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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yes! I was gonna email you today!

Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I got proofs for my book NO PLACE FOR HOME: TERROR AND RACE IN LITERATURE AFTER 9/11 from @uminnpress.bsky.social! The press has also offered a 30% discount for those who pre-order before January 1st! To order, click the link in my bio.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Here, now, are two great whales, laying their heads together; let us join them, and lay together our own.” —Herman Melville, Moby Dick

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Lol I didn’t like EAST OF EDEN

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The acting in EAST OF EDEN is so uneven

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

How ready am I for fall break? I threw away my keys instead of an empty water bottle

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I got 5 emails in 2 minutes as soon as I sat in my office 😵‍💫

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s officially turtleneck season!!!

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

my students stayed over time to keep close reading the paragraphs leading up to Gatsby's death and keep ooing and awwing about each other's interpretations 🥲

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Got a targeted add for JSTOR--the algorithm gods are reminding me to write

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I genuinely feel like my family doesn't appreciate the hilarious videos and memes I send in the family instagram group chat. I send bangers basically all day and no one recognizes my labor!

Homer Simpson: It's Not Fair, I Tells Ya!

ALT: Homer Simpson: It's Not Fair, I Tells Ya!

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every college in this country decided that expelling and/or sending the police to beat the shit out of their own students for the crime of being opposed to genocide was their top priority. That and giving Trump complete control of what they teach. Contrast that with how they treat rapists.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This whole weekend and this morning I’ve been groaning about a faculty meeting on Wednesday. Turns out we don’t have one!

Homer Simpson's Whoo-Hoo Phone Call

ALT: Homer Simpson's Whoo-Hoo Phone Call

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Yall are making me wanna go to Mass

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I’d love both if you have them!

Omg no but Adam and Jordan are OG academic twitter folks and I’d love to read this! Thanks for the rec!

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It made me yell in a faculty meeting! I’m flabbergasted by people’s behavior…but I probs shouldn’t be

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I was so liberated when I realized the dumbest people I know also have PhDs. One of the STEM profs at my college uses LLMs to write letters of recommendation for students applying to grad school. He brags about it!!!

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This is my second time reading it and I’m mostly hyped bc my students love it so much. Our convos are so good that they enrich my reading experience. I also have complicated feelings about the MMCIC!

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you’re bored this Saturday morning, read the final paragraph of Chapter 44 of MOBY DICK. It’s incredible

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The AC is still blasting in the humanities building so I pulled out my office Snuggie during office hours and comfortably read a few chapters of Moby Dick

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Brendon @beholdbybrendon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The start of fall has been really popping off 📸 #photography

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For weeks now, I’ve been seeing this guy at the gym who looks SO familiar to me. Every time I see him, I think “he looks like someone I know and it’s on the tip of my tongue…” Dear reader, I realized today that this guy looks exactly like Edgar Allen Poe.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Students are loving MOBY DICK and we’re having such stimulating convos! I leave class so inspired. Today’s discussion of “Cetology” and chapters 36-40 was so enriching. Lots of great points about form and genre and Marx and morality and queerness! I’ve successfully made students into whale lovers!

Unusual Whales: Raining Money

ALT: Unusual Whales: Raining Money

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It should just be reality tv shows tbh! Some of y’all are just too afraid to realize you might really enjoy the Real Housewives and Vanderpump Rules!!!!! Jen Shah’s arrest episode of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is the greatest moment in 21st century television!

ALT: Jen Shah Real Housewives

Jen Shah Real Housewives

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Please please please read this truly wild ride of an article. Here it is without a paywall. archive.is/39AeV

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Particularly true about the s1 finale