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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Independent book stores/coffee shops are on the rise here in the Atlanta area. Really lovely.

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It seems I’ve gained control of my work life. Something terrible is about to happen, isn’t it?

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Stephen King somewhere says the road to hell is paved with adverbs

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We’ll see 🤞Aiming to send it out this week

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Conclusion and finishing touches on article: “Narrative Incubation in Bleak House”

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sid & Nancy, A Room with a View, Hannah & her Sisters (fav when it came out and for many years thereafter; no longer watch Woody Allen films)

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

BREAKING: There’s been a massive recall of whatever it is you just put in your mouth

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.

The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ugh… sorry. Just realized I responded to the wrong response. Meant to disagree with JMM. You’re absolutely correct, sir

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Totally agree with their nearly allegorical representations of structural ills. Just not sure I’d call them fleshed out characters. Much as I love dickens I’m with George Eliot in her assessment of his characterizations

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Makes sense for Scrooge. But all his villains?

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Loving Dolly Was Easy. Understanding Her Was Hard. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o... One of the most beautiful things I’ve read about an artist

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Opinion | Loving Dolly Parton Was Easy. Understanding Her Was Hard.

She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I’m at the vigil for Jason Arday in London (Trafalgar). Very big turnout, easily thousands of us here

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I love watching Villette virgins. Can’t wait to see your reaction to the ending.

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’m inspired….by the gimlet mention

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Deciding on the readings to include on a syllabus and just getting up and walking away in despair is like shopping for something you really want, seeing way too many choices and leaving the store

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Go to know! I’ll be there Wednesday

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you’re in the mood to laugh riotously and cry ugly in one afternoon, read George Eliot’s “Amos Barton”

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tell me I’m old without telling me I’m old: “Your institutional memory makes you a valuable committee member.”

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My English dept’s projected incoming freshman majors for this AY is up 127%! 11 to 25 isn’t overwhelming but still. CS down 177% maybe we’re capturing kids who really wanted to major in English all along and now AI has given them permission? Cautiously optimistic in GA

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If you are a philosophy grad student or early career scholar and have been thinking of working in scholarly publishing, this role at the APA Blog would be a great way to get some experience on your resume philjobs.org/job/show/31609

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Series Editors for the APA Blog, American Philosophical Association - PhilJobs:JFP Series Editors for the APA Blog, American Philosophical Association

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Lmk if you ever want to trade drafts😬🤭

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I need something that talks about the Gothic's impact on readers' nerves/anxieties/bodies. Any suggestions?

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I’m working on affect and gothic in G Eliot. The closest I’ve found is Ann Cvetovich Mixed Feelings, which focuses on sensation fiction. V glad to see I’m not the only one who can’t find this work! Maybe we found a “gap in the literature”?

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Heather Chacon @wickettred.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

What are some places online you all go to read things that are interesting but not super cerebral in a jargon way and avoid politics? Frivolity of an interesting kind is fine.

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

How does the novel function in the course? Not applying lit crit/theory?

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Melissa McLeod @melmac.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

You did that yourself?! Well done.

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