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Diego Millan

@diegom.bsky.social
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Books, food, flowers, running, coffee, mostly in reverse order. Also an Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies working on a book about laughter.

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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Yes. Thought of you as I snapped this earlier this morning. 💜
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Fuel for the task ahead: reviewing proofs for my forthcoming book. (It’s really happening 😳) @dukepress.bsky.social with coffee as my witness, I swear to have these back on time.
Proofs title page for Laughing at the end of the World. Pages sit on a coffe table. An iced latte sits to the right of the pages.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Backyard babies 🥰
A spotted fawn next to a tree and peony bush.A baby bunny nestled in grass.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Exciting times in the garden. We have a fox who’s returned twice already. Emily has unofficially adopt them. Photo taken on my phone through a pair of binoculars.
A fox stands in the center looking back. It is orange with white fur on its chest up to snout. Still unclear if it has anything to say.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Two books I've read recently. Both are gorgeous and understated.
A hand holding the novel Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato. Cover is blue with cutout white space showing a long haired individual in front of a laptop.Cover of Ayşegül Savaş's novel The Anthopologists. Green hues surround a photograph of a hand sticking a pointer finger into a glass of amber liquid.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I would wait until April Fool’s Day to post this, but it’s no trick! Laughing at the End of the World has a pub date! And it’ll be in one of my favorite series @dukepress.bsky.social.
Screen capture from the Duke UP website of Laughing at the End of the World: Unsettling Laughter in Black Literature. A center image of books stacked acts as a placeholder, noting that a cover image is coming soon.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Thankful for those who come in before everyone else and clear the snow and make the rest possible.
Picture of a brick building with white columns blanketed in snow.Trees and grass covered in snow.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I usually wear this Bowdoin shirt to the gym because I like the cut, but today it feels especially great.
One person standing in front of a mirror wearing a gray shirt with “Bowdoin” written in black.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
For their decision to run ICE recruitment ads and then standing by the decision.
Text from an email confirming the cancellation of Spotify premium. Text reads: 

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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Recent garden and backyard offerings.
A moth sitting on a pink zinnia in the foreground. More zinnias dot the background.A hand holds a translucent plastic container with freshly picked figs. Green grass makes up the background.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
It’s Emily’s first day of classes, her 20th year teaching, and the start of her 3rd at W&L. With a smile that lights up my heart.
Photo of a woman with red hair wearing a black and white striped top and black pants standing in front of a bookcase. She holds a whiteboard on which is written: “Name: Emily, Age: Ha!, Grade: 20th year teaching, When I Grow up I want to be: Retired! Or a lounger singer too”
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
From this morning’s long run:
Overhead shot of a light brown park bench. In light blue is written “we are all created equal so please love one another”
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Among many great books, Emily’s first book, Civil Vengeance, can be purchased for 50% off with the code 095000. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Black background with white frayed rays coming in from the top right corner as an abstract crown. White text above a red line reads: civil vengeance. Below red line reads: literature, culture, and early modern revenge. Below that is the author’s name, Emily L. King.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Emily’s been growing so much from seed this year. Some zinnias and carrots pictured, but also enjoyed some peas and kale this week.
A bouquet of zinnias of many colors, red, pink, yellow. A bunch of orange carrots with greens still attached; held by two hands.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I'm losing my mind.
A screen grab of a Google search for "percival everett's the rainmakers"-- the "AI Overview" reads: Percival Everett's "The Rainmakers" is a novel that explores themes of racial injustice, violence, and the complexities of memory. It features a story set in a small Mississippi town with a history of lynchings, where a series of murders and the investigation into them reveal the town's deeply ingrained issues. The narrative intertwines with the protagonist's troubled dreams and the overlapping tales shared by a father and son in a nursing home, creating a multi-layered exploration of the human condition. 
Here's a more detailed breakdown: 

