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Noisy Memory Now Available for Pre-Order

April 22, 2025

Pre-orders are now available for my forthcoming book, Noisy Memory: Recording Sound, Performing Archives. The book will be published on August 28, 2025, with the University of North Carolina Press. Here is an early review of the book: “A beautifully rendered mix of memoir, creative practice, deep listening, and social history, Noisy Memory insists that cultural studies can be both scholarly and personal, artful and ethical. Brian Harnetty reminds us that archival study is never neutral, but always situated—materially, socially, and historically, but also politically—in community. This book is a model for community-engaged humanistic scholarship.”—Ryan Thomas Skinner, author of Afro-Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country

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Nice to be in Pittsburgh today to give a talk to @shaliniayyagari ‘s “Theorizing the Archive” graduate seminar at the University of Pittsburgh!
Local friends! My wife @jenharnetty had another fantastic year of making pots, and she is having her second annual studio sale! It’s *this* morning / afternoon, from 10-3. We are on Milford, by Studio 35. (Look for the signs.) Stop on by!
Old growth forests in Ohio? Yes! Have one all to yourself on a perfect fall day? Yep!
I am sorry to announce that my residency at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, has been postponed. I’ll look forward to visiting next year sometime, and wish everyone a safe and speedy recovery from the devastation of Hurric
Cherry tomatoes are the bunny rabbits of the tomato world. 🐰 🍅