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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One fun thing about having a five-year term as chair is that you actually do need to start making plans for AY 2030-2031. 😅

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The English department at Reed College—my department—is hiring a TT prof in post-45 US fiction and/or narrative. This position includes teaching in the interdisciplinary humanities program (mostly the freshman core course) as well as possibly contributing to upper level interdisciplinary programs.

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Post-1945 Fiction and/or Narrative of the United States - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed C...

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Uh-oh turns out I'm an Emacs person.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I might now be the right age to develop an annoying interest in developing informed opinions about fountain pens.

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

poets apply!!!!

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

UMD's Department of English is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a specialization in Poetry. Please spread the word. Best consideration date October 15, 2026. If you have any questions about the position, don't hesitate to reach out.

umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

Assistant Professor

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The mission of the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) is to prepare versatile and visionary leaders equipped to address the complexities of...

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com

Assistant Professor

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I have been told that university administrators are shaped by their (sometimes perverse [ha ha]) incentives, but in practice I am finding much administrative labor is spent puzzling over the fact that no one is exactly sure what the incentives actually are.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Who knew there was so much writing on the rise of high-protein slop bowls.

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Working on a reported piece, need to know. How long after a book deal happens is it posted on Publishers Marketplace? Is the date posted the date of the deal or the date of the posting?

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Just found out about Telegonus. Oof.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

*Bluey* would be much more realistic if Bluey and Bingo spent all day on the couch watching their in-world version of *Bluey* on their individual iPads.

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UMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Congratulations to Professor Barry Pearson on the release of “Classic Blues” from Smithsonian Folkways! This collection brings together legendary blues artists to celebrate the rich legacy and enduring influence of the blues. The collection also features extensive liner notes by Pearson.

Barry Pearson holds vinyl record of "Classic Blues"

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Think I’m gonna have to write a work of autofiction about being trapped at Denver International Airport for seven hours with my family! 🫣

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Narrator: It was not a real note.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The logline of my guaranteed-to-be-bestselling high-concept alternate history novel.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I, too, have long lamented that modern physics departments have been dominated by pernicious relativists. Will the Provost finally hear my pleas?

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

You really must consider my sweeping conclusions very carefully. No, you don’t need to see any of the evidence I used to arrive at my sweeping conclusions. Also: You are a relativist.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Somehow I had missed—or repressed my knowledge of—the Peter David–Todd McFarlane ComicFest debate.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Since the dawn of time, the corrupt postmodernism youth of Athens have put Socrates to death, again and again. Oh wait, n/m. Onward!

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Also, using Zotero takes 3x as long as typing them by hand because I’m constantly using new sources that have crappy/not-quite-right metadata.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I never really believed in mimetic desire, but my 3yo is trying earnestly to convince me it really is at the root of all human motivation.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Sure, why not, instead of writing this essay why don’t I spend hours tweaking my CSS to make my markdown editor look exactly like a column of New Yorker type?

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Am reminded that Bay Area summers are, fairly literally, bone-chilling.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I’ll just swap out the existing AI policy on my syllabus and refer students to this.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I have never really worried about giving spoiler warnings in criticism before, but writing this essay about James, I wonder if I should.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Are there any nationally representative surveys re: which books Americans have actually read? I’ve found a YouGov survey indicating how many people have, e.g., *heard of* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. But does anyone know how many people have actually *read* it?

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The Fort Dupont Ice Arena reno cost $39 million and it’s basically completely empty. Also it’s awesome.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I seem not to own medium-sized books.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Thanks to all our authors from April: Elaine Wik, Robab Vaziri, @johncke.bsky.social , Kim Moody, and @lkonstan.bsky.social . Links to all of these pieces in the thread.

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Toly Rinberg @tolyrinberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Ah yes, content directly pandering to me

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

My review of @roberttally.bsky.social's great book on Tolkien's Orcs. This one was fun to write.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Transcription is good but there’s not enough on unboxing videos.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The Book of Elsewhere is quite odd.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Look, what I'm saying is, it isn't a genre or a tradition... it's a, um, tendency. Totally different thing.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The moral of the story is obviously that competitive markets are bad for the arts.

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Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

There are a zillion markdown editors out there; sadly, only a handful bother to properly implement footnotes.

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Abstracts are due today for POETRY'S PROGRAM ERA INSTITUTIONS--a seminar at ASAP/17 in Madison this October. A heavy line-up is shaping up--join us! @asapartsnow.bsky.social

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