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PRPL Director. Professor. Husband & Father. Academic Presses. Boxing. Baseball. Play sports. Read books. Touch grass. Raised as a Jesuit.

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Excited to see our forthcoming book INSIDE MISSION CONTROL featured here! Book Spotlight: Inside Mission Control, Space Odyssey and SpaceX‘s Dragon & Starship aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/de…

Book Spotlight: Inside Mission Control, Space Odyssey and SpaceX‘s Dragon & Starship

Titles are meant to reflect a broad range of topics and are not reviewed or endorsed by Aerospace America or AIAA. Releasing Dec. 15, 2026 (Purdue University Press) Wayne Hale spent more than three…

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Andrew Berzanskis@ABerzanskisOct 24
Powell's Books, Portland.
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James Marcus@jamesamarcusOct 6
Saw this at the NYPL's Berg Collection today--Nabokov's copy of The Metamorphosis with his lecture notes, drawings, and marginalia.
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James Marcus@jamesamarcusOct 21
The year is 1996, the location is Missoula, and I'm talking to the excellent Ian Frazier about fishing:
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Benjamin Kunkel@kunktationOct 21
I wrote about Cormac McCarthy (including the new biography) for @Harpers harpers.org/archive/2026/11/…

The Style Is Father of the Man, by Benjamin Kunkel

On a new life of Cormac McCarthy

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Valley Football
@ValleyFootballOct 24
TOOK THE DUB IN OT🍿 📺 @MidcoSports #ValleyFootball x #FCS x @SDCoyotesFB x @NCAA_FCS
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NCAA FCS Football
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WHAT A THRILLER ‼️ No. 6 @SDCoyotesFB defeats No. 8 North Dakota, 26-23, in overtime. #FCS
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NCAA FCS Football
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Brayden White hauls in the game-winning touchdown in overtime 🤩 #FCS x 🎥 Midco Sports / @SDCoyotesFB
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NCAA FCS Football
@NCAA_FCSOct 24
The sweet sound of victory 😌 #FCS x 🎥 @SDCoyotesFB
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Rushing touchdown #4 on the season for Jackson Proctor! #GoYotes
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Beauty of A Game@BeautyOfAGameOct 16
The last time the Milwaukee Brewers were in the World Series you could get 12 8-track tapes for only a dollar through The Gorman Thomas Tape Club®.
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Celebration of the Manifesto of Oct 17, 1905 (flipped), by Ilya Repin, 1906, 📸 by Chris Kim
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Jack El-Hai@Jack_ElHaiOct 11
#Writing: "It is impossible to explain anything to those who are both angry and terrified." - Eleanor Cameron, who died 30 years ago on today's date
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WE. BEAT. TEXAS.
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Oklahoma Football
@OU_FootballOct 10
TATE THE GREAT 🦿
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✒️ Today, Phyllis Teo reviews “Up the River of Time: The Chinese Painting Tradition of Qingming Shanghe” by Cheng-hua Wang @Harvard_Press buff.ly/A0n6nnu
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UChicagoPress@UChicagoPressOct 8
Congratulations to author Mia Costa whose book, HOW POLITICIANS POLARIZE, has won the 2026 Edwards Book Award helmed by the Rodel Institute. The prize will be conferred at the Rodel Fellowship Reunion in Washington, D.C. on April 2, 2027. Join us in celebrating this achievement!
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A.Rihn@RihnAndrewOct 8
Anne Carson, Nobel Laureate
A.Rihn@RihnAndrewOct 8
Anne Carson, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, writing in the Chicago Review back in 1997. Carson has made use of boxing imagery throughout the years.
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ArtButMakeItSports
@ArtButSportsOct 8
The Ascension, by Ford Madox Brown, 1844, 📸 by Kirsten Schmitt
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D2 CFB Spotlight
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In our minds, we're already in Rapid City. We've been looking forward to experiencing O’Harra Stadium, where fans can park, tailgate and watch football from the drive-in terraces overlooking the field. Nine days until the 141st Black Hills Brawl. #D2FB
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