Reposted by Center For Mark Twain Studies
Several people have been asking me when this one was going to be up on the feed.
Lauren Goodlad (of @criticalai-journal.bsky.social) and @jeffjarvis.bsky.social really delivered an evening convo to remember at the 2026 Quadrennial Conference on the State of @marktwain.bsky.social Studies.
theamericanvandal.com
Critical AI & The End of Mass Media (Vandal Live @ Elmira College)
with Lauren M.E. Goodlad and Jeff Jarvis
![Episode Summary of The American Vandal, A Tale of Today, Episode #20
Title: Literary Sociology a.k.a. The Institutional Turn a.k.a The Spreadsheet School of Literary Criticism
Description: A so-called Spreadsheet Man responds. Does the institutional turn have a distinctly feminine ethos? [27:30] How is it rooted in the Post45 Collective? [49:00] What are its debts to New Historicism and Marxist Literary Criticism? [69:00] And to Fredric Jameson? [84:30] And what has become of Economic Criticism? [94:00]
Cast (in order of appearance): Dan Sinykin, Matt Seybold, Brandon Taylor, Rachel Sagner Buurma, Laura Heffernan, J. D. Connor, Alexander Manshel, Fredric Jameson, Leigh Claire La Berge
Soundtrack: DownRiver Collective
Narration: Nathan Osgood & SNR Audio
For more about this episode, including a complete bibliography, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/TheAmericanVandal/SpreadsheetMen, or subscribe to Matt Seybold's newsletter at TheAmericanVandal.substack.com](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:776hcssquwcv2ihpptzvttxj/bafkreibnmgx4vqpeht6ps5ynwshiw2nzn3rbgjry2i6tpe2clhhnenjbcu)
