Victorianist, Le Guin lover, B-Sides editor at Public Books, co-host of Recall This Book and Novel Dialogue. Chicken owner.
Waltham Mass.
Joined August 2009
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“To the extent that we are willing to state the facts as we know them to be, we still live in the actual world.”
New at PB, @plotznik considers Hannah Arendt’s “Lying in Politics: Reflections on the Pentagon Papers.”: buff.ly/j1rhwkF
A pleasure to pit Arendt against Trumpian power lies, bluff, and bs…
“To the extent that we are willing to state the facts as we know them to be, we still live in the actual world.”
New at PB, @plotznik considers Hannah Arendt’s “Lying in Politics: Reflections on the Pentagon Papers.”: buff.ly/j1rhwkF
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In a new episode of our partner podcast @NovelDialogue, ecocritic Elizabeth Caroyln Miller talks with author Kim Stanley Robinson about the impact of his influential climate novel “Ministry for the Future.” Hosted by @plotznik.
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Far-right nationalisms like Hindutva and Zionism were transnational projects from the outset.
Tracing this fascist diaspora, Ajantha Subramanian, @LoriAllen72, and @plotznik suggest, helps clarify right-wing nationalism’s function. buff.ly/4dX8jGH
Pretty sure this marks the only time the amazing and generous Sheila Heti has been asked about William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble"......
I just committed to ride the Pan-Mass Challenge. Click here to support my ride! donate.pmc.org/JP0487 #PMC2023 via @panmass
@IvanKreilkamp and @davidplotz I bet you have a a whole different set of kids' books to praise!
Blew my mind to learn that William Gibson's Neuromancer (Cyberpunk's Old Testament) was inspired by the invention of the Sony Walkman; thanks, Paul Roquet!
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“It was all mixed up with his office, this space where my sad and serious dad did his sad and serious thinking: here’s where I’m going to figure it out, make good for our family.”
Charles Yu on childhood and writing stories featuring immigrant families:
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I’ve never heard Twitch tv compared to the realist novel before…that Egan!
First episode alert! Join us this Thursday, Sept 16 for Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad and @IvanKreilkamp 🎧👇
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What is a literary interview, and why do people enjoy them? ND blog editor James Draney ponders these questions in our inaugural blog post!
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Season 2 alert🙌Join us on Sept 16 for the novelist Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad and @IvanKreilkamp👇
This season, we will be powering up with episode-related blog posts. Please subscribe to our blog so you don't miss a thing! noveldialogue.org
ALT Novel Dialogue Season 2 line-up. Episodes will be released biweekly on Thursday, starting from September 16, 2021.
Loved the chance to speak with Piketty. His take on reparations and his comparisons between Bush and Trump were a couple of the biggest surprises...
The Long Road to a New Ideology: Piketty on Trump, Democrats, and Inequality publicbooks.org/the-long-roa… via @publicbooks
Has the Left made a terrible mistake by pinning its electoral hopes on college-educated voters? Delighted that @karpmj joined me and Adaner Usmani on the Recall This Book podcast to kick off our discussion of the (curse of the) Brahmin Left. recallthisbook.org/
I am extremely excited for this! Especially now that @latifnasser has been confirmed as keynote speaker....
What if we took podcasts seriously as scholarship?
Cosponsored by @PublicBooks, the @HmanitiesPodNet symposium is free, virtual, and open to all. Submit proposals by July 15 for the October 15-16 symposium: buff.ly/2Vz47cV
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.@NovelDialogue is a literature-centered podcast featuring novelists and critics and co-hosted by NHC Fellows @plotznik (2001–02) and @AarthiVadde (2020–21). This episode features literary critic Michael Johnston (Fellow, 2020-21).
Part of the Department of English's Novel Dialogue podcast, Saunders talks with literary critic Michael Johnston about experimentation in literature and how his background in the sciences and engineering shaped his fiction.
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Calling all pods…..!
Join us for the inaugural Humanities Podcasting Symposium on October 15 and 16, 2021. Virtual, free to attend, and open to all! Find out more and submit ideas here: humanitiespodnetwork.org/ind…
Penny's B-Side on Graham Greene (who does not tweet...) was wonderful, and in great company...
Perfect for summer reading! Treat yourself to this fantastic collection created by @plotznik (with a small entry by me and tons of brilliant essays).
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Massive thanks to @PublicBooks @ColumbiaUP and the 40 scholars/writers who together wrote "B-Side Books" out this week from Columbia University Press. From "Lady into Fox" to "Solaris" to....
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What of those books that made a big splash on publication, but have fallen from the public eye?
Literary scholar John Plotz (@plotznik) has spent five years resurfacing forgotten classics: what he's been calling 'B-side books'
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