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Ellery E Foutch

@elleryefoutch.bsky.social
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assoc prof, American studies, middlebury college - art & material culture of u.s. - critical museum studies, histories & materiality of natural history & quirk. at closing time, I get kicked out of swimming pools, reading rooms, museums

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University of Minnesota Press @uminnpress.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you were intrigued by the Ware Collection shout-out in Ben Lerner's TRANSCRIPTION: We've got something cool to show you! www.upress.umn.edu/978145297548... @elleryefoutch.bsky.social
Book cover for A Perfectionist Impulse: The Art of Stopping Time in the Nineteenth Century by Ellery E. Foutch. A realistic glass passion flower stem with two buds and two blooms against a black background, with the title at bottom in large light yellow lettering.
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Gut-wrenching news from Philadelphia- museum of the ANSP closing end of Sept. Philly’s centuries-long intellectual & educational heritage is shrinking, from the closure of the degree-granting aspects of PAFA (Academy of fine arts), founded by CW Peale in 1805; now this: drexel.edu/news/archive...
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Preserving the Academy of Natural Sciences' Legacy and Collections for the Future
As part of this broader effort and following careful consideration, grounded in deep respect for the Academy’s extraordinary legacy, Academy and Drexel leadership have made the difficult decision to c...
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Happy 250th birthday, America! To celebrate the occasion, we're closing your oldest natural history museum. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/a... #scicomm #Philadelphia
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University to close museum on Sept. 30
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will close its museum in Philadelphia on Sept. 30, 2026, NBC10 confirmed.
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Happy Book Birthday to me! A Perfectionist Impulse: the Art of Stopping Time in the Nineteenth Century is officially out! www.upress.umn.edu/978151791648...
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A Perfectionist Impulse
Exploring a collection of wondrous objects to understand the nineteenth-century desire to preserve the perfect momentCultural studies of the nineteenth centu...
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
we're 4 days away from the official pub date... which means there are still 4 days for advance purchase w/ discount code! A PERFECTIONIST IMPULSE: THE ART OF STOPPING TIME IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY #SciArt #BookSky www.upress.umn.edu/978151791648...
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A Perfectionist Impulse
Exploring a collection of wondrous objects to understand the nineteenth-century desire to preserve the perfect momentCultural studies of the nineteenth centu...
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
the world is on fire, and everything is awful, BUT my book is finally an actual, tangible thing in the world and not just a bunch of random computer files! holding my book about perfection and its preservation in my imperfect garden. huge thanks to everyone at @uminnpress.bsky.social
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There are so many lovely & moving & funny passages in Tillie Walden’s CHARITY & SYLVIA- this might be my fave. “A Comprehensive List, Formed At The Time By Which [C&S] Have Been Together some 9 Years, Of All The Qualities They Love and Appreciate In One Another” vs “…They Find ABSOLUTELY MADDENING”
Open book, left page: “Comprehensive List, Formed At The Time By Which Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake Have Been Together some 9 Years, Of All The Qualities They Love and Appreciate In One Another.
Charity loves in Sylvia:
1. Her singing voice
2. How easily She blushes
3. How she makes tea (it always tastes better, how?)
4. How her feet look in woolen socks
5. Her patience
6. Her pumpkin pye
7. Her excitement at receiving a present
8. Her beauty, oh her beauty
Sylvia loves in Charity
1. Her spirit
2. Her mole
3. Her moods (for in her sadness she holds her tighter)
4. How She awakes every single morn (a breath, a stretch, a question: "Sylvia?")
5. Her notes left about the house (We are out of thread!
Lord save us!")
6. Her hair when wet
7. The crook of her arm
8. Her handwriting” 
pictures of women in profile and flowers. 
Facing page: “A Comprehensive List, Formed At The Time By Which Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake Have Been Together some 9 Years, Of All The Qualities They Find ABSOLUTELY MADDENING In One Another:
Charity cannot stand that Sylvia
1 Eats so extremely slowly
2 clicks her tongue when frustrated
3. Uses salt to an overwhelming degree
4. Insists the house be in a constant State of cleanliness
5. Continues to harbor Shame over their love
Sylvia cannot stand that Charity:
1. Often misses church
2. Rarely does the washing up
3. Rarely does the laundry
4. Rarely Sweeps
5. Rarely tends the fire
6. Rarely makes the bed
7. Rarely dusts the shelves
8. Rarely clears the candle wax.”
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Absolutely devoured this book today (Ben Lerner’s Transcription) and am absolutely gobsmacked #booksky
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Hey everybody in my general demographic— do yourself a favor and check out Ronny Chieng’s interview of Ann M Martin, author of THE BABYSITTERS CLUB for some super heartwarming giggles & nerd delight. He *knows* those texts, man m.youtube.com/watch?v=QaVf...
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Ann M. Martin & Ronny Chieng Celebrate 40 Years of “The Baby-Sitters Club" | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
m.youtube.com/watch?v=TKTK...
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U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Reads Her Poem "Declaration"
YouTube video by The Indianapolis Public Library
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In today’s on-the-nose news, received word that my book will have a delayed release date due to printing errors, and, luckily for me, @uminnpress.bsky.social is perfectionist enough to ask for reprinting. Still available for pre-order w/ a sweet discount code! www.upress.umn.edu/978151791648...
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A Perfectionist Impulse
Exploring a collection of wondrous objects to understand the nineteenth-century desire to preserve the perfect momentCultural studies of the nineteenth centu...
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Hey everybody, Michael Leja is giving an online talk about his terrific Flood of Pictures book this Wednesday (March 4), noon-1 pm eastern, and I’ll be serving as respondent. Please join us! You can submit questions in advance too. Hope to see you there! arth.sas.upenn.edu/events/globa...
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Still buzzing from the great talks and generative conversations of #CAA114 - thanks, colleagues, and College Art Association (which somehow hasn’t migrated over here yet!). Pictured: views from Sunday morning, Chicago/ Sunday evening, Middlebury Vermont.
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Happy Christmas Eve! Here’s a picture of the first Christmas tree illustration published in the US, according to the NYPL- from The Stranger’s Gift, 1835. archive.org/details/stra...
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
ok, what amazing scholar of maritime painting and visual culture is going to give us a whip-smart analysis and contextual framing for the promotional images of Tr0mp’s GOLDEN FLEET??? www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
cyber-truck-like battleship beaming lasers, launching rockets, and sailing right into a stormBattleship with ginormous us flag sails by the weeping Statue of Liberty; stormy skies part for incongruous shaft of heavenly lightTesla-designed battleship of flat metal planes launches 3 rockets simultaneously and beams lasers at plane in sky and into horizon. Ominously burning ship in distance.
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Claes Oldenburg, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, 1969+ (Yale) #NoKings
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Joseph Keppler, “Looking backward: They would close to the new-comer the bridge that carried them and their fathers over.” Puck, 11 Jan 1893.
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Ellery E Foutch @elleryefoutch.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
reluctantly crouched at the starting line
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