Reposted by Andrew TuckerJoel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Texas people: Deep in the Heart 2, a beautiful, important new doc about our state's beautiful rivers and the fight to save our water (with Ethan Hawke as narrator) is out today. A good friend edited the film, and I played a very small part copyediting the script. Go see it this weekend if you can.deepintheheartwildlife.comDeep in the heart 2Deep in the Heart DVD, Blu-Ray, UHD, shirts, hats, book, and merchandise. Texas' first feature length wildlife movie narrated by Matthew McConaughey and directed by Ben Masters. A Fin and Fur Films ... 131
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We have a release date! According to the publisher, our volume on late antique Syriac homilies will be released on Sept. 23. The website doesn't have a pre-order option, so mark your calendars! @philipforness.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 12713
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJoel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wendell Berry had a unique, maybe singular gift to write out of both rage and calm, to string words together to unsettle in one breath, and to bring peace in the next. I’m really sad he’s gone. 16817
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I’m so glad that this is now available in paperback! Hopefully it will be useful and now even more affordable for people to assign it as a textbook. 22113
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The KU Leuven university library carillon is currently playing Dolly Parton songs. Hard to hear over construction but here’s “Jolene.” 010
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Found a huge growth of chicken of the woods (I think?) on this willow tree 000
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Leuven in August. Excited for the cool weather on the horizon. 000
Reposted by Andrew TuckerPhilip Forness @philipforness.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I am happy to announce the publication of a new English translation of Jacob of Serugh's four homilies on Cain and Abel. It was wonderful to work on this project with Jeff Wickes! The homilies are fascinating theological and literary works: svspress.com/verse-homili...svspress.comVerse Homilies on Cain and AbelFounded in 1968, St Vladimir's Seminary Press is the largest and most active publisher of Orthodox Christian books in the English language. 11711
Reposted by Andrew TuckerMark DelCogliano @markdelcogliano.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Two years after submission, twenty-two years after conception, it’s published. I believe Sept. 28 is the official publication date in the US. Not sure about the UK and elsewhere. I’ll share a discount code when I receive one. 3438
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Argentina and these late comebacks. Unbelievable. 000
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together.” 011
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Can’t believe what I just witnessed in this Egypt-Argentina match 010
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026An evening walk here in Leuven to beat the heat wave. 010
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I had a great time at NAPS. Had the privilege of celebrating the accomplishments of friends and met many colleagues in person for the first time. And the weather was lovely! 130
Reposted by Andrew TuckerAdam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A try in 7-syll. Syriac verse: ܗܪܟܐ ܠܝܬܝܗܝܢ ܥܝ̈ܢܐ ܒܥܘܡܩܐ ܕܟܘ̈ܟܒܐ ܟܕ ܡ̇ܝܬܝܢ܀ (ܬ. ܣ. ܐܠܝܘܛ) /hårkå laytayhēn ʕaynē b-ʕumqå ḏ-ḵawkḇē ḵaḏ måytin/ 073
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 19/05/2026It’s time to start working through some proofs! This one has been a long time coming. @philipforness.bsky.social 2356
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This. I live in Alabama, an impoverished state due to centuries of bad policies and political and economic inequality, where land is cheap. It’s one of the most diverse states in terms of race and biodiversity. But life is also cheap here. They want to build data centers in places like this. 2145
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Oh, here's the link: www.eerdmans.com/978146746269...eerdmans.comEastern ChristianityA rich anthology of early Eastern Christian textsEastern Christianity: A Reader is an unparalleled collection of significant texts from Syriac, Armenian, Geo... 022
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Speaking of these 6 languages in particular...I've been informed that Eerdmans will be publishing a paperback version of Eastern Christianity: A Reader. Hopefully this makes it more affordable and accessible as a textbook option, and it looks like it might be available for the fall semester! 2158
