Lots of great answers in this thread! This one (from “The Lottery”) chills me every time:

“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones”

99 years old today! 🍸🎂🥳💚

Total solar eclipse meets the Forty Acres 🤘

Delighted to see this at the Edinburgh University Press table at #msa2023 (and to have dressed appropriately for the occasion 🤣) Alex Mitchell

not 24 hours later, these same UNC students are in another lockdown due to an armed and dangerous person on campus. Every student in America is being deprived of their right to live and learn free from fear.

In a meeting. Here, parental leave is only full pay if you continue service obligations. So a colleague is zooming in from the NICU. This is unreasonable.

Our thoughts are with UNC-Chapel Hill in this difficult time. Counselors are available for anyone in the Wolfpack community who would like to speak with someone. Find resources: ncst.at/NvS850PF9x4

Thinking about everyone at UNC wral.com/story/shots-fi…

'Open positions that once drew over 200 applicants now see fewer than 20.'

For those not in academia, I need you to understand how incredible this is. There are so few academic jobs. This many ppl choosing not to apply is how you know a place is poison. tampabay.com/news/education…

We had the finest of fine times Linnéuniversitetet Linnaeus University and in Växjö for #Fitz16 . Our eternal gratitude to Niklas Salmose and Helen Turner and the team.

Our Gatsby centennial conference in New York in 2025 is already being planned. Stay tuned!
#Fitz17 #Gatsby100 #Fitzstock

Appropriately decadent ending to the #FScottFitzgerald Society conference at Teleborg Castle in Växjö 🇸🇪

Already looking forward to our 2025 reunion in New York! The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society #gatsby

Packing before the banquet and already feeling that anticipatory nostalgia Niklas mentioned - it’s been another wonderful Fitzgerald Society conference ❤️ 🇸🇪 The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society

It’s ‘The Lottery’ day! 75 years old, Shirley Jackson’s story still hits the spot. Take 20 minutes out of your day and, um, enjoy
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This summer, all roads lead to Växjö, Sweden for the 16th International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference Linnéuniversitetet Linnaeus University, 26 June - 2 July 🇸🇪 🇸🇪🇸🇪

huge news, modernists - my and @jnolan_1925's book of f. scott fitzgerald's short stories is available NOW! @edinburghup @fsfsociety

Very excited to see this in the wild! Edinburgh University Press #periodicalstudies #fscottfitzgerald

Pre-orders of the hardback available now! Use code NEW30 for 30% off!

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