    Setting and Themes:
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The novel is set in Money, Mississippi, and its suburb "Small Change," places with a history of racial violence, including the lynchings of Emmett Till. Everett uses this setting to explore the lingering impact of racial injustice and the brutality of policing in America.
Narrative Structure:
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The story unfolds within a story, with a man visiting his aging father in a nursing home. Each character tells overlapping narratives, creating a sense of uncertainty and blurring the lines between reality and memory.
Interwoven Tales:
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The story includes a painter meeting a long-lost daughter, a man named Murphy who can't distinguish between the brothers who employ him, and Murphy's troubled dreams featuring Nat Turner imagining the life of William Styron.
Humor and Satire:
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Everett employs humor and satire to explore the darker aspects of the narrative, particularly in relation to racial inequality and policing.
Philosophical and Metaphysical Inquiry:
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The novel delves into philosophical questions about the nature of narrative, the passage of time, and the human condition, reflecting Everett's broader literary interests.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Official notices about interim regulations re: AI use in aviation.
Textual document related AI and FAA regulations. Specific language from document related to regulation about uses of AI in FAA.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The garden’s first peony blossom.
A pink peony in bloom against green leaves.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I’ve been wanting to share this stunning Firelei Báez painting since seeing it over the weekend at Pomona’s Benton museum: “Atabey (or change the body that destroys me) (2024).
Firelei Báez’s “Atabey (or change the body that destroys me). A torso painted red with an explosion of flowers for a head in the foreground of a square canvas.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The year’s first radish. All credit to Emily’s green thumb.
A red radish held in hand.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Today’s dahlias.
A pink dahlia up closeA pink dahlia with a slight pop of yellow at the center.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
They’ve yet to get a fire going hot enough in hell for some of these ghouls.
“We voted late to make the point,” Van Drew said. 
The group, however, is open to eligibility reviews and work requirements for Medicaid recipients, he said. 
The budget outline punts many of the hard decisions for lawmakers to hammer out later in the tax-cut negotiations. That could lead to a standoff with the Senate at the end of the process, where several members are resistant to large cuts in safety-net programs. 
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Apparently you can eat the extra seedlings while thinning and they taste exactly like what they’re going to grow into. This one tastes like a radish.
A seedling pinched between a thumb and finger. Sunshine on half of the hand, and green grass below.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Some lovelies from this week.
A tree with pink blossoms on a street corner.Cherry blossoms cascading toward view A tree with pink blossoms in a front yard.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
DC #HandsOff is absolutely massive.
Background is of Washington Monument. Foreground is of a sign held by two hands that reads “Kakistocracy Government by least qualified”
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Same. It’s been a looong winter.
Selfie of person on a run, sweaty and smiling.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Sunrise
Sunrise pink clouds over the ocean. In the foreground, some bits of a building’s duct work can be seen.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Snow day in Virginia. Campus was closed. Now what is it about a snow day that makes me extra hungry for snacks?
An image of trees with snow gathered on tree branches. A garden fence stands in the middle distance.A tree with snow collected on its branchesA close up of snow on branches.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Couldn’t sleep, so I took a few photos making the most out of the full moon light, snow, and shadows.
A house plant shot in low light in front of a window letting in moonlight. The plants shadow is also visible. Nighttime. Foreground is a snow covered backyard. A tree to the left casts a shadow to the right. Background a house has its lights on. More snow and trees.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Over the break I built my first guitar pedal board from scratch. Still some work/configuring to do, but this beats stuffing pedals into a closet to never use them. Anyone have any favorite pedals to recommend?
A guitar effects pedal board set up on the floor of a home office. Six guitar pedals on a wooden board. A wah pedal to the right.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Spinning instructor: says my name during my first live online class. Me:
A cartoon image of Goku from Dragon Ball Z crouching and going super saiyan. It is an all white background.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Spend the holidays with us; I’ll make you bagels.
Bagels cooling on a rack in a kitchen.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Emily makes me an ornament a year for our anniversary. This year I requested this from Tatreez Traditions. May it hang next year and after for a free Palestine.
Image of a cross-stitch Palestinian flag pattern made as a tree ornament. Placed on a tree with lights on.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Everyone should get to eat what they want today.
A young deer stares into the camera in the foreground. Background is a yard with grass.Young deer eating dried hydrangeas standing on grass.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
My parents visited us over the weekend. They got to see our house, marvel at the deer that make themselves at home on the yard.
Three people, a son and his parents, standing in front of a tree. A house in the background. Four people sitting on a yellow couch. A mirror hangs on the wall behind.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Sweet potatoes harvested; garden broken down and tilled.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
My adorable, recently turned 70 parents are apple picking. I miss them today, but glad they’re doing cute stuff together.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Some beauty from the Virginia MFA Fine Arts and Flowers exhibition two weeks ago:
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 11/05/2024
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 13/03/2024
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Just turned in my response to reader reports after reading Hawthorne’s preface to the second edition of the scarlet letter. “You all hated that opening; I’m keeping it” 😂 (I, on the other hand, will be incorporating some very helpful changes)
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Paperwhite watch. Any day now:
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
I love that my barber keeps bonsai in his shop and that this year he decorated one.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
We called our first tree Terrence, and rather than calling this one Terrence II, we're just going to call each subsequent tree Terrence, our spirit of the holiday season back to visit. Yes we have a lot of time on our hands.
An christmas tree, no decorated, in a living room.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
I had no idea. Nice finds!
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
He said, “you look like you’re defending your haul from oncoming foragers” 😂😂
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Hit the chicken off the woods motherload thanks to my friend Zac.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Binoculars + phone camera:
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Attempts at latte art. Emily: “it’s a lovely celery”
A cup of coffee with a milk foam design that resemble celery.
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Deep breaths
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Diego Millan @diegom.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
Out for a walk with my friend
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