Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Fight fiercely, Harvardharvard.eduThe Promise of American Higher EducationNo government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue 031
Reposted by Timothy YuUW-Madison Asian American Studies Program @aasuwmadison.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Still lots of time to donate! Donations support AAS scholarships to outstanding students, and many of our events and programs! #dayofthebadger #asianamericanstudies dayofthebadger.org/campaign/asi... 032
Reposted by Timothy YuUW-Madison Asian American Studies Program @aasuwmadison.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Our students mean so much to us! They are what keep us going strong! Anna is an AAS concentrator (x’25) and ambassador! Read how AAS has impacted her undergrad experience! dayofthebadger.org/campaign/asi... 021
Reposted by Timothy YuUW-Madison Asian American Studies Program @aasuwmadison.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Save the date!! Day of the Badger returns April 8-9, 2025! 021
Reposted by Timothy YuAAUP @aaup.org · 04/04/2025‘We have to be willing to stand up’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comHarvard faculty organize amid anxiety that the college will capitulate to TrumpHarvard weighs costs of standing up to president as other elite schools, such as Princeton, signal they won’t concede 06115
Reposted by Timothy YuDemocracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 04/02/2025A coalition of professors, diversity officers & restaurant worker advocates represented by Democracy Forward filed suit today to block Trump’s unlawful anti-DEIA actions. We'll continue using the power of the courts to challenge unlawful policies & fight to uphold decades of legal precedent. (1/3) 13719202
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025"Words about Words," my response to Jonathan Kramnick's Criticism and Truth, is now out in Modern Language Quarterly. You can download and read it for free (for a limited time) here.urldefense.comWords about Words 141
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Delighted to have four poems from my 77 Chinese Dreams project up in the newest issue of Three Fold. Thanks to editor Chris Tysh for including them!threefoldpress.orgtimothyyu — Three FoldFrom 77 Chinese Dreams Timothy Yu 15 If we imposed our archipelago of paths unwinding midwestward on... 030
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The legendary poet and activist Nellie Wong celebrates her 90th (!) birthday with a new collection, Nothing Like Freedom. I was deeply honored to be asked to write a foreword for this selection of work from an icon of Asian American poetry. Order it here: www.asiabookcenter.com/store/p4922/... 0151
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 23/11/2024“Can you add me to your starter pack” is like the “Can I sit with you” of Bluesky 150
Reposted by Timothy YuBrandon Menke @bamenke.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Since I didn't yet see one, I made a starter pack for scholars with interests in POETICS & POETRY, LYRIC THEORY, VERSE GENRES, etc. Please share, suggest friends, and/or reply to be added. The more the merrier! go.bsky.app/4fxbKvR 3110129
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Apparently what I’m looking for on this platform is the intersection of poetry, Asian American content, and Star Trek memes 180
Reposted by Timothy YuJenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 20/11/2024This is still a work-in-progress starter pack, but at least it’s now starting to feel ready to share. Use this if you’re looking to (re)connect with some AAPI voices. go.bsky.app/R6AoW5Q 84427183
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024“We found common ground in the poetry of bpNichol, Roy Kiyooka, and William Carlos Williams, and, concurrently, an even more crucial interest in the 80s/90s social housekeeping around redress, ‘writing thru race,’ and the radicalization of identity.” Fred Wah on Roy Miki:thecapilanoreview.comFrom the Archives / Remember the Future: Remembering Roy Miki (1942–2024) • The Capilano ReviewOn our walls are several of Roy Miki’s collages, a medium he worked in following his retirement from SFU in 2007. They all engage poetic structures in the ways that … Continued 082
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Here’s the new edition of my poetry collection 100 Chinese Silences, recently reissued by the wonderful open-access publisher punctum books. Order the paperback or download the free e-book here: punctumbooks.com/titles/100-c... 24211
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Kevin Killian turned the Amazon review into an art form.wapo.stReview | This writer perfected an unusual literary form: Amazon reviewsIn ‘Selected Amazon Reviews,’ Kevin Killian carves out a leaned and funny space of his own within the corridors of capitalism. 040
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Hello new people! Apparently I haven’t posted on here in *checks notes* 8 months? Well I never really used Twitter either so I guess I didn’t miss it that much. 060
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 19/02/2024I've got an essay-review on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha in the new issue of American Literary History, reflecting on Cha's long-delayed "breakthrough" into the mainstream and the role of biography and scholarship in that breakthrough.urldefense.com 152
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 06/10/2023JOB: The Asian American Studies Program and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek to hire a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of Asian American Studies and gender/sexuality. Please share widely!jobs.wisc.eduAssistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Gender and Women's Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, U...Job Summary: The Asian American Studies Program and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seek to hire a tenure-track assistant professor in the area of... 01210
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 20/09/2023Ok but has anyone asked men how often they think of the Romulan Empire? 030
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 05/09/2023My daughter says many of her middle school classmates drink coffee regularly. What’s a typical age for kids to start drinking coffee? (I’m not a coffee drinker so I have no idea.) 000
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 31/08/2023Am I correct in thinking that “boba” has completely defeated “bubble tea” as the preferred term for the drink in the US? There was a time when it seemed people in different parts of the US used one or the other but now I only hear boba. 330
Reposted by Timothy YuJohanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 18/08/2023This is it, this is the definitive essay on WVU's current situation. It's written by the brilliant, furious, and clear-sighted Myya Helm, recent WVU graduate, first-gen student, Black West Virginian, and now Marshall Scholar.slate.comI Graduated From West Virginia University. The Travesty Unfolding There Is Breaking My Heart.The student population got smaller and smaller while fancy new buildings appeared. 7391226
Reposted by Timothy YuGrace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social · 11/08/2023I’m going to start replying to nonsense with “The Sage cannot!” 3104
Reposted by Timothy YuDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 09/08/2023Hello all--would love your help in advertising a t-t position in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at my institution, which is looking for a scholar working on gender in the global South. JUST authorized & an early deadline: 15 Sept! academicpositions.harvard.edu/posti…academicpositions.harvard.eduAssistant Professor in the Studies of Women, Gender, and SexualityThe 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... 0148171
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 09/08/2023Go see SHORTCOMINGS, a brilliant adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s classic graphic novel. Randall Park maintains the book’s witty, acerbic tone but makes the protagonist more sympathetic and human. The meta-commentary on Asian American culture is hilarious, and I squirmed and laughed in equal measure. 011
Timothy Yu @timpanyu.bsky.social · 05/08/2023After much dithering…behold the final book list for Asian American Graphic Novels & Comics, Fall 2023. Half of them are books I haven’t taught before! 260
Reposted by Timothy Yurob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 05/08/2023Soham Patel, all one in the end—/water robmclennan.blogspot.com/2023/08/so… 012