Brandi K. Adams
@bkadams.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Arizona State University who works on book history, premodern critical race studies and early modern English drama. I spend a lot of time with Barnabe, an adorable dog. These posts are my opinion.
I am so tired of seeing this kind of reductive thinking. I majored in English and Classics. All of my friends were employed. We have a literacy crisis because of people like you.
One question, how many graduates in these majors find remunerative employment after they graduate?
September 18, 2026 at 4:36 AM
I am so tired of seeing this kind of reductive thinking. I majored in English and Classics. All of my friends were employed. We have a literacy crisis because of people like you.
Probably more confused than disappointed about the living in Phoenix, Arizona part, but super stoked about the having a dog called Barnabe part.
Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?
September 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Probably more confused than disappointed about the living in Phoenix, Arizona part, but super stoked about the having a dog called Barnabe part.
This is colonialism, right? Right? Why does private equity own everything?
“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”
Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler
Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP
theankler.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:41 AM
This is colonialism, right? Right? Why does private equity own everything?
Hi Friends! Please think about the Stuart Drama Conference in Liverpool. CFP due in October!
Stuart Drama Conference! Liverpool, 2027 CFP due in October
stuartdrama.com/cfp/stuart-d...
I've been dreaming and scheming about this conference with @racheljwillie.bsky.social @cazzert.bsky.social @bkadams.bsky.social for nearly a year now.
stuartdrama.com/cfp/stuart-d...
I've been dreaming and scheming about this conference with @racheljwillie.bsky.social @cazzert.bsky.social @bkadams.bsky.social for nearly a year now.
Stuart Drama: Call for Papers — Call for Papers — Stuart Drama Conference 2027
stuartdrama.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Hi Friends! Please think about the Stuart Drama Conference in Liverpool. CFP due in October!
Saying no is always an option.
Harvard Law School Dean John Goldberg has convened a steering committee to shape the school’s response to AI — and fielded suggestions from top donors that to condense HLS’ 3-year J.D. to 2.
Hugo C. Chiasson, Uy B. Pham, and Elise A. Spenner report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Hugo C. Chiasson, Uy B. Pham, and Elise A. Spenner report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Goldberg Convenes Harvard Law School AI Committee As Donors Float Condensed J.D. Program | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Law School Dean John C.P. Goldberg has convened a steering committee to shape the school’s response to artificial intelligence — and fielded repeated suggestions from top donors that the…
www.thecrimson.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Saying no is always an option.
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BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
New Learning Outcomes Announced | English
www.bu.edu
September 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
“craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."
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'Research by historians compiling the Register of British Slave Traders has found that the scale of the financial system’s involvement in enslavement is greater than previously known or acknowledged.'
Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:17 AM
'Research by historians compiling the Register of British Slave Traders has found that the scale of the financial system’s involvement in enslavement is greater than previously known or acknowledged.'
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I’m delighted to be in the current wave of iamb👇, with 3 poems, text and recording: In the Time of the Ice Saints (with thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social), Metronome (with a deep bow to Beethoven), & Late Snow. My thanks to excellent editor @markantonyowen.com #poetrycommunity #poemsaloud
September 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM
I’m delighted to be in the current wave of iamb👇, with 3 poems, text and recording: In the Time of the Ice Saints (with thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social), Metronome (with a deep bow to Beethoven), & Late Snow. My thanks to excellent editor @markantonyowen.com #poetrycommunity #poemsaloud
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This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
networks.h-net.org
September 14, 2026 at 12:13 PM
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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In a digital world, our card catalogues remain a much-loved feature of Cambridge University Library. These cabinets contain the records of 20th-century material kept in the tower. Searching under "Best" shows how varied our collections are – from Best Cat Stories to George Best's autobiography!
September 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
In a digital world, our card catalogues remain a much-loved feature of Cambridge University Library. These cabinets contain the records of 20th-century material kept in the tower. Searching under "Best" shows how varied our collections are – from Best Cat Stories to George Best's autobiography!
If you could only teach one film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, what would it be?
September 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If you could only teach one film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, what would it be?
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9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit.
We were silent.
As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
We were silent.
As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
September 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit.
We were silent.
As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
We were silent.
As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/
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It’s no accident that the blogosphere took off after 9/11/01 and the wars that followed. Not only had the tech arrived but people’s experiences and expertise were so fragmented and underrepresented in most media that they needed an outlet to spill over. People had to find ways to talk to each other.
September 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
It’s no accident that the blogosphere took off after 9/11/01 and the wars that followed. Not only had the tech arrived but people’s experiences and expertise were so fragmented and underrepresented in most media that they needed an outlet to spill over. People had to find ways to talk to each other.
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It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
A cheery message from the new minister responsible for research funding for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (and the subjects that the majority of UK taught undergraduate and Masters students study).
Science and maths degrees offer most value to the nation, says minister
Chris McDonald told a room full of vice-chancellors that science, engineering and mathematics ‘offer the greatest personal, social and economic value’
www.thetimes.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
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The last few days is like a DDOS attack from these companies 🙄 I just finished drafting an op-ed and then see another
OMG Machine god is going to kill everyone 😱 post
Ok walk me through the step by step action this super intelligent chatbot takes to render everyone us extinct?
