March 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
JCO strikes me as the type of author who rails against the proliferation of “nonliterary fiction,” which has of course been a highly fraught and often violent debate for decades in the writing community
My take? It’s all good, and JCO can kick rocks if she thinks a machine can do better
My take? It’s all good, and JCO can kick rocks if she thinks a machine can do better
September 30, 2026 at 2:16 PM
JCO strikes me as the type of author who rails against the proliferation of “nonliterary fiction,” which has of course been a highly fraught and often violent debate for decades in the writing community
My take? It’s all good, and JCO can kick rocks if she thinks a machine can do better
My take? It’s all good, and JCO can kick rocks if she thinks a machine can do better
English curriculum thought:
- Use MLA for close-reads with direct citations and literary analysis.
- Use APA for nonfiction research writing that relies on paraphrases.
I think ELA classes are averse to APA, but when assigning nonliterary research papers, shouldn’t we teach APA?
- Use MLA for close-reads with direct citations and literary analysis.
- Use APA for nonfiction research writing that relies on paraphrases.
I think ELA classes are averse to APA, but when assigning nonliterary research papers, shouldn’t we teach APA?
April 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
English curriculum thought:
- Use MLA for close-reads with direct citations and literary analysis.
- Use APA for nonfiction research writing that relies on paraphrases.
I think ELA classes are averse to APA, but when assigning nonliterary research papers, shouldn’t we teach APA?
- Use MLA for close-reads with direct citations and literary analysis.
- Use APA for nonfiction research writing that relies on paraphrases.
I think ELA classes are averse to APA, but when assigning nonliterary research papers, shouldn’t we teach APA?
A little over 200 votes may not sound like a lot, but that means I've managed to mobilize more than 1% of my platform, whose numbers are inflated by interested nonliterary folks mostly here for the politics and support. And we didn't have a Dorley to drive traffic this year.
Feels super good!
Feels super good!
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM
A little over 200 votes may not sound like a lot, but that means I've managed to mobilize more than 1% of my platform, whose numbers are inflated by interested nonliterary folks mostly here for the politics and support. And we didn't have a Dorley to drive traffic this year.
Feels super good!
Feels super good!
For the nonliterary
Keep “hubris” in mind
Keep “hubris” in mind
March 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
For the nonliterary
Keep “hubris” in mind
Keep “hubris” in mind
nonliterary micropoet?
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
nonliterary micropoet?
How to use rhetoric to get what you want - Camille A. Langston
YouTube video by TED-Ed
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February 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This happening to you is called nonliterary back frogging
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This happening to you is called nonliterary back frogging
This is where years of justifying the value of studying literature in terms of the nonliterary "skills" it offers has gotten us.
September 3, 2024 at 11:11 PM
This is where years of justifying the value of studying literature in terms of the nonliterary "skills" it offers has gotten us.
MLA is absolutely used for literature and writing, but the number of students who go into those programs are minimal. Typical (nonliterary) research papers in HS would be better aligned to APA standards.
April 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
MLA is absolutely used for literature and writing, but the number of students who go into those programs are minimal. Typical (nonliterary) research papers in HS would be better aligned to APA standards.
English departments are increasingly ignoring the great works of the past, in favour of popular literary works that reflect activist themes and nonliterary works of political and social theory.
Literary Studies Without the Literature
English departments are increasingly ignoring the great works of the past, in favour of popular literary works that reflect activist themes and nonliterary works of political and social theory.
quillette.com
September 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
English departments are increasingly ignoring the great works of the past, in favour of popular literary works that reflect activist themes and nonliterary works of political and social theory.
Can I get your takes on MLA v APA in nonliterary high school research papers (what we do or where we should go), @mraleosays.bsky.social, @heymrsbond.com, @thevogelman.bsky.social, @jaustinedu.bsky.social, @mattrkay.bsky.social, @jorikrulder.bsky.social?
April 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Can I get your takes on MLA v APA in nonliterary high school research papers (what we do or where we should go), @mraleosays.bsky.social, @heymrsbond.com, @thevogelman.bsky.social, @jaustinedu.bsky.social, @mattrkay.bsky.social, @jorikrulder.bsky.social?
