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.

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Surveillance and intimidation of Tohono O’odham is escalating as the Trump administration is determined to bisect their land with a border wall that is an environmental disaster. (They have already started cutting old growth trees down near Tucson.)

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Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.
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Lol. Princeton University praised Nobel laureate Anne Carson, a former classics professor at the school, on social media, despite denying her tenure in the 1980s.

nytimes.comPrinceton Celebrates Anne Carson, a Nobel Prize Winner Who Was Denied Tenure (Gift Article)Carson, who was awarded the Literature prize on Thursday, was denied tenure when teaching at the university in the 1980s, leading social media users to mock a congratulatory message.
@bkadams.bsky.social

Persuasion, Jane Eyre, Villette, Pride and Prejudice (a little), Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair is super smart and likes to read but I’m not sure about novels in particular.

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This autumn is the 10th anniversary of the publication of Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure.

It came out during a heartbreaking time, my mom’s passing.

I worked on copy edits and proofs from her living room, between medical appointments.

uncpress.org/978146962771...

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Join RBS Collections Assistant Andy Lin for a short journey through building a protective box for one of the rare books in our collection. Andy is a senior in the UVA School of Architecture, pursuing a joint B.S. in Architecture and B.A. in Studio Art, with a minor in Architectural History.

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One of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.

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Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year?

And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist!

Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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I'm grateful to Radcliffe and the Schlesinger Library for ensuring that my mom's work will be accessible to her many students, past and future

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