OMG Machine god is going to kill everyone 😱 post
Ok walk me through the step by step action this super intelligent chatbot takes to render everyone us extinct?
September 9, 2026 at 5:52 AM
The last few days is like a DDOS attack from these companies 🙄 I just finished drafting an op-ed and then see another
OMG Machine god is going to kill everyone 😱 post
Ok walk me through the step by step action this super intelligent chatbot takes to render everyone us extinct?
OMG Machine god is going to kill everyone 😱 post
Ok walk me through the step by step action this super intelligent chatbot takes to render everyone us extinct?
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Still quite some time left, but hope to see you at Harvard in February! 🙌🏻
korea.fas.harvard.edu/event/areum-...
korea.fas.harvard.edu/event/areum-...
August 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Still quite some time left, but hope to see you at Harvard in February! 🙌🏻
korea.fas.harvard.edu/event/areum-...
korea.fas.harvard.edu/event/areum-...
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I find that, no matter how many ways I acknowledge LLMs etc are changing, people dismiss me as “crazy” or “unserious” because I refuse to attribute those changes to “intelligence.” I will say again, automated language production and intelligence are completely different things.
September 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I find that, no matter how many ways I acknowledge LLMs etc are changing, people dismiss me as “crazy” or “unserious” because I refuse to attribute those changes to “intelligence.” I will say again, automated language production and intelligence are completely different things.
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Having the #BayeuxTapestry in the UK just now is exciting but DID YOU KNOW that in the #Orkney Archive we have our very own tapestry which tells the story of St Magnus?
It's not as old/long/historically significant as the Bayeux Tapestry but it's still well worth a visit. 🪡
It's not as old/long/historically significant as the Bayeux Tapestry but it's still well worth a visit. 🪡
September 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Having the #BayeuxTapestry in the UK just now is exciting but DID YOU KNOW that in the #Orkney Archive we have our very own tapestry which tells the story of St Magnus?
It's not as old/long/historically significant as the Bayeux Tapestry but it's still well worth a visit. 🪡
It's not as old/long/historically significant as the Bayeux Tapestry but it's still well worth a visit. 🪡
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One thing I wanted to say at the time but couldn’t find the strength: regular people have no idea how academics publish books. We rarely have editorial or fact-checking support or services. Academic stars — overwhelming white men — get those resources but we almost never do.
September 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
One thing I wanted to say at the time but couldn’t find the strength: regular people have no idea how academics publish books. We rarely have editorial or fact-checking support or services. Academic stars — overwhelming white men — get those resources but we almost never do.
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Again. Again.
It was just the usual white supremecist double standard the first dozen times. After Arday‘s sad, avoidable tragedy it feels like more than the usual distraction. They want to gaslight us to death.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
It was just the usual white supremecist double standard the first dozen times. After Arday‘s sad, avoidable tragedy it feels like more than the usual distraction. They want to gaslight us to death.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
www.dukechronicle.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Again. Again.
It was just the usual white supremecist double standard the first dozen times. After Arday‘s sad, avoidable tragedy it feels like more than the usual distraction. They want to gaslight us to death.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
It was just the usual white supremecist double standard the first dozen times. After Arday‘s sad, avoidable tragedy it feels like more than the usual distraction. They want to gaslight us to death.
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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“The fiction writer is trying to create a false memory with the force of history." —Samuel Delany, About Writing
I love both of these similar ideas!
I love both of these similar ideas!
Holy smokes. Could be the best description I have ever heard:
"She once, brilliantly, described novel-writing as 'trying very hard to remember something which has not yet taken place'."
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
"She once, brilliantly, described novel-writing as 'trying very hard to remember something which has not yet taken place'."
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
Anita Brookner by Hermione Lee review – an enigmatic literary great given her due
This exhaustive biography of the Booker winner brings her properly out of the shadows for the first time
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 3:27 AM
“The fiction writer is trying to create a false memory with the force of history." —Samuel Delany, About Writing
I love both of these similar ideas!
I love both of these similar ideas!
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Breaking News: A whistle-blower at the U.S. Postal Service said Trump officials were defying court orders with a “secretive, rushed” effort affecting voting by mail.
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
nyti.ms
September 1, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Breaking News: A whistle-blower at the U.S. Postal Service said Trump officials were defying court orders with a “secretive, rushed” effort affecting voting by mail.
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School principal Rajendra Dawadi's quick decision to evacuate his school saved at least 900 students from devastating flash floods in Nepal last week.
This principal in Nepal evacuated 900 students before flooding swept away their school
School principal Rajendra Dawadi's quick decision to evacuate his school saved at least 900 students from devastating flash floods in Nepal last week.
bit.ly
August 31, 2026 at 10:00 PM
School principal Rajendra Dawadi's quick decision to evacuate his school saved at least 900 students from devastating flash floods in Nepal last week.
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Blue Jays fans chanting "LAKE ONTARIO!" in the stands while the Mariners are pitching? You absolutely love to see it
August 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Blue Jays fans chanting "LAKE ONTARIO!" in the stands while the Mariners are pitching? You absolutely love to see it