Ben Lee
@benfredlee
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Associate Prof & DGS @UTKEnglish. 20/21c poetry, American literature & culture, the beautiful game. He/him.
Knoxville, TN
Joined July 2018
Out this month! Beyond grateful to Alan Golding, Dee Morris, & Lynn Keller for including it in their incredible CNAP Series & to @BrianGlavey, @AndrewEpstein3, & Tim Gray for saying nice things about it. Link below to U. of Iowa P. website; they were a delight to work with.
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Shout out to these future Lady Rebels! The Bruins won the City Championship tonight! ❤️💙
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How is poetry like psychoanalysis? I had a fascinating conversation with Daniel Katz (@DanielKatz6) about Jack Spicer and his poem “Psychoanalysis: An Elegy.”
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I talked with Nick Sturm about the brilliant Alice Notley, who died just three weeks ago, and her poem “At Night the States.” “making life, not explaining anything” I missed having these conversations. https://t.co/WIaHqqx4uM
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West JV 3 - Halls JV 0 Julius Schoenbach-Lee to Christian Eimmerman ⚽️ Roman Childress ⚽️ Drake Johnson⚽️🚀 JV finishes the season 12-4-4 #future
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Thanks to all who came for Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez' Distinguished Lecture Series talk "'On the run from ownership': Nathaniel Mackey, Music, Centrifugitivity." Be sure to check out their spoken word and jazz performance at 6:30pm on March 29 at the Knoxville Museum of Art!
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he's really going to make every single college and university kiss the ring and fully betray their missions and then take away every penny anyway
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In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger. —Adrienne Rich
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thought I’d share my classroom’s AI policy 👇👇👇 please feel free to use and share! #AcademicChatter #AcademicExcellence #pedagogy
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When I am feeling depressed and anxious sullen all you have to do is take your clothes off and all is wiped away revealing life’s tenderness —Frank O'Hara
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the two capstone assignments for my son's grade 9 English (Ontario): - an "infographic" about Lord of the Flies - review of a film version of Romeo & Juliet you don't have to read either text to do these things (1/2)
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In February from Duke UP! Gorgeous collection of essays by 20 world-renowned scholars, including Pulitzer winners and authorized biographers, with 32 color plates. (Get the introduction free at https://t.co/wnaRxLgmxL )
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Kevin Killian’s “Selected Amazon Reviews” reviewed in the New Yorker: “Killian’s reviews are brimming w/ genuine pleasure, & also a wonderment & ardor for the great variety of stuff on the Web site. His reviewing voice sometimes resembles Frank O’Hara’s revelry in the ordinary”
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Please share with colleagues and students: Barnard College: Assistant Professor of 20th and 21st Century Global Anglophone, non European Literature, written in or translated into English
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Meet Katie Hannah, Director of the University of Tennessee Press. Learn how the skills gained as an English major can lead to success in publishing and many other careers at https://t.co/U8Luu0RID4
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First time Tennessee’s gone >1 point per possession in each of their first six games of a season in 24 years. I’ll assume that unlike 2000-01 with Jerry Green this season does not end with Rick Barnes requesting Tennessee fans to fight him at a Kmart.
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