Michael Johnson
@MKJohnsonUMF
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Michael K. Johnson is the author of "A Black Woman's West: The Life of Rose B. Gordon," and "Speculative Wests." He is a co-editor of "Weird Westerns"
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Joined August 2009
The editors (@SaraLSpurgeon1 @MKJohnsonUMF et al.) of WEIRD WESTERNS and HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER join the blog to discuss their experiences building a course around the "Weird Western.
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Kerry Fine is an instructor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. Michael K. Johnson is professor of American literature at the University of Maine-Farmington. Rebecca M. Lush i…
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HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER, edited by Kerry Fine, @MKJohnsonUMF, @drrlush, and @SaraLSpurgeon1, explores the role of sex and sexuality in the weird western— which mixes western conventions with horror, fantasy, supernatural, or science fiction. Save 50%: https://t.co/xpqp189F01
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Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work!
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Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2023 Julie Suk Book Award The Gathering of Bastards (Nebraska, 2023) by Romeo Oriogun is the winner of the Julie Su…
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"Speculative Wests" recently received the 2024 Thomas J. Lyon Book Award for best book in Western American Literary and Cultural Studies. @UnivNebPress
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Congratulations to these UNP authors whose books were recently recognized!
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Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! Benjamin F. Shambaugh Published Book Award Union General (Potomac Books, 2023) by William L. Shea is a recipient of…
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“This is for the ‘hood… BLACK LIGHTNING’s back”. My variant for my literal day one @bwrites247 and the incredible @FicoOssio ‘s new BLACK LIGHTNING # 1 in stores this November. Thanks to DC editorial’s real life Michael Holt, @Marquis_Draper for having me on board.
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"CONTINENTAL RECKONING represents a new benchmark study for the active settler colonization period in the American West" and "is a treasure trove of information," writes Utah Historical Quarterly. Buy the book here: https://t.co/7hYxRvu9FF
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From Leather Daddy Mando to Robert Conrad’s epically tight Wild Wild West pants, HELL-BENT FOR LEATHER satisfies all your kinky scholarly Western desires…
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"@MKJohnsonUMF demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of canonical and less-known Western narratives and a thoughtful engagement with scholarship emerging from Chicana/ o, Indigenous, and Black Studies," writes @MTHist in the 2024 Spring Issue of Montana. https://t.co/oHO0IWfi6q
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SPECULATIVE WESTS "offers new avenues for thinking about the past and present of the region and the stories culture embeds in its landscapes," writes @BrendenWRensink for Western Historical Quarterly of @MKJohnsonUMF's work. Read the article:
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#ICYMI: Melanie A. Marotta (@melanieamarotta ) , author of AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENT FEMALE HEROES: THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY YOUNG ADULT NEO-SLAVE NARRATIVE, recently participated in a Humanities in the Village event at @TheIvyBookshop. @JHUHumanities
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Had the best time at #westernlit2023. Here I am with Indigenous comics marvel @sheyahshe. Great talks, great place and people, great community. Special thank you to the organizers and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes!
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Chad Allen & Christine Bold win the Thomas J. Lyons book award for Earthworks Rising and Vaudeville Indians on Global Circuits, 1880s-1930s.#WesternLit2023
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<twin peaks voice> it’s happening again a nat cassidy unboxing video
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Looking across the cultural landscape of the twenty-first century, its literature, film, television, comic books, and other media, we can see multiple examples of what speculative westerns. Michael K. Johnson @MKJohnsonUMF @UMF1864 @UnivNebPress discusses speculative westerns
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Looking across the cultural landscape of the twenty-first century, its literature, film, television, comic books, and other media, we can see multiple examples of what speculative westerns. Michael K. Johnson @MKJohnsonUMF @UMF1864 @UnivNebPress discusses speculative westerns
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News & Reviews feat. @Professor_G_T @SuzanneRoberts @BrendenWRensink @sophieklahr @MKJohnsonUMF @ClaytonTrutor @byErikSherman and more!
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Interview about Speculative Wests book (@UnivNebPress) with Writing Westward Podcast:
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