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Some of this year’s TV felt distinctly deflated. But the very best shows took on the subject of disappointment itself.

2023Jonathan Sawday, Saint Louis University, for Blanks, Print, Space, and Void in English Renaissance Literature: An Archaeology of Absence (Oxford Univ. Press, 2023)Honorable mention: Sara Marcus, U...

Abby and Patrick are joined by academic, journalist, and critic Sara Marcus, author of the 2023 book Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis. After recallin...

Post45 seeks to reinvigorate the erstwhile convention of academic critics not only describing past traditions but also actively intervening in current tastes. It provides a forum for writers to conver...

Sara Marcus and Sonnet Retman discuss the role of music in Marcus's new book Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS crisis

The Department of Comparative Literature seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor in comparative literature whose research falls within the broadly defined domain of media history, theory, and archeo...

Fun Half Link: https://youtube.com/live/s392nKryT50?feature=shareIt's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Sara Marcus, assistant professor of Engl...

The Committee on Degrees in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality whose research focuses on gender in t...

Sara Marcus’s recent book argues that from the Reconstruction to the AIDS era, a distinct aesthetic formed around defeat in the realm of politics.