Reposted by Andrew TuckerAdam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026•lots of Manichaean texts •Syr-Eng & Grk-Eng glossaries •2 extended Acts of Thomas excerpts newly translated •collected quotes about pearls •lines from the Grateful Dead, the Mountain Goats, the Shangri-Las, eden abhez, Iron Maiden & more •fancy paper & pretty covers •appendix on Syriac meter 2/2 022
Reposted by Andrew TuckerAdam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Why read The Pearlsong? •new Eng. tr. of 1 Syriac & 2 Greek texts •at least 13 scripts & 20 languages •a dragon-dosed narcotic magic spell •more about snakes/dragons/serpents •commentary light on allegory and heavy on story •the Guardian of Forever (Star Trek TOS) 1/2 22811
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Pretty hilarious that the Beinecke Library at Yale had to add this to their automated response email 010
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 08/05/2026And if you’re interested in these types of corpora, may I introduce to you the Isaac corpus. 120
Reposted by Andrew TuckerBrian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Willie Nelson - “Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain”, live on “Austin City Limits” in ‘76. Just the best, that’s all. Happy Birthday, Willie Nelson. youtu.be/kPydlDfwiXA?... via @YouTubeyoutu.beWillie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Live From Austin City Limits, 1976)YouTube video by WillieNelsonVEVO 3247
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Well after many years of work, I am happy to announce that I successfully defended my dissertation (with distinction) at Saint Louis University this morning. 490
Reposted by Andrew TuckerPeter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 15/04/2026#NewPublication #OpenAccess #Syriac #ChristianEast www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb... 02610
Reposted by Andrew TuckerAdam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 14/03/2026a try in Syriac: ܒܩܝ̈ܢܕܘܢܘ ܕܠܐ ܡܢܝܢ ܠܗ ܠܐܬܪܐ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܡܢܗ ܫ̇ܢ̣ܝܢ܃ ܠܐܝܟܐ ܕܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܕܫܒ̣ܩܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܟܕ ܢܛܝܪܝܢ܃ ܗܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܗ̄ܘܘ ܒܟܠ ܙܒܢ ܩܕܡܝܢ /b-qindunu ḏ-lå menyån, l-eh l-ʔaṯrå haw d-men-eh šannin, l-ʔaykå ḏ-hånon da-šḇaqn-ennon kaḏ nṭirin, hå ʔiṯay-hon-waw b-ḵol-zḇan qḏåm-ayn/ 052
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Made a purchase at Staples that came out to $19.79. I said to the cashier, “great song aye?” He stared and me and then shrugged. I guess I’m getting old. 000
Reposted by Andrew TuckerJoel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I'm just thrilled to have this piece up at @defector.com, on Joshua Wheeler's debut novel, THE HIGH HEAVEN, from @graywolfpress.bsky.social. I loved this book, and getting to work with @brandyjensen.bsky.social and have this run at Defector is a real dream come true. Gift link below, but subscribe!defector.com‘The High Heaven’ Is A Beautifully Grounded Debut Novel | DefectorWe first meet Izzy Gently, the protagonist of Joshua Wheeler’s captivating debut novel, The High Heaven, as a child. She is alone, wounded, and wandering. The year is 1967, and disaster has befallen t... 2335
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Picasso’s “The four faces” or, as I like to call it, “the corpus attributed to Isaac of Antioch” 000
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I just got Brocked* again *thinking you’re on to something only to learn that Sebastian Brock has already written something on it 130
Reposted by Andrew TuckerArthur Urbano 🌍📷🏛️🛫🇮🇹🤌😷 @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Oh, I can't wait for this! 0134
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Can anyone point me to a good resource on patronage in late antiquity? Even better if it addresses the eastern Mediterranean and manuscripts produced therein. 000
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Turns out writing is difficult without access to a research library. Who knew? 010
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Thought this was a Nick Drake track at first. I dig it. 130
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 27/12/2025AI has entered the “topics I don’t want to talk about at the holiday family gathering” category. 020
Reposted by Andrew TuckerFr. Andrew Younan @younan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Perhaps one day Microsoft will have the technology required to make footnotes automatically match the font you're using in the text of the Word document. But apparently that is far too advanced for now. 051
Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Very sad to hear this. Prof. Trout presented on the panel a colleague and I organized at this past NAPS. I had long admired his work and thus was slightly intimidated, but he was only kind, brilliant, and encouraging. 010
