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Sorting books and knowing things. Library supporting the teaching and research for the @cam-english-fac.bsky.social and @department-asnc.bsky.social Part of: @theul.bsky.social See more: linktr.ee/eflcam Vacation Hours: Mon-Fri: 9.30am to 5pm

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 13h
We're absolutely delighted that the @nobelprize.org in Literature 2026 has been awarded to Anne Carson 'for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.' www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
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Uncomfortable Cambridge @un-cambridge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Happy Black History Month from Uncomfortable Cambridge! Join our African Legacies Tour, and learn how African objects have shaped Cambridge's collections today. 📆 Sun 25 Oct @ 2:30pm 🎟 Booking is completely free - just visit the 🔗 in our bio!
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Kristine Rose-Beers @iamkristine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A wonderful week of hard work making parchment from calfskins 🐄 Thank you @theul.bsky.social and @crasshlive.bsky.social #FromSkinToScript #Parchment #PracticeBasedResearch
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset…” Ulysses, 1833, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, died #OTD 1892. Trinity College Cambridge Chapel @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To mark 100 years of WB Yeats’ 'A Vision', the NLI has made almost 300 manuscript items from the W. B. Yeats Occult Papers available to explore online. 🔎 ow.ly/6OQg50ZQvbk 📖 See a selection on display in the Old Director’s Office, 7–8 Kildare Street, on your way to our Yeats exhibition.
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
William Morris was one of the principal figures of the British arts and crafts movement. These beautiful pen and ink drawings with watercolour were made by him around 1867. Both of these designs were used for a stained-glass window, dated 1869, in the Church of St Michael, Tilehurst, Berkshire.
A pen, blue ink and watercolour of a Minstrel angel playing cymbals by William MorrisA pen, blue ink and watercolour of Design for a 'Minstrel Tile' by William Morris
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Happy Birthday to @AgathaChristie - born #otd (15th September) in 1890. 🎉 She said that she came up with her ingenious detective plots by sitting in an old-fashioned bathtub eating apples. It was a core part of her technique. She got the seed of an idea, then fleshed it out.
A black and white photograph of an old rolltop bath. Agatha Christie's head is poking out at one end and there are 3 half-eaten apples sitting on the rim of the bath
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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@britishlibrary.bsky.social were grateful to receive a large allocation of studentships as part of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award scheme. We have 4 exciting new studentships starting in Oct 2027 - 3 are now open for prospective HEI supervisor proposals! www.bl.uk/services/res...
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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards
Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Cambridge Digital Humanities @camdighum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Interested in studying Digital Humanities? Join us tomorrow for the public keynote of the Experience Postgrad Digital Humanities programme, give by Dr Siddharth Soni from 17:30 - 19:00 in the McCrum Lecture Theatre. Tickets are free and open to all: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/41884/
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Computation and the Humanities: Problems of Culture - CDH
This is a free, public lecture delivered as part of the Experience Postgrad Digital Humanities programme led by CDH and Corpus Christi. All welcome to attend, especially those considering postgraduate...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 03/09/2026
‘One of Willie Wilde’s favourite acts was making jokes at the expense of his famous brother: “Oscar was NOT a man of bad character: you could have trusted him with a woman anywhere”; “Thank God my vices were decent.”’ Tom Crewe on Victorian celebrity siblings: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Tom Crewe · Boozing and Lounging: Unsuccessful Siblings
One of Willie Wilde’s favourite acts was making jokes at the expense of his famous brother: ‘Oscar was NOT a man of...
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Bad news for book lovers, but good news for fresh carpet enthusiasts: it's still a bit of a construction zone in the library! The EFL will continue to be closed this week and we hope to reopen on Monday 7 September. If you are having problems accessing a book, email to arrange a Click & Collect.
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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🎺We are delighted to announce that Poetry Ireland Review Issue 150 will be edited by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin!🎺 📅Submissions for this issue will open on September 14th and run until October 31st. 🔗https://www.poetryireland.ie/poets/submission-poetry-ireland-review
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
⚠️Oh no, we're still getting pretty! The EFL will be closed on Tuesday 1st & Wednesday 2nd September this week as well while we assess if we can safely reopen later in the week. You can still return books via the drop box and contact staff via email. Check our website for reopening!⚠️
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Adelaide Hall (1901 – 1993), US born, UK-based jazz singer and entertainer and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a black woman on a stage during a performance in a dress and top hat striding to the right holding a cane
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
⚠️The EFL will be closed from Mon 24th - Mon 31st August. We will re-open on Tue 1st Sep, but may have further disruption from building works in the library. Please return books via the book drop box. Staff will still be available via email english@lib.cam.ac.uk Apologies for the invoncenience!⚠️
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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Some classical books to read in the sun or shade! Instant Classics offers you some recommendation for getting into the Greek and Roman groove! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD7m...
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Classical Beach Reads
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
'One of my all time favorite shows was at Sligo’s Lissadell House...I recited lines from Yeats...spoke about being ‘so pleased’ & ‘privileged’ to be performing ‘in the shadow of the great house where the great master poet walked and fell in love and broke his heart”’. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5vY...
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Sligo, Leonard Cohen Recites W.B.Yeats, Lissadell House, july 31st , 2010
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Cambridge English Faculty @cam-english-fac.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Dr Trudi Tate organises ‘Woolf and the Natural World’, 2-7 August 2026
Dr Trudi Tate (Emeritus Fellow, Clare Hall), is organising the annual Virginia Woolf Summer Course for Literature Cambridge. The theme is Woolf and the Natural World, with lectures, classes, talks…
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Born #onthisday in 1844, English poet and Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins. Celebrate with a read of our essay "The Krakatoa Sunsets" by Richard Hamblyn which explores a little-known series of letters that the poet sent in to the journal Nature: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #OTD
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Congratulations to English Faculty lecturer Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries @starcrossed2018.bsky.social on another incredible #SlowShakespeare! You can read the journey through Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' through #MoonMad. Thank you, Dr Lees-Jeffries, what a beautiful [Exit]🎭
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
*** Lectureship in Creative Writing *** School of English, University of Leeds Salary £41,064 to £59,966 p.a. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
University of Leeds
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New exhibition at the ARB 🖌️ 'Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity' 27 July-18 Sept Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP PV 27 July 5-7pm, all welcome!🍷 Five artists whose work is connected by acts of attention that reframe the world and renew vision for viewers bit.ly/4fBioMw
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity

