“A Man in a Rush” by Wang Jibing
趕時間的人 王計兵
Rushing wind from air
Rushing knives from wind
Rushing fire from my bones
Rushing water from flames
Seasons don’t exist for a man rushing for time
#everynightapoem trans. EC
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@chowleen most elsewhere; my old tweets reappear here at odd times. Duke prof, APSI Dir+DGS, Duke Story Lab founder. DUP Sinotheory, LAReviewOfBooks board. Shewo Institute 舍我紀念館 Director, Biographical Lit 傳記文學 publisher 周成蔭 #everynightapoem
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@chowleen.bsky.socialAnother fruitful Regulator Bookshop excursion: I've only just read an ARC of the astounding Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li, but the material book is beautiful and I wanted to cherish it and read it a second time on paper And I’ve been a Jasper Fforde loyalist since The Eyre Affair (2001)!
@chowleen.bsky.socialReposted by @chowleen.bsky.socialIn 2001, I came across The Beauty of the Husband on the new books table at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social - and the only information I could glean about the author was her bio: “Anne Carson lives in Canada.” And was instantly smitten
@chowleen.bsky.socialReposted by @chowleen.bsky.socialThe pile has since grown.
So pleased for Anne Carson, but felt her response to the @nobelprize.org sums it up quite nicely:
@hararereview.comReposted by @chowleen.bsky.socialMid-century robots are the best robots
@chowleen.bsky.socialvery true!
@chowleen.bsky.sociallol, never change Ivies, never change (see Penn tooting its horn a couple of years ago about Katalin Karikó's Nobel win, when they never supported her or her research on mRNAs)
@astrokatie.comReposted by @chowleen.bsky.social"Maybe this week I can harness my loss-aversion to maintain a literature review streak and then gamify my inbox while managing mental fatigue with the Pomodoro method."
@astrokatie.comReposted by @chowleen.bsky.socialProductivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed.
@chowleen.bsky.socialThe pile has since grown.
So pleased for Anne Carson, but felt her response to the @nobelprize.org sums it up quite nicely:
@chowleen.bsky.socialIn 2001, I came across The Beauty of the Husband on the new books table at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social - and the only information I could glean about the author was her bio: “Anne Carson lives in Canada.” And was instantly smitten
@chowleen.bsky.socialYay!
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@chowleen.bsky.socialwatching the pordenone film fest online this year!
@chowleen.bsky.socialAm I returning to my Catholic school roots? Why am I nodding along to Pope Leo's encyclicals so frequently?
@chowleen.bsky.socialRunning errands on Ninth Street, and in the spirit of birthday-week briefly wandered into The Regulator. And without fail, there were both anticipated finds and unexpected treasures. If you’re new to Durham, NC - definitely pay a visit to our local independent bookstore, The Regulator Bookshop!
@chowleen.bsky.socialTom was the kindest and most supportive senior colleague I could have asked for - our paths crossed for over a decade.
@paulecohen.bsky.socialReposted by @chowleen.bsky.socialI have only just learned the sad news that Tom Conley passed away earlier this year
Tom was a remarkable scholar of early modern French literature, film & visual studies. A deeply learned and profoundly original thinker, Tom was also a kind and generous
@nsousanis.bsky.socialReposted by @chowleen.bsky.socialMy career trajectory in brief: I introduce myself to Cathy after her keynote, she then livetweets my talk, @chronicle.com then does a story on me, my editor-to-be sees it (via @chowleen.bsky.social), starts following my blog, year & 1/2 later messages me out of blue to publish UF yr before I defend…
@nsousanis.bsky.socialReposted by @chowleen.bsky.socialWow! What an impact @cathyndavidson.bsky.social & Hastac have had these 25 years! I did one of my first talks about planning to do my dissertation in comics at Hastac in Dec 2011 at UMich & that launched me into a lot of conversations I hadn't anticipated! Grateful...