

Julie Orlemanski
Associate Professor of English at the University of Chicago and Walter Jackson Bate Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute; contributed a provocation on 'Language' and a chapter about close reading's hermeneutic practices.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 0sec
Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium (Vandal Live at Emory)
Omari Weeks, scholar of Black literature noted for probing difficulty in reading Black texts. Julie Orlemanski, literary theorist focused on language and hermeneutics. Joshua Coton, critic and teacher reflecting on learning from exemplary readings. Becky Carver, modernist-poetry specialist exploring freedom. They debate difficulty, language, freedom, and model close readings in a lively symposium conversation.


