@manshel.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof., McGill English | Book: WRITING BACKWARDS (Columbia UP) | Articles: The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Nation, LARB, Public Books, Post45, PMLA, and MELUS | Next Up: The History of High School English |đź“ŤMontreal
@johndownesangus.bsky.socialReposted by @manshel.bsky.socialFun extra thing about Texas is that they also use AI to write stories for kids who’ve tested out of the mandated curricula—differentiation by bot. Good stuff! Coming to your state soon.
@manshel.bsky.socialA fabulous conversation between @brookegladstone.bsky.social and @lbmcgrath.bsky.social on how literary agents have shaped American literature!
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@manshel.bsky.socialSuch a pleasure and thanks so much for reading / attending!
@manshel.bsky.socialFULL BOOKS! Or, as we once called them, BOOKS.
@manshel.bsky.social"Require heat in wintertime" and "Ban beige-only classroom decorations" seem obvious to some, though few evidence-based studies exist.
@manshel.bsky.social"Require full books" is ranked 25th out of 30 here, only a few above "Private school vouchers" and "Allow A.I. use." The explanation? "Some experts saw this as common sense, though there is little existing research."
@sarahbrouillette.bsky.socialReposted by @manshel.bsky.socialmy book is out now 🫶 💗 $18 with coupon code E26CNTNT enjoy!!!??? :)
@manshel.bsky.socialSo looking forward to this! Join me, @naemmanuele.bsky.social, and @ncte.org this Tuesday!
@naemmanuele.bsky.socialReposted by @manshel.bsky.socialThis Tuesday, I’ll be in conversation @manshel.bsky.social about the American canon, text selection, & ELA standards. You don’t have to have read his article (“High School English & the Making of American Readers”), but we’ll be unpacking it—then having group chats!
Open to all @ncte.org members!
@sarahlwasserman.bsky.socialReposted by @manshel.bsky.socialIt’s here it’s here!! 🥳
Hate LinkedIn but love novels? Read this book!
So excited to receive @sselisker.bsky.social’s excellent book from @academic.oup.com on character networks. Scott is as kind as he is smart and I feel lucky to read and know him.
@manshel.bsky.social@manshel.bsky.socialHe was a major early contributor back in his undergrad days when the site first went live!
@manshel.bsky.socialIf you're curious how the American literary scene—and prizes like the National Book Award in particular—came to be so diverse...
❌ DON'T read this predictable rant about "Woke Pulitzers" or whatever!
âś… DO check out my book WRITING BACKWARDS, available here: cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
@manshel.bsky.socialWe even teach this in schools! Many high school English students do a whole unit on “the individual *versus* society”!
@manshel.bsky.socialListen, my opponent is going to try to tell you I’m pro-Raccoon. That’s just not the case.
@manshel.bsky.socialI know there are a lot of reasons to be worried right now about the future of higher education, but walking through the university just now I saw a guy walking with his pet dog cozied up to his chest—but only his pet dog was a giant raccoon!
@sselisker.bsky.socialReposted by @manshel.bsky.socialSample chapter up! "Ways of Reading the Character Network" from my forthcoming book. Expands my Bechdel Test article, w/ more angles on vernacular criticism (manic pixie dream girls, sidekicks of color, minor-character elaborations), character, humanities v. dataviz. academic.oup.com/book/63155/c...
@grackle.spaceReposted by @manshel.bsky.socialdudes rock
