literature prof at U of Arizona. books: HUMAN PROGRAMMING (on metaphors for ideology), CHARACTER NETWORKS (on social networks in recent US fiction and history, out October 2026). he, suh-LISK-er, views mine, sporadically present here.
Scott Selisker
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Snagging a last-second seat for this felt like winning a Coffee for Closers
(It was great despite an understandable but disappointing abridgment. Varma as Machine Levene was so worth it.)
(Missed connection, overnighting in Philly, will miss Thursday Narrative panels getting to Aarhus, I always enjoy Philly but the lit-up pride flags are upside down, are y’all in distress)
En route to Aarhus and London. Speaking at Narrative (on Passing and character networks) Friday, and at KCL (on new book and networked agency) Monday.
Please be in touch if you’ll be in either place!
Cutting costs, cashing in on brand equity… that analysis tracks 💯 with my experience in AZ…
Early summer reading:
Speak, Memory: worth it for the chess bit alone
Mme Bovary: a reread in progress, appreciate the artistry more but having zero more fun a second time thru
Dopamine Kids: recommendable parenting pop sci, on wrangling the screens-feeds-junk food death drive
Screaming in my heart at the extraordinary civic beauty of the Aarhus Dokk1 library and culture center.
The baby gong sounded as I first approached it!
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hey now: jed esty on jameson in the newest issue of *novel*
read.dukeupress.edu/novel/articl...
Honored to have an essay included in the @modernlanguage.bsky.social Democracy Project style.mla.org/the-mla-demo...
My new essay, on "The Institution(s) of High School English," and the chasm that exists between high school and university English departments, is out now in Post45!
Such a pleasure to be thinking alongside this fabulous collection of teachers and scholars!
post45.org/2026/06/inst...
A functional democracy depends on its participants being able to understand the operations of their government. The knowledge and skills that come from MLA disciplines–language, literature, writing, a...
