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Dunces, Fops, and Coquettes at NYU Atlantic History Workshop
I’ll be workshopping a chapter of my book manuscript, Elizabeth Whitman’s Disappearance, at NYU’s Atlantic History Workshop on 21 Apr. 2026. It’s a chapter on Whitman’s first cousin, the poet John Trumbull, and “The Progress of Coquetry,” from his satirical poem The Progress of Dulness (1772-73).
J-Term 2026 in Abu Dhabi
I’m excited to return to NYU Abu Dhabi in January 2026 to teach a two-week, multi-disciplinary course on “Empathy.” Ping me for more details!
The Power of Sympathy
Thrilled to announce that Broadview has published a new edition of “the first American novel,” William Hill Brown’s The Power of Sympathy (1789), co-edited by me and Jennifer Harris. I’m available to visit Am lit courses via Zoom to talk about how it and other early American seduction novels can help us understand gender and American politics in the Revolutionary era — and today.
Mediating the Novel in the Age of Warhol
A new essay, “Mediating the Novel in the Age of Warhol,” is coming in volume 8 of The Oxford History of the Novel in English, ed. Cyrus Patell and Deborah Williams, along with a brief essay on DeLillo’s debut novel, Americana.
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