Robert Tally
@RobertTally
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Robert T. Tally Jr. is a literature professor. He's the author of books on spatiality, geocriticism, utopia, fantasy, et cet.
United States
Joined January 2010
Robert T. Tally pays tribute to Fredric Jameson's tremendous generosity, that is, the late theorist's drive to both know the world and change it for the better.
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@DukeNBA Scheyer's only 38, and he looks like he could still be coming off the bench for any NBA team. I wouldn't want to test him! :)
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Nico Baumbach on Fredric Jameson's pedagogy. (Yes, the irony of posting this here is acknowledged.)
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@tolkienthoughts I would agree (but love to see your analysis). Tolkien's sense of "tales untold" gets at the idea, and it probably explains why so much of the "Silmarillion" could never really be finished by him.
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@miakhalifa The backwards/forwards line is from Kierkegaard, I believe. That's one well-read snail!
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RT @brouillettese: I attended a webinar yesterday for a company promoting a self-publishing app that promises prospective authors "don't wo…
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What's the significance of Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?
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RT @jacobin: For Gillian Rose, the work of philosophy was to confront the myths and blind spots that sustain capitalism and dignify injusti…
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I always loved Blakes. So glad to see him doing well at Stanford.
“I still have Duke blood in me so it’s still GTHC… I was in my hotel room thinking about Austin Rivers’ shot” YEA J BLAKES!! 🔥🔥
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@dan_sinykin I got arrested for that in college (by campus police, but that still counts, right?). 😀
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RT @CameronBorgQeen: My #Mairon paper is published (link in 🧵). It was presented at Tolkien@UVM and GIFCon in 2023 and at Oxonmoot in 2024.…
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Terrific article on Fredric Jameson by Andrew Cole in the latest PMLA:
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@lfeatherz When I lived in the city (admittedly, in my early 30s), I gave myself a 20-block rule; anything within that, I had to hoof it. :)
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RT @mythsoc: As you're building out your calendar for 2025, a reminder that the CFP for our August event is still open! We'd love to see yo…
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@nicholasbirns Apparently, I was fussy, coming down with a cold, and she put her hand on my forehead, exclaiming "Ooh, this boy has fever!" (Always a mom!)
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