Rafael Walker
@raf_walk
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I write on American literature & higher ed || Associate Prof. at Baruch, CUNY || Editor of Nella Larsen’s *Passing* https://t.co/cE3Kr7cWBV…
New York, NY
Joined February 2019
Elated to announce that my baby, "Realism after the Individual," has a stunning cover and is available for preorder! University of Chicago Press remains undefeated for making beautiful books.
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RT @ProfKori: Less than 30 min, but we cover a lot!. know-your-place aggression; that ESQUIRE article on Shedeur Sanders & the NFL; my exis….
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RT @thomaschattwill: Might not be as attention grabbing as what the administration is doing these days, but this kind of woke illiberalism….
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I've been uneasy about Junot Díaz's treatment by the mainstream media for a while now, but seeing him get nixed from the Norton anthology was the last straw for me. I've put my thoughts down here. Thanks, as usual, to my editor, @GutkinLen! .
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The great writer has been exiled from the Norton anthology.
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Ah, so it's not merely a coincidence that the two presidents recently co-authored an article on resisting the politicization of universities.
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Now is the time to return to core principles.
Just heard that Vanderbilt rescinded all of its PhD offers because of NIH and NSF funding cuts and that Washington University St Louis is claiming that the STEM fields fund all the other depts and will be looking at cutting arts, etc.
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RT @GovKathyHochul: Last week, I received a request to extradite a New York doctor who provided life-saving abortion medication to a patien….
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Today is the release day for my Audible Original, "James Baldwin: The Man and His Work"! It was a labor of love, and I hope you enjoy it.
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Artist. Public intellectual. Political activist. James Baldwin was all of these and more. Raised in the slums of Depression-era Harlem in New York City,...
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Yes and yes! 10 out of 10, but it would have been embarrassing if I had done worse and unremarkable that I hadn’t.
I can't do another poll! . AH. Did you pass and are you American?.
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2024 was dubbed the "year of Baldwin," but, in case you haven't gotten your fill, check out my six-lecture Amazon Audible Original series, "James Baldwin: The Man and His Work," which goes live next month.
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Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Artist. Public intellectual. Political activist. James Baldwin was all of these and more. Raised in the slums of Depression-era Harlem in New York City,...
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Spread the word! @proffwolff and I have extended the deadline for submissions for our special issue on the American novel at the turn of the 20th century for Arizona Quarterly. New date is Jan. 2nd.
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Need an excuse to escape the family for a while this Thanksgiving? Why not finish your essay for our special issue on the American novel at the turn of the 20th century?! There's still about a week left to submit.
The deadline for the Arizona Quarterly special issue on the American Novel that @proffwolff and I are coediting is less than a month away! Do send us things.
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RT @proffwolff: hey turn-of-the century hive, realism stans, naturalism sickos: Our submission deadline approaches! . p.s. JENNIFER FLEI….
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The deadline for the Arizona Quarterly special issue on the American Novel that @proffwolff and I are coediting is less than a month away! Do send us things.
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RT @GovKathyHochul: Abortion is health care, health care is a human right — and that right is finally enshrined in the New York State const….
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