Mushtaq Bilal, PhD Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Mushtaq Bilal, PhD

2. Brainstorming research questions Prompt: Topic: How Hans Christian Andersen's stories are read in South Asia Context: Hans Christian Andersen as World Literature Requirement: Generate ten research questions for a journal article Language: Academic Tone: Formal

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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD

Example: A young woman, let's call her Nadia, wants to pursue a Master's in computer science. If she were to write something like, "I have always been passionate about studying computer science" It won't cut much ice. It's a common and boring sentence.

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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD

@reviveramesh In literary studies, this can be understood as “distant reading,” a term coined by Franco Moretti. He has a book of the same name too. Briefly, the books argues for reading about novels instead of the novels themselves.

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2. "The Clockwork Muse" by Eviatar Zerubavel Contains great advice on how to organize your writing process in terms of time. A-Time: reserved for writing new material B-Time: for "mechanical" tasks like compiling bibliography, etc. C-Time: meant for house chores https://t.co/AhDf0pNGUH

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If you're interested in reading more about how one becomes "respectable," Ammara Maqsood's book "The New Pakistani Middle Class" is a great place to start.

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4. Immanuel Wallerstein's book "Modern World-Systems" (same as Moretti) 5. Emily Apter's book "Against World Literature" 6. The Routledge Companion to World Literature

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Prof. Betty S. Lai's book "The Grant Writing Guide" launches today. It's an amazing resource that will help you win fundable grants. I did a thread on it a while back, which you can read here: https://t.co/SbAGoZLtxx https://t.co/urSVP9RmtL

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3. "How to Write a Lot" by Paul Silvia Contains brilliant advice on how to build a sustainable writing schedule. Also contains tips on how to start a writing group with your friends and colleagues. https://t.co/tbzFetxBE2

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Rejection letter to an undergraduate program written by ChatGPT in the style of Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Red Shoes." "...the answer is simple: you have not yet learned the lessons that life has to teach" 😂 Follow @hcasdu for more. https://t.co/QhTiTRA8LE

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In his book "Atomic Habits," James Clear writes about habits that are so small we don’t even notice them. But the power these habit have over us is immense. He calls them atomic habits. Although they are small, building atomic habits is very difficult. Why? https://t.co/kyR1YGDj0k

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