Exhibition 27 July - 18 September 2026
PV 27 July from 5 - 7 pm
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
'To hear Joyce sing with his beautiful tenor was an enchanting experience. It meant access to the sound of his innermost being....the human voice, when elevated into song, seemed to him the highest and purest manifestation of music.' Carola Giedion-Welcker, Portraits of the Artist in Exile
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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
'Cayes-Jacmel' by Mattea Gernentz Poem of the Week in The Scotsman magazine (11 July 26). Mattea is a former Next Generation Young Makar.
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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The wall's stones, now with working link #MoonMad 🙄🙄 www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
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Flute/Thisbe: I have often kissed the wall’s stones with my lovely cherry lips! (5.1.181-190) #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare | Slow ShakespeareFaculty of English
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Join our exhibition guides for a virtual tour of 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' 📅 Wednesday, 15 July at 1pm: ow.ly/SzEY50ZiBXs Enjoy a fascinating journey exploring the highlights of Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet.
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Online Tour | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
English Language & Literature MHRA Research Associate King's College London. Salary: £45,031 #Donne #Renaissance #HigherEd www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSB149/m...
We wish to appoint a 0.5 FTE Research Associate for a fixed term of 12 months (1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027) to work on attribution questions relating to early modern manuscript materials in the Burley Manuscript, held at Leicester Record Office. The post is funded by the Modern Humanities Research Association and forms part of a defined phase of work connected to The Oxford Correspondence of John Donne and the co-authored monograph project Donne in Venice.

Working with Dr Daniel Smith, the postholder will undertake stylometric, corpus-based, and computational authorship-attribution analysis of selected materials from the Burley Manuscript, working from existing transcripts and in dialogue with an already assembled corpus of Donne’s prose correspondence. The role is designed to bring computational and statistical approaches to bear on a longstanding set of attribution problems, complementing existing palaeographical, bibliographical, historical, linguistic, and editorial research.

Working mainly from King’s Strand campus, the successful candidate will help to prepare, review, analyse, and document textual corpora and datasets; identify and apply appropriate methods for testing attribution hypotheses; and communicate the results of this work to the wider editorial team. The postholder will contribute to a structured analytical report, methodological documentation, and research outputs arising from the Fellowship, including material relevant to Donne in Venice and a possible stand-alone article on the methodology and findings.
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Just a slight edit for thought, "Between King's College and sunstruck UL Tower...." ☀️🕶️🥵📖
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️ Here is an excellent personification of the great golden orb in the sky, complete with impressive side-eye 👀 Hand-coloured wood cut from Theoricarum novarum textus Georgii Purbachii cum... expositione Domini Francisci Capuani, 1515 (Norton.b.14).
A close-up detail of a hand-coloured woodcut from a corner border, depicting a personified sun with a human face looking downward with a grumpy, unimpressed expression.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
WANTED: Lecturer in English Literature. Oriel College, Oxford Salary Grade 7: £38,674-£40,855 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRV846/d...
A 2-year fixed-term teaching and research appointment in English literature, with a core focus on the early modern period, is available for an outstanding academic at an early stage of their career. The appointee will be expected to provide undergraduate and graduate teaching on a range of topics in English language and literature for the English Faculty and Oriel College. The purpose of the post is to cover the Faculty and College teaching of Professor Kathryn Murphy while she serves as Associate Head of the Humanities Division (Education).

