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Building upon theories of affect and the everyday, Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 1970-2020 analyses minimalist aesthetics within the writings of Joan Didion, Raymond Carver, Paul Auster and Don DeLillo, among others. The book argues that writers of American literary minimalism are uniquely privileged in their ability to formalize precarity and threatening cultural currents into the fragile construct that is ordinary life.

I am delighted to announce that SILENCE IN THE QUAGMIRE: THE VIETNAM WAR IN US COMICS by Harriet EH Earle is now available to pre-order. See here for more information: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496240545/silence-in-the-quagmire/

The journal American Nineteenth Century History (ANCH) seeks a social media editor to work approximately 4-5 hours per month (flexible schedule). The incoming social media editor, as the first person to hold this position, will have the opportunity to shape the social media strategy for ANCH. Minimum qualifications: experience using relevant social media platforms; excellent professional writing skills; attention to detail; and at least some work at the postgraduate level in nineteenth-century U.S. history. This is a one-year, possibly renewable, position with a stipend of £700 annually.

The British Library Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania is seeking expressions of interest from HEI Partners/Academic Supervisors to collaborate on an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP): Beyond the Burger: USA Food Stories in the British Library’s Oral History and Food Industry Literature Collections. The deadline is 12 noon on Friday 29 November 2024.

"Hartigan-O’Connor presents an astute exploration of auctions in the U.S. during the 18th and 19th centuries. Her book references parallel behaviors in England and reminds readers that colonists wanted to profit from their transactions. She explores the relationship among auctions, auctioneers, bidders, and bystanders, all of which creates a palpable picture of the nation’s early economic climate... Well written and full of refreshing details, this economic picture of the early United States is a must for readers." ~Library Journal

"Corinne Mitsuye Sugino’s book is an expansive, ambitious examination of how Asian/Americans are constructed through racial allegory. In this tour de force, Sugino artfully analyzes the rhetoric of 'Asian/American' as fetish, disease vector, carceral subject, and victimized college applicant across popular discourse, film, and the law to construct 'Western Man'. It’s a must-read for scholars interested in the intersection of Asian American studies, rhetoric, and race." ~David C. Oh, author of Whitewashing the Movies: Asian Erasure and White Subjectivity in U.S. Film Culture