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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh

@artichokeheart.bsky.social
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(she/they) Biracial Nisei. Poet and writer. Editor. EIC South Dakota Review. Lover of cats and mollusks.

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 18/03/2026
Bi Nonfiction Finalists Cont'd: The Möbius Book by @fsgbooks.bsky.social @catherinelacey.bsky.social unMothered, unTongued by @artichokeheart.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social #Lammys2026
Image of 5 book covers representing the 2026 finalists for the Lammy Award in Bisexual Nonfiction
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
AWP was whirlwindy and overstimming and so very lovely! unMothered, unTongued sold out!!! But if you'd like a copy, UGA Press is offering a 40% AWP discount for the next few weeks. You can enter the code 08AWP26 at checkout: www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
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unMothered, unTongued
unMothered, unTongued is a collection of lyric essays written from the liminal space of the in-between. These essays thread themselves around questions of la...
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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Love seeing our Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay editors @heidiczerwiec.bsky.social and @artichokeheart.bsky.social in conversation at Ploughshares!
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I'm so thrilled for unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) to be honored at the 2026 AWP Awards Reception and Celebration in Baltimore this coming Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Watertable Ballroom, 5th Floor, Renaissance Harbor Hotel.
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Friends: I'm going to be giving a generative writing workshop via Zoom for Larksong Writers Place on lyric prose techniques this Saturday, February 28, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Central Time. The cost is $50, and there's space for 12 participants. See link below: larksongwritersplace.org/Classes/Onli...
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Lyre, Lyre, Prose on Fire: Borrowing Lyric Shapes and Techniques in Short Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I'm very excited to be reading from unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social ) for the Saint Mary's College Visiting Writers Series in Notre Dame on Tuesday, February 17th, at the Haggar Welsh Parlor, 6:00 p.m. If you're in Notre Dame, or nearby, please do come and say hello! ❤
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Rebecca Hart Olander @rholanderpoet.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Winter reading. ❄️📚♥️ Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh‘s BEYOND HEART MOUNTAIN, Han VanderHart’s LARKS, and Ruth Awad’s OUTSIDE THE JOY. @artichokeheart.bsky.social @hanvanderhart.bsky.social @ruthawad.bsky.social
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Please join me for a virtual book talk and reading from unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) with Larksong Writers Place this Friday, February 6, at 12:00 p.m. Central Time via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public! Register below: larksongwritersplace.org/Events/Onlin...
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
So grateful to Curtis Smith, and to Jen Michalski and @jmwwjournal.bsky.social, for this generous and thoughtful interview, "The Space Between," about my book of essays, unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social). Please give it a read below: jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/05/t...
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The Space Between: An Interview With Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh by Curtis Smith
What makes this piece a story vs. nonfiction vs. prose poem?
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
I'm absolutely thrilled that my essay, "Colony Collapse," has received both a Pushcart Prize nomination and a Best of the Net nomination from the wonderful folks at @terrainorg.bsky.social--a beautiful magazine that I hold in such high esteem! www.terrain.org/2025/news/20...
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Terrain.org's 2026 Pushcart Prize + Best of the Net Nominations - Terrain.org
Announcing our 2026 Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations, a rich mix of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and artwork.
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I'm SO looking forward to reading in support of unMothered, unTongued (@ugapress.bsky.social) via Zoom this Sunday afternoon, November 23, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Link to register via EventBrite (and read bios/get more information) here: register: bit.ly/4nk33Rt
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Koss @kossworks.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Check out the latest issue of Midway Journal with Contest Results (my #CW crocodile piece placed third! woohoo!) Thank you, @oozannesay.bsky.social, @artichokeheart.bsky.social and Ralph Panell, and congrats everyone who won and is in the issue! midwayjournal.com/how-to-avoid...
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Koss @kossworks.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
#CW piece... Very honored by this win and pub, and thank you again, @artichokeheart.bsky.social , @oozannesay.bsky.social and Ralph Pennel. midwayjournal.com/how-to-avoid... Thank you @grantamag.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social for the great memoir workshop that birthed this.
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I'll be reading October 29, at 7:00 p.m. at The Heller Center (1250 N. Campus Heights Drive) in Colorado Springs for the UCCS Visiting Author Series to support my new book, unMothered, unTongued from @ugapress.bsky.social : For more information call 719-255-6277 or email Heller@uccs.edu.
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
My essay "The Unbearable Privilege of Breathing," written during the heart of COVID-19, is published in the latest Writer's Chronicle as a sneak peak for unMothered, unTongued, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social. writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/2025-oct...
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unMothered, unTongued
University of Georgia Press
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This week in Atlanta: I'm delighted to be reading from unMothered, unTongued, winner of the AWP Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social, this Thursday, October 9, at 7:00 p.m., at the Emory Bookstore (First Floor).
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I'm back from the Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival in Frostburg, MD, where I had such a wonderful time! Grateful, too, for the upcoming venues that will be hosting me as unMothered, unTongued continues to make its way into the world.
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I'm excited to be giving the kickoff reading for the Indie Lit Festival on September 26, at Main Street Books, 2 East Main Street in Frostburg, MD. This will be my first reading out for unMothered, unTongued, newly released from @ugapress.bsky.social ! www.frostburg.edu/center-for-l...
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Today is the official release day for unMothered, unTongued!!! Order from @ugapress.bsky.social here: www.ugapress.org/978082037443...
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Koss @kossworks.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
So happy to have placed 3rd in Midway Journal's Contest! Congratulations to the other winners, and big thanks to @artichokeheart.bsky.social Ralph Pennel, Suzanne Richardson, and all of the editors. Look forward to reading the winners and the issue in October!
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
My parents' anniversary was August 6, the tenth anniversary of tHiroshima, the day my mother aid she "drop the bomb" on her parents. I write about this in my essay, "The Atomic Age," from unMothered, unTongued: Order here, from @ugapress.bsky.social: www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
So grateful for my conversation with Charles K. Carter as part of the #SundaySweetChats series, Season 3, Episode 4, which premieres on YouTube today (and will be available for viewing after premiere), August 24th, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time! Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbvz....
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Tonight (Thurday, 8/21/25)! 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time! I'll be reading via Zoom for the Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series, presented by The Emily Dickinson Museum with Cathy Linh Che and Monica Ong! Click below to register: emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphorescence-august-2025
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The first copy of my book, unmothered, unTongued, arrived this weekend and I'm absolutely thrilled! Immense gratitude to the team at @ugapress.bsky.social for their stunning work: the covers, the interior, the paper . . . all so lovely Order/preordering link below: www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
A link for 30% off list price for unMothered, unTongued by Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh below: outlookuga.sharepoint.com/sites/Librar...
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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
It's here! My proof is here! Cover reveal for Unrivered, coming from @sundresspub.bsky.social. Pre-orders begin August 26, and I'll be sharing blurbs and links over the few weeks.
Unrivered by Donna Vorreyer at the bottom of a nubbed linen background with a collaged figure of a woman in blues and bits of red and black with curved pieces flowing from her hands, beneath her feet, and behind her head.
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Koss @kossworks.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Humbled and honored to be on the shortlist for the Lammy's. Thank you, @diodeeditions.bsky.social, editors, and @lambdaliterary.org and the judges. Blown away! And thanks to everyone who has supported my book and writing! Congrats to all the finalists also!❤️
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Travis Chi Wing Lau (劉志頴) @travisclau.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Columbus folks: it would mean the world to me to see you at the launch reading of What's Left Is Tender on 8/18 at 7 PM at Prologue Bookshop.
A translucent white and green flyer that features the cover of my new collection of poems, What's Left Is Tender (which depicts bearded man floating in water beside a lotus) and the following text: 