A nonliterary question for @sgj.bsky.social. Only bikes I've ridden since childhood are like riding a Clydesdale. No matter how adjusted, I don't come close to standing while stopped. I'm 5'6", not a homunculus. What's your recommendation for a shorter mountain bike, not a BMX/trick?
September 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A nonliterary question for @sgj.bsky.social. Only bikes I've ridden since childhood are like riding a Clydesdale. No matter how adjusted, I don't come close to standing while stopped. I'm 5'6", not a homunculus. What's your recommendation for a shorter mountain bike, not a BMX/trick?
Spoken like a best seller. Hard work doesn't always pay off. In fact, hard work rarely pays the blood and tears a writer sheds. Best seller? Forget about it. Not in this nonliterary world.
November 17, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Spoken like a best seller. Hard work doesn't always pay off. In fact, hard work rarely pays the blood and tears a writer sheds. Best seller? Forget about it. Not in this nonliterary world.
Btw anyone who mentions 40k and fascism in a serious nonliterary way is a fucking dork who needs a swirlie, I volunteer to do it so that Ian ends up lookin like Tingle from the Zelda games. Give a mfer a cone head! LoL!
Truly wish idiots like these were in daily IRL bullying range, bc they need it.
Truly wish idiots like these were in daily IRL bullying range, bc they need it.
January 2, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Btw anyone who mentions 40k and fascism in a serious nonliterary way is a fucking dork who needs a swirlie, I volunteer to do it so that Ian ends up lookin like Tingle from the Zelda games. Give a mfer a cone head! LoL!
Truly wish idiots like these were in daily IRL bullying range, bc they need it.
Truly wish idiots like these were in daily IRL bullying range, bc they need it.
Were those women in the distance handmaids? Did something happen last night, and I woke up in Gilead?
Welcome to Gilead?
I was taking my early morning walk on Sunday and saw this in the distance: And of course, the first irrational thought was: Are those women handmaids? Did something happen last night, and I woke up in Gilead? For the nonliterary types, I'm referring to the dystopian nation featured in Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale." A nation where fundamentalists Christians have overthrown the government and created a structure of White male dominance.
thebluegrassbluespodcast.com
August 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Were those women in the distance handmaids? Did something happen last night, and I woke up in Gilead?
Yeah, lots of MZB overtures from NG and now AP too in literary and nonliterary ways.
January 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Yeah, lots of MZB overtures from NG and now AP too in literary and nonliterary ways.
“A broken hammer at once shows what a hammer is.” On rhyme in bad poetry, from The Chances of Rhyme by Donald Wesling.
July 14, 2024 at 12:31 AM
“A broken hammer at once shows what a hammer is.” On rhyme in bad poetry, from The Chances of Rhyme by Donald Wesling.
MT @nmhouston: interesting work +data by @Ted_Underwood: differentiation of literary & nonliterary diction, 1700-1900. <a href="http://tedunderwood.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/the-differentiation-of-literary-and-nonliterary-diction-1700-1900/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://tedunderwood.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/the-differentiation-of-literary-and-nonliterary-diction-1700-1900/
The differentiation of literary and nonliterary diction, ...
When you stumble on an interesting problem, the question ...
tedunderwood.wordpress.com
November 9, 2024 at 1:33 PM
MT @nmhouston: interesting work +data by @Ted_Underwood: differentiation of literary & nonliterary diction, 1700-1900. <a href="http://tedunderwood.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/the-differentiation-of-literary-and-nonliterary-diction-1700-1900/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://tedunderwood.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/the-differentiation-of-literary-and-nonliterary-diction-1700-1900/
May 29, 1895: Marcel Proust takes an exam to become an unpaid library assistant, his last (and unsuccessful) nonliterary employment. #RBDays
November 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
May 29, 1895: Marcel Proust takes an exam to become an unpaid library assistant, his last (and unsuccessful) nonliterary employment. #RBDays
Stephen Greenblatt
July 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Stephen Greenblatt