It is anticipated that the appointee will take up the post on 1 October 2026.

About you

You will hold (or be near completion) of a Doctorate level degree in English literature or a related field, and have a proven research and publication record, appropriate to your career stage, in early modern English literature.
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St Hugh's College Library @sthughslibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A key part of preparing this term's exhibition was reaching out to alumni for their reminiscences. We heard from Delyth Jewell (2005), Bijan Sheibani (1997), Sarah Moss (1994), and James Morris (1996). Swipe to read what they had to say about their time studying English at St Hugh's.
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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 18/06/2026
To celebrate #PrideMonth 2026 🌈 we are looking into past examples of expressions of LGBTQ+ love. Nicholas Kontovas, Bodleian Curator for Central Asia, puts the spotlight on the poetic works of Sultan Husayn Bayqara, who ruled the Timurid Empire at the turn of the 15th century. bit.ly/3Sfs7Pz
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Pride in Timurid Empire
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Before you leave Cambridge for the end of term, please remember to return your library books! For 24/7 returns, use the drop box outside the UL. If you need to return books after you've graduated, and can't return in person, you can use our freepost returns service: loom.ly/wf0LwIs
We see a hand posting a book into the book drop outside Cambridge University Library. The book drop is housed in an old red telephone box.
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Cambridge English Faculty @cam-english-fac.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Listen to Prof. Michael Hurley on ‘the dangers of getting AI to write for you’ — broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’
Available on BBC Sounds: Or Spotify:
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Dr Jennifer Mooney @mooneyjennifer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Looking for some summer reads? 😎📖 Our DCU MA in Children’s & Young Adult Literature students have you covered! @dculibrary.bsky.social share.google/q9ITgK9gWnQt...
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Suggested Summer Reads: Recommendations by the students and faculty of the MA
The summer months are in full swing now, with the possibility of better weather on our beautiful green isle (“possibility” being an important word here). As the holidays and other leisu…
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Daniel Wilson @danielwilson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In unexpected good news: !!JOB!! Come and work on our new multidisciplinary programme at UCL as a 'Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society'. Permanent full-time position in London. Deadline 28 June. Specialism open. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #dh #sts
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Celebrating the art and life of graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, the EFL has made an online display 'Persepolis and The Graphic Novel': sway.cloud.microsoft/CASB8ZbEZ5Ei...
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Persepolis and the Graphic Novel
Marjane Satrapi, author of the best-selling graphic novels Persepolis and Embroideries, passed away this month at the age of 56.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
WANTED ! Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes School of Education & Social Sciences University of the West of Scotland Location: Paisley. Salary: £51,753 to £56,535 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRT548/l...
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Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes at University of the West of Scotland
Paisley Campus Full time: 35 hours per week Fixed Term: ending in January 2026 "This role may be eligible for visa sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa...
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English Faculty Library, Cambridge @eflcam.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
* WANTED * Lecturer in English and Postcolonial Literature Department of Media, Culture & Creative Industries City St George’s, University of London Location: London. Salary: £43,482 to £50,253 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRT057/l...
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Lecturer in English and Postcolonial Literature at City St George’s, University of London
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in English and Postcolonial Literature. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
✍️ Would you like focused time to write? Would you benefit from joining a writing community? If so, take part in one of our CRASSH writing weeks! 🗓️ 6 - 10 July 2026 Apply at bit.ly/3Qc8AOO, no proposals or references are required
Writing Week, 6-10 July 2026
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
As the world goes to hell in a handbasket, let's return to "This Moment" by Eavan Boland:
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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
⏰️ The Late Call for Papers closes TODAY at 17:00 BST (GMT+1) ⏰️ Submit your #IMC2026 late call abstract: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/lat... But don't worry, if you can't present at #IMC2026 you've always got #IMC2027! View the Call for Papers here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2027/ #MedievalSky
A speaker wearing a yellow IMC Lanyard presenting during an IMC Session.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"Murphy’s chapter, “Fixing Shakespeare, Breaking America,” investigates how Shakespeare has become a flashpoint in contemporary American cultural conflict. " news.las.iastate.edu/2026/05/11/c...
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Cason Murphy highlighted for Shakespeare scholarship in podcast, book chapter - LAS News
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Munster Literature Centre https://munsterlit.ie/ @munsterlitcentre.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Lovely article in the Irish Examiner about Dean Browne, this year’s Farmgate Poetry Award winner and the Cork International Poetry Festival which starts tomorrow. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #CIPF2026 #Poetry #CorkCityLibraries #farmgatecafe
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Josephine Baker (1906-1975), entertainer, French Resistance agent in WW2, civil rights activist and the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film 'Siren of the Tropics' #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a Black woman sitting on the floor crossed legged wear a tux and top hat, smiling
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