John Plotz @plotznik
Victorianist, Le Guin lover, B-Sides editor at Public Books, co-host of Recall This Book and Novel Dialogue. Chicken owner. Recallthisbook.org 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…
A pleasure to pit Arendt against Trumpian power lies, bluff, and bs…
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. buff.ly/sFotYSx
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
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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: buff.ly/3LXEHMg
I just committed to ride the Pan-Mass Challenge. Click here to join me for #PMC2022! secure.pmc.org/Ride #PMC2022 via @PanMass
I’ve never heard Twitch tv compared to the realist novel before…that Egan!
I’ve never heard Twitch tv compared to the realist novel before…that Egan!
What is a literary interview, and why do people enjoy them? ND blog editor James Draney ponders these questions in our inaugural blog post! noveldialogue.org/2021/09/09/on-…
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
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-road-… 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....
I am extremely excited for this! Especially now that @latifnasser has been confirmed as keynote speaker....
.@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).
.@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).
Calling all pods…..!
Penny's B-Side on Graham Greene (who does not tweet...) was wonderful, and in great company...
Penny's B-Side on Graham Greene (who does not tweet...) was wonderful, and in great company...
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....
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....
Calling all Ginzburg fans, who'll be delighted to hear Merve unpack the universal appeal of polishing off your not-better half.....
Calling all Ginzburg fans, who'll be delighted to hear Merve unpack the universal appeal of polishing off your not-better half.....
Edited by @plotznik, B-SIDE BOOKS celebrates the great books that time forgot. Contributors include @stevenbiel3, Jonathan Bolton, Kevin Brazil, Adrienne Brown, @accommodatingly, @seetachaganti, Margaret Cohen, @caleb_crain, @PDabashi, Lorraine Daston, Theo Davis, Maud Ellmann
I am so happy that Toril's grrrreat piece comes out in @PublicBooks on June 1, to match the publication of B-Side Books as an edited volume, by @ColumbiaUP. If you have a friend who seems to have read everything, it's the perfect gift-as-challenge! (cup.columbia.edu/book/b-side-bo…)
I am so happy that Toril's grrrreat piece comes out in @PublicBooks on June 1, to match the publication of B-Side Books as an edited volume, by @ColumbiaUP. If you have a friend who seems to have read everything, it's the perfect gift-as-challenge! (cup.columbia.edu/book/b-side-bo…)

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