Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026One fun thing about having a five-year term as chair is that you actually do need to start making plans for AY 2030-2031. 😅 000
Reposted by Lee KonstantinouJohanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The 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.reed.edu Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Post-1945 Fiction and/or Narrative of the United States - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed C... 18345
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026AI is bringing improvements so fast that you will soon have to do hour-long updates every fifteen minutes. 010
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I've decided I love org-roam. www.orgroam.comorgroam.comOrg-roamAn Effortless PKM System. 030
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My review of Ben Mangrum's fun book on comedy and computation is up.read.dukeupress.eduThe Comedy of Computation; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Obsolescence | Genre | Duke University Press 020
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I might now be the right age to develop an annoying interest in developing informed opinions about fountain pens. 140
Reposted by Lee KonstantinouJohanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 24/08/2026poets apply!!!! 063
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Yeah, I caught that and was able to edit/revise the FB post. :-p 020
Reposted by Lee KonstantinouLee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026UMD'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.comAssistant ProfessorJob 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... 23128
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026UMD'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.comAssistant ProfessorJob 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... 23128
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I 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. 000
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Who knew there was so much writing on the rise of high-protein slop bowls. 010
Reposted by Lee KonstantinouDan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Working 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? 024
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. 010
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Yes, which is why the next AI cluster hire should all be housed in English! 100
Reposted by Lee KonstantinouUMD English @umdenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Congratulations 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. 141
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Think I’m gonna have to write a work of autofiction about being trapped at Denver International Airport for seven hours with my family! 🫣 000
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026If you’re lithistmaxxing, 5 grams of creatine a day. 100
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The logline of my guaranteed-to-be-bestselling high-concept alternate history novel. 050
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I, too, have long lamented that modern physics departments have been dominated by pernicious relativists. Will the Provost finally hear my pleas? 040
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026You 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. 080
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Somehow I had missed—or repressed my knowledge of—the Peter David–Todd McFarlane ComicFest debate. 000
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Since the dawn of time, the corrupt postmodernism youth of Athens have put Socrates to death, again and again. Oh wait, n/m. Onward! 040
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Also, 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. 040
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I 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. 000
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Sure, 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? 010
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Am reminded that Bay Area summers are, fairly literally, bone-chilling. 000
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I’ll just swap out the existing AI policy on my syllabus and refer students to this. 040
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I have never really worried about giving spoiler warnings in criticism before, but writing this essay about James, I wonder if I should. 120
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Are 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? 021
Lee Konstantinou @lkonstan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The Fort Dupont Ice Arena reno cost $39 million and it’s basically completely empty. Also it’s awesome. 010
