay on Noah Purifoy, decaying books, and Black time (among other things) is out in a special issue of Criticism on "New Approaches to Critical Bibliography and the Material Text!!" This is a blockbuster issue, edited by @lmaruca and Kate Ozment -- digitalcommons.wayne.edu/criticism/vol6…

@melnickjeffrey1 I don’t see this in the comments but remember it being persuasive at the time: pitchfork.com/features/artic…

OK I usually don't talk about music on here in the morning, but this is actually a scholarship question. I'm thinking about musical responses to the economic crisis of '07-'08 and wonder if you have favorite songs that commented on that terrible time and its fallout? Thanks!

@toby_altman @Micah_Bateman Loving these suggestions! I’ve done Voyage of the Sable Venus and The Ferguson Report in a similar context.

@Micah_Bateman !!!

I'm teaching a course on poetry and archives this fall—something I've been dreaming about for years. What are your favorite archival poetic projects? I have some ideas, but they are, regrettably, mine

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🚨 Job Alert! My department is hiring a medievalist specializing in premodern critical race studies -- link below, deadline 10/1. I'm happy to chat about the department or institution more generally -- please RT and DM with any questions! 🚨 eodq.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

I’m on vacation and it seems like this place is going south again…so re-upping this thread with more thanks to all always

Don’t look back, you can never look back

@AliceWickenden Thanks so much! Glad you appreciate it and that it's getting out into the world.

Just a few more days to sign up for this great event next Tuesday on critical bibliography, materiality, objecthood, etc., sponsored by @bibsocamer, Criticism, @lmaruca, and Kate Ozment -- join us!

**What's Critical About Critical Bibliography?** 1 week until the launch of this special issue of Criticism, edited by Lisa Maruca and Kate Ozment! 20 June 5pm BST, 12 noon ET secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/…

@KLeuner @MeganPeiser @kawaiilovesarah @rebeccaromney @rachael_scar @dlspratt Yes, likewise! And looking forward to talking and hearing more about all this great work at the launch event and beyond. secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/…

Can't wait to read our neighboring articles by @MeganPeiser @kawaiilovesarah @pbenzon, Amanda Stuckey, @rebeccaromney @rachael_scar @dlspratt et al., more than I can list here. See full TOC: digitalcommons.wayne.edu/criticism/vol6…

Out today, "Activist Bibliography as Abolitionist Pedagogy in the American Prison Writing Archive" co-authored with Catherine Koehler + Doran Larson @PrisonWitness in Criticism 64.3-4, a double issue edited by Kate Ozment and @lmaruca digitalcommons.wayne.edu/criticism/vol6…

our amazing editors have organized a roundtable launch event on Zoom with @bibsocamer on June 20, 2023, 12-1:15 pm ET / 9-10:15 am PT. Register and join us!! secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/…

..., the racial politics of junk, installation, and patina, and the time of the desert, with inspiration from @sprawlingtext on the archive and @_blackpoetics on J Dilla, among others. And if this great issue isn't enough...

My essay on Noah Purifoy, decaying books, and Black time (among other things) is out in a special issue of Criticism on "New Approaches to Critical Bibliography and the Material Text!!" This is a blockbuster issue, edited by @lmaruca and Kate Ozment -- digitalcommons.wayne.edu/criticism/vol6…

@stephenscollis @jscottwrites Thanks — any and all leads appreciated!

@jscottwrites I'm a scholar of contemporary literature and found mention of a screening you did around "decomp" in 2014 -- can I ask what the film was, and if it's accessible anywhere? I'm interested in possibly showing it in a film program around book objects...