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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have those collections in the awful recolored versions. Thinking I might try this one, as black-and-white really suits this material.

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it's not the main thing we need, but we do need a David Lodge style Changing Places exchange program so that professors realize the way their institution does things is not standard nor inevitable

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don’t have the context, of course, but I love the idea that an error that can only be seen—mistaking “beetle” for “Beatle”—is here somehow heard, in the dialogue. The most Derridean Archie strip of all time.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would honestly be a much bigger X-Men fan if this were the case.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Too soon to say I’ve committed, but next steps have been taken.

Paperback edition of The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog, fourth edition, by William Allin Storrer.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s exhausting. A week of injury reports, betting odds, pundits’ predictions, and reporting on coaches’ seemingly endless interviews. It’s interesting to me that soccer, also a weekly sport, doesn’t function in the same way (though maybe I shut that part out, since I actually like soccer).

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Taken today, at my local bookstore. Still going!

Paperback edition of Garfield: Crash Diet (his 78th book!)

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My parents owned, and I read, every single one of these.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Easily one of the most forgettable seasons in all my years of Mariners fandom.

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Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The winner of the 2026 MSA Translation Prize (for a translation published in 2024 or 2025) is Marta Figlerowicz, for her translation of Maria Janion’s <The Bad Child: A Maria Janion Reader> with @uminnpress.bsky.social

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The Bad Child

Collected writings from a visionary thinker about the perilous edge between patriotism and fascism How do nationalism and patriotism shape our understand...

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thanks for reading, Doug! I’ll be curious to hear what you think.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Good news for your Thursday morning.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Good Place’s reference to Cincinnati as “the medium place,” neither bad nor good, springs to mind.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is what I love about watching the X-Files in the present day. Landlines, floppy discs, paper file folders, an evening spent in a small-town library’s town records.

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Modernism/modernity @mmodernity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Attention: Call for Co-editor of Modernism/modernity Due Date: November 16, 2026. Please see attached image for further details.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Will always be my favorite bookstore.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’ve had it for much longer than I’d like to admit. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read from it, having dipped in and out, but I’ve still not read the full book cover to cover.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Collected Alec is in my pile too.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Bad AI art has rapidly taken over the food advertising at the Eastern Idaho State Fair, but at least a few places still know how it’s done.

Huge painted wooden sign, featuring a clown holding a hamburger, sitting on top of a food stand. The business’s sign reads “Bimbo’s Burgers with Seasoned Onions.”

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Now scouring the internet for the Leeds equivalent of this mug. Thanks for the inspiration.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The golden age of American radio deserves a lot more attention than it receives.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Cat owners like me: you need this advice.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Just informed about the existence of this one, and not sure what to make of it.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is the news I needed this Friday afternoon.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s Moby-Dick, and @hesterblum.bsky.social’s podcast is going to help me overcome this once and for all.

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Marc Singer @theothermarcsinger.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There's one other aspect to this: most long-running franchises have faltered because the writers think they are supposed to write grand story arcs that cater to the fans instead of the formulaic adventure stories that made people fans in the first place. Never bet against Umberto Eco!

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Both kids survived their first days at new schools, so finally I can exhale.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There is truly no better model for how to live your life than her.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Maybe an obvious one, but it immediately and completely changed the way I thought about modernism:

Cover of READING 1922: A RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE MODERN, by Michael North

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Okay, now the book marketing scam emails are just being rude.

A February 2019 modernist literary study with 0 reviews at #5,424,106.

Dear Professor Levay.

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Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Modernism/modernity is looking for a new co-editor! Could this be you? If you're interested, applications are due Nov. 16. It's a four-year term, and you'll be working with one of the current editors. More info about how to apply here: @mmodernity.bsky.