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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Infinite Summer: Reading, Empathy, and the Social Network in the group
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoThis chapter explores the Infinite Summer reading project, in which a group of bloggers read and discussed David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest in dialogue with one another and with a wide readership, arguing that such social reading projects present the potential for developing crucial kinds of ethical human connection (of which the novel depicts…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Infinite Summer: Reading, Empathy, and the Social Network in the group
Media and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoThis chapter explores the Infinite Summer reading project, in which a group of bloggers read and discussed David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest in dialogue with one another and with a wide readership, arguing that such social reading projects present the potential for developing crucial kinds of ethical human connection (of which the novel depicts…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited Infinite Summer: Reading, Empathy, and the Social Network on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months ago
This chapter explores the Infinite Summer reading project, in which a group of bloggers read and discussed David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest in dialogue with one another and with a wide readership, arguing that such social reading projects present the potential for developing crucial kinds of ethical human connection (of which the novel depicts…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited The Pleasure of the Blog: The Early Novel, the Serial, and the Narrative Archive on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months ago
This paper explores the literary potential of the personal blog, arguing that the form may usefully understood in relationship to the early novel. As it has been argued that the representations of individual characters in the early novel helped to bring the modern understanding of the individual into being, so this paper argues that the character…[Read more]
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Critical credo: on the significance of openness in humanities scholarship.
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Luís Madureira's profile was updated on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months ago
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Alan Rauch's profile was updated on MLA Commons 11 years ago
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Lenora Hanson started the topic #Ferguson2MLA: Planned action at MLA in the forum
2015 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month ago#Ferguson2MLA
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Since August 2014, we have witnessed the most sustained, widespread grassroots activism against anti-Black racism and police brutality in the U.S. since the 1960s and 1970s. Through teach-ins, community gatherings, marches, and die-ins, and by taking actions to halt “business as usual” — blocking highways, bridges, and…[Read more]
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Lenora Hanson started the topic Walking tour of Vancouver led by area activists in the forum
2015 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoOn Friday, January 9 from 11 AM-1 PM, members of Rising Tide Vancouver Coast Salish Territories, a grassroots environmental justice collective, and other area activists will lead participants in a walking tour of the Territories. The tour will familiarize participants with the spatial history of struggle in Vancouver, and specifically with areas o…[Read more]
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months ago
Want to create a public presence for your professional work? Check out our new portfolios.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 4 months ago
Join the 2015 MLA Convention group for information about the upcoming Vancouver meeting.
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Kathleen Fitzpatrick replied to the topic Discussion in the forum
Prospective Forum: RCWS Creative Writing on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi, Jessica and Jack. Actually, the Petition thread is the spot to sign, but your support is registered!
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
As many of you will have heard, Resolution 2014-1 got 60% of the votes cast but did not reach the minimum of 10% of the total membership required (by a recent rule) in order to be officially adopted. Thank you to all who voted. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd that to my mind gives a good sense of the meaning of the event:
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I’m among the 1500, but what worries me more than the opposition is the apathy of those who did not care to cast any vote. Not that we are much different here in Poland… Thank you for your post.
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Thank you to everyone who voted on resolution 2014-1. As you will have heard, the resolution got 60% of the votes in its favor but did not pass because it did not reach the minimum of 10% of the membership required (by a recent rule). This still counts as a major victory. I attach an op-ed by David Lloyd:
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Prove participatory citizenship is still alive! Vote on the MLA resolution! Last 8 hours!
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
Please forgive me for being exceedingly tedious on the subject of the vote, which ends at midnight tonight. The bar of 10% of the membership that resolutions have to pass is a relatively new one, and arguably not a good one, given the general indifference (which those who proposed it probably were counting on). But it is still possible to prove…[Read more]
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
a bit more than 24 hours left to vote on the MLA resolution!
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
I’m writing to encourage people to vote on the Israel resolution (right of entry for Americans of Palestinian and Arab descent). I co-sponsored it, so obviously I believe it’s a good and fair and appropriate thing, but I think you will agree if you take a moment to look it over. Voting ends at midnight on Sunday. traditionally MLA resolutions hav…[Read more]
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I support this and I will vote. Thanks for reaching out and reminding me of the importance of taking our membership votes seriously.
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I support this and I will vote. Thanks for reaching out and reminding me of the importance of taking our membership votes seriously.
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I support this and I will vote. Thanks for reaching out and reminding me of the importance of taking our membership votes seriously
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me too :-)!
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Bruce W. Robbins posted an update on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months ago
I apologize for possibly repeating myself. I’m writing to encourage people to vote on the Israel resolution (right of entry for Americans of Palestinian and Arab descent). I co-sponsored it, so obviously I believe it’s a good and fair and appropriate thing, but I think you will agree if you take a moment to look it over. Voting ends at midnight…[Read more]
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