WHAT'S LEFT IS TENDER
TRAVIS CHI WING LAU
BOOK LAUNCH

Featuring special guests Michael Leong & Mandy
Shunnarah

7PM MONDAY, AUGUST 18
AT PROLOGUE BOOKSHOP
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 30/07/2025
Read this beautiful interview with @kalekim.bsky.social in the International Examiner, where she discusses her inspiration for Mele and encouraging words for aspiring poets. 💛💜💛💜 iexaminer.org/northwest-ba...
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Éireann Lorsung, Pattern-book / @eireannmor.bsky.social @carcanet.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/eire...
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Éireann Lorsung, Pattern-book
BRAMBLE CUTTING Five-petaled, milk-white—say thin as milk , as wholesome:  pithy centres turn to pulp in July. All year, canes  ov...
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
So grateful for my poem "Sequelae: A Mapping / Jishin-no-ben" to be included in the new issue of @riseupreview.bsky.social alongside a wonderful array of terrific poets! Many thanks to Sonia Greenfield and the Rise Up Review team! www.riseupreview.org/lee-ann-rori... #ResistanceIsFertile
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I'm thrilled (and nervous) to share the preorder link for my essay collection, unMothered, unTongued, winner of the AWP Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction, which will be released by @ugapress.bsky.social on September 15, 2025. www.ugapress.org/978082037441...
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unMothered, unTongued
unMothered, unTongued is a collection of lyric essays written from the liminal space of the in-between. These essays thread themselves around questions of la...
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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I have a poem from my forthcoming collection with @triohousepress.bsky.social in the new issue of South Dakota Review! Thanks to @artichokeheart.bsky.social for including me! A stellar issue on Day 16 of National Poetry Month, friends! Oh! & I love this poem’s little nod to Bhanu Kapil! 💙
Holding My Skeleton to the Light

