John Plotz
@plotznik
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Victorianist, Le Guin lover, B-Sides editor at Public Books, co-host of Recall This Book and Novel Dialogue. Chicken owner.
Waltham Mass.
Joined August 2009
RT @PublicBooks: Far-right nationalisms like Hindutva and Zionism were transnational projects from the outset. Tracing this fascist diaspo…
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@NovelDialogue Pretty sure this marks the only time the amazing and generous Sheila Heti has been asked about William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble"......
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@RecallThisBook @efanthro @LeahAtWhatPrice @IvanKreilkamp and @davidplotz I bet you have a a whole different set of kids' books to praise!
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@RecallThisBook @efanthro @inqualia @mit_cmsw Blew my mind to learn that William Gibson's Neuromancer (Cyberpunk's Old Testament) was inspired by the invention of the Sony Walkman; thanks, Paul Roquet!
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RT @PublicBooks: “It was all mixed up with his office, this space where my sad and serious dad did his sad and serious thinking: here’s whe…
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I’ve never heard Twitch tv compared to the realist novel before…that Egan!
First episode alert! Join us this Thursday, Sept 16 for Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad and @IvanKreilkamp 🎧👇
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RT @NovelDialogue: What is a literary interview, and why do people enjoy them? ND blog editor James Draney ponders these questions in our i…
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RT @NovelDialogue: Season 2 alert🙌Join us on Sept 16 for the novelist Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad and @IvanKreilkamp👇 This season, we will…
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Loved the chance to speak with Piketty. His take on reparations and his comparisons between Bush and Trump were a couple of the biggest surprises... The Long Road to a New Ideology: Piketty on Trump, Democrats, and Inequality via @publicbooks
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I am extremely excited for this! Especially now that @latifnasser has been confirmed as keynote speaker....
What if we took podcasts seriously as scholarship? Cosponsored by @PublicBooks, the @HmanitiesPodNet symposium is free, virtual, and open to all. Submit proposals by July 15 for the October 15-16 symposium:
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RT @NatlHumanities: .@NovelDialogue is a literature-centered podcast featuring novelists and critics and co-hosted by NHC Fellows @plotznik…
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Calling all pods…..!
Join us for the inaugural Humanities Podcasting Symposium on October 15 and 16, 2021. Virtual, free to attend, and open to all! Find out more and submit ideas here:
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Penny's B-Side on Graham Greene (who does not tweet...) was wonderful, and in great company...
Perfect for summer reading! Treat yourself to this fantastic collection created by @plotznik (with a small entry by me and tons of brilliant essays).
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Massive thanks to @PublicBooks @ColumbiaUP and the 40 scholars/writers who together wrote "B-Side Books" out this week from Columbia University Press. From "Lady into Fox" to "Solaris" to....
NEW What of those books that made a big splash on publication, but have fallen from the public eye? Literary scholar John Plotz (@plotznik) has spent five years resurfacing forgotten classics: what he's been calling 'B-side books'
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Calling all Ginzburg fans, who'll be delighted to hear Merve unpack the universal appeal of polishing off your not-better half.....
We are live with the first Recall This B-Side🎧👇Tune in for Merve Emre @mervatim on the luminous Natalia Ginzburg: “When should a woman kill her husband?”
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RT @PublicBooks: Edited by @plotznik, B-SIDE BOOKS celebrates the great books that time forgot. Contributors include @stevenbiel3, Jonath…
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