Scholar of African American poetry (author of https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215753.html); Univ of South AL Associate Professor; former Emory FCHI Poetics Fellow & Rutgers postdoc. Opinions mine. She/her/hers.https://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mu4k25zfjs22Interesting, thoughtful thread! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4k25zfjs22https://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mttt2i4wx22dI am planning to take up and experiment with some of the *amazing* ways that @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social talk about teaching close reading in their intro to Close Reading in the Twenty-First Century (Princeton UP, 2025) this semester and encourage you to do the same!24 Aug 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttt2i4wx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mttktvduqs2mIt struck me HARD this morning how, walking up to my building, there were many students in the courtyard - and *every one without exception* was sitting, isolated, staring at their phones. It breaks my heart how different, how much more social, my college experience was, even 2nd week of 1st year...24 Aug 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttktvduqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mtr5idecy225Exhausting to have been teaching long enough to have first redesigned everything to become paperless/digital and now have to go back and reverse it as the only way to cultivate real writing/critical thinking amid AI (but in the age of the LMS our institutions all require us to use for everything)...23 Aug 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr5idecy225https://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mtldm6pfus2kReposting partly to remind myself to put this on my to-read list asap! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 08:26 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtldm6pfus2khttps://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mth7gptff22tCool, just learned about a review forthcoming of my book Pitfalls of Prestige: Black Women and Literary Recognition (in the journal Reception)!19 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth7gptff22thttps://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mtfmv6bihs26Largely very well put and interesting thread (do read). [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfmv6bihs26https://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3mt7xlibi6k2tI am proud amid these types of cuts nationwide that my institution is right now considering adding/opening an on campus childcare center to serve staff, faculty, and students! I am on the exploratory committee doing the researching for info and options with feasibility, models, etc. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7xlibi6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/callmevrana.bsky.social/post/3msvuw43k2k2wJust learned that my monograph will soon be entering a paperback printing as well, which is exciting! Still happy to talk about this work and would love folks to keep reading. (You can contact me for an author discount code if needed!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:ceehsqq6uigrkvviaoekjcd5/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvuw43k2k2w