It's possible I watched myself fleeing the alleyway,
myself imagining a series of crueler injuries to the original wound.
What would you say if you could? asks the poet.
It's contextual! replies anyone without a clue.
This can be a way of describing a metaphor
or a way of describing psychology. This can also be helpful
or not. Listen. When I thought you hadn't the desire to understand me, I hadn't the desire to be heard.
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Immense gratitude to the amazing Jillian Sico at The Press at Colorado College, who created this gorgeous letterpress broadside featuring an excerpt from the concluding short story Reveal Codes, "Space." <3
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I'm so happy to share the cover reveal for my book of lyric essays, whih was named winner of this years' Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction in the AWP Awards Series, forthcoming from @ugapress.bsky.social.
cover for unMothered, unTongued, a collection of lyric essays by Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh, with the image of a biracial girl with cacti in the background carrying a shotgun.
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Library of Anglo-American Culture & History @libraryaac.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
For today's #YearOfTheSnake thread, we focus on #snake -themed #poetry, like this aptly named collection by @artichokeheart.bsky.social with themes of transformation, mixed-race female identity & #JapaneseMythology opac.sub.uni-goettin... #AsianAmericanLiterature #AmericanLiterature #LunarNewYear
Holding the book "Year of the Snake" by Lee Ann Roripaugh in front of a red wall. Above the book is a yellow drawing of a snake
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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Today's Featured Poem: "#meteorology" by Lee Ann Roripaugh (@artichokeheart.bsky.social), from #stringofbeads, published by Diode Editions. Read here: poems.com/poem/meteoro...
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#meteorology – Poetry Daily
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
In the midst of awfulness, I'm super grateful to have this wintry mix of linked tanka, #meteorology, from my chapbook #stringofbeads (Diode Editions, 2023) featured on @poetrydaily.bsky.social today! Click on link below to read! poems.com/poem/meteoro...
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Virginia Quarterly Review @vqr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Read Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh (@ArtichokeHeart.bsky.social)’s new poem “Decadence: A Mapping / Jishin-no-ben” from our Fall issue: www.vqronline.org/fall-2024/po...
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Decadence: A Mapping / Jishin-no-ben
You think of fin de siècle decadence: perversity, death, decline, and decay—the rise of the monstrous
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Aaron Caycedo-Kimura @aaroncaycedokimura.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
Great mail day today! Many, many thanks to @artichokeheart.bsky.social for including my poems “Ars Poetica: Meeting Momotaro at my Gallery Opening” and “The Kite” in Volume 58, Number 3 of the wonderful South Dakota Review!
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
So much gratitude to be featured by @hotredheadmedia in the first episode of Season 4 of Booktails, reading from my story collection Reveal Codes (@MoonCityPress) with cohosts @hfowlerwrites and @ReineDugas! Check it out here: www.hotredheadmedia.com/booktails/ep...
Cover image for Reveal Codes, a short story collection by Lee Ann Roripaugh, alongside an author photo, above the logo for the podcast booktails: Readings, Cocktails, and Craft
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
I'm delighted to formally announce THE ROSE METAL PRESS FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING THE LYRIC ESSAY, edited by Heidi Czerwiec and me, which will be forthcoming in 2026. Details and a full listing of contributors in the link! rosemetalpress.com/preview-the-...
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
Reveal Codes revealed in Meatspace! So much gratitude to all of the amazing folks at Moon City Press for making this dream come true! Order here: www.uapress.com/product/reve...
Five copies of Reveal Codes, a collection of short stories by Lee Ann Roripaugh, arranged against a white background. Cover features the image of an up-tilted, white porcelain mask surrounded by colorful graphics and emojis against a gray background.
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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Another box opening! This time it’s Reveal Codes by @artichokeheart.bsky.social Lee Ann Roripaugh, winner of the 2022 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award!
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Moon City Review @mooncityreview.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Another box opening! This time it’s Reveal Codes by @artichokeheart.bsky.social Lee Ann Roripaugh, winner of the 2022 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award!
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Moon City Press @mooncitypress.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
Another box opening! This time it’s Reveal Codes by @artichokeheart.bsky.social Lee Ann Roripaugh, winner of the 2022 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award!
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Lee Horikoshi Roripaugh @artichokeheart.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Ten years in the making, my collection of short stories, Reveal Codes, winner of the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award, is now shipping form Moon City Press! I'd be so grateful if you'd consider placing an order. www.uapress.com/product/reve...
Cover for Reveal Codes, a short story collection by Lee Ann Roripaugh, featuring the image of a white, up-tilted mask surrounded by colorful graphics and emojis against a gray background.
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Moon City Review @mooncityreview.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
@artichokeheart.bsky.social's Reveal Codes, winner of the 2022 @mooncitypress.bsky.social Moon City Short Fiction Award, is ready to ship—still time to preorder now! www.uapress.com/product/reve...
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Reveal Codes
Short Stories by Lee Ann Roripaugh 978-0-913785-84-3 (paper) 140 pages November 2023
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Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
JOB: The Asian American Studies Program and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek to hire a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of Asian American Studies and gender/sexuality. Please share widely!
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Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Gender and Women's Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, U...
Job Summary: The Asian American Studies Program and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek to hire a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of...
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 06/10/2023
Only @alexanderchee.bsky.social could take me from Bram Stoker to Buffy to covid to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. And as we know, I have a LOT of thoughts about vampires in pop culture so I set a high bar!
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When Horror Is the Truth-teller
It is hard, in the era of the AR-15, to fear a vampire.
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