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Chicago Area Archivists @chicagoarchivists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Join us in protesting the closure of the Chicago NARA branch. We’ll be at the Federal Plaza (on the N side) from 11am-1pm M-F from Oct 12-16th, and we encourage you to come by and show your support! If you are able, please RSVP on our website. If you can only make one day, shoot for Friday.

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The Formidable Genealogist @formidablegen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Listen up, Chicago.

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Michal Kapral @mkapral.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nobel laureate Anne Carson’s Grade 13 yearbook entry from Port Hope High School quotes Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Angell, Geothe, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Louisa May Alcott and Lewis Carroll.

Photo of a young Anne Carson with text to the left of it that reads: ANNE CARSON The great illusion. A pretty foot is a great gift of nature. Never say more than is necessary. An oyster may be crossed in Love. Now I am beginning to live a little and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide. Oh my fur and whiskers. Zamboanga! Zamboanga!

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One of my favorite Anne Carson facts: she was friends with Lou Reed. This is “Lou’s Grace” from Float (2016).

Anne Carson’s poem “Lou’s Grace” from the chapbook L.A. in her collection Float (2016).

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For me that's every day. I've got Float out from the library.

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Many congratulations to Anne Carson for the well-deserved Nobel Prize! This is also great news for Translation, Classics, Poetry, the breaking of generic and disciplinary boundaries, and the fact that you don't have to fit a pre-existing mould to have a brilliant, successful career.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Highly recommend the breakfasts at Steak ’n’ Egger on Joliet Road in McCook!

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Close to flawless volleyball for the Loyola women as they swept St. Louis at Gentile, especially the comeback in the third. Enjoy the road trip, Ramblers!

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The Newberry @newberrylibrary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Are you curious about how archives could take your research to the next level? Learn the fundamentals of using archives, what kinds of materials you can expect to find, and develop confidence in research strategies. Taught by our Manuscripts and Archive Librarian! @chicollections.bsky.social

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lol. I thought maybe the late ’80s DC horror comic by Del Close et al.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Great time at Beloiter Days @beloitcollege.bsky.social. Loved reading the old Round Tables in the archives. Then a fantastic opening to the @chicagosymphony.bsky.social season: Schumann's Manfred Overture, Hilary Hahn on Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto (plus two encores!), and Dvorak's Fifth Symphony.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Good luck, Governor. I've got an appointment scheduled!

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Heartbreaker at Gentile as Loyola Women’s Volleyball falls to UIC 3-2. Fifth set was insane. Played their hearts out. Quick turnaround: they’re back at it tomorrow vs DePaul at McGrath-Phillips. Almost never knew what a great volleyball town this is! Conference season is going to be lit.

Leyna Nguyen goes up for an attack at the net in the Loyola Ramblers’ 3-2 loss to the UIC Flames at Gentile Arena on September 17, 2026.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The new episode of John Brown Today with Louis A. DeCaro Jr. cites Lerone Bennett Jr.'s book Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream. The Chicago State University Archives has its manuscript which includes this list of alternate titles. johnbrowntoday.buzzsprout.com/1473337/epis...

Manuscript page from Chicago State University's Lerone Bennett Jr. Collection showing possible alternate titles for Bennett's book Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream. "compelled; forced; prodded; coerced; pushed; thrust; shoved; driven Into Glory." ("driven" is underlined.)

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 11/09/2026

‘The distinction between modernity and indigeneity is upended again and again throughout the exhibition.’ Kevin Okoth visits 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵, the Barbican’s exhibition of the art and culture of Pan-Africa. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Kevin Okoth · At the Barbican: Pan-African Art

Project a Black Planet, the Barbican’s exhibition of the art and culture of Pan-Africa, is neither a comprehensive...

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Great volleyball at Gentile tonight. Loyola took the home opener 3-2 over Southeast Missouri State.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Loved the Anchit Sathi piece!

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem was my Dolly Parton.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Caitlin 1s are going to save Nike, bro.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thanks for reposting! TBR for me too.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Something Wicked This Way Comes.

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The Formidable Genealogist @formidablegen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hey! I'm in the national news! A reporter from NBC talked me regarding the National Archives closures. THIS IS THE FIRST NATIONAL COVERAGE OF THIS. It's behind a subscriber paywall, but the link is below. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... #genealogy #nara #nationalarchives

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Fears grow that the possible closing of federal archives sites could bury key parts of American history

The government hasn’t shared full plans for the possible closings in California and Chicago, where historical records on immigration, land rights and more are housed.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It’s a classic! I gave copies to Haki Madhubuti and Dan Montgomery, as well as a number of colleagues and students.

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The full print catalog for 'We are each other's Harvest': Gwendolyn Brooks and the Formation of Black Literary Canon can be downloaded here! www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/131934

ideals.illinois.edu

We are each other's harvest: Gwendolyn Brooks and the formation of Black literary canon: An exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of the publication of Annie Allen | IDEALS

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Trying to buy tickets for the Big Ten Volleyball Tournament in Fishers in November was a shit show. It should be somewhere bigger anyway just to accommodate the Nebraska fans. Looking for one courtside if anyone wants to hit me up.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Greetings from Washington, DC! Here’s Jefferson’s copy of the Odyssey from the Library of Congress.

Antique books from Thomas Jefferson’s collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, including Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Sweet! Will be reading it with an eye toward Finnegans Wake's debate between Bitchson and Winestain (Bergson and Einstein) on the dime-cash (time-space) problem.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

How about The Big Lebowski? Ironic deconstruction of various tropes/definitions of the good life, e.g. trophy wife, stoner guy who doesn’t do much of anything (bowls, listens to Bob), patriotism/jingoism, the Big Lebowski (“Get a job, sir!”) and his urban achievers, the enemies are nihilists, etc.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

“Ain’t that America”: the music video for “Pink Houses.”

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Agreed. This is only the beginning.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New career high for Caitlin Clark: 45 pts, along with 10 assists, in the Indiana Fever’s 110-107 win over the Seattle Storm. Watch SportsCenter tonight if you didn’t see it. First ever 40-point/10-assist game in WNBA history.

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Chicago Area Archivists @chicagoarchivists.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Sign the petition to stop the closure of the National Archives at Chicago:

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Sign the Petition

Stop the Closure of the National Archives at Chicago!

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Look up his piece on grading.

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Kheir Fakhreldin @kheir.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sweet! Lincoln is one of my favorite scholars. I need to learn more about Ginzburg. Lincoln’s most recent book, Secrets, Lies, and Consequences, about the 1991 murder/assassination (?) of the Romanian history of religions scholar Ioan Culianu at the University of Chicago, was a real page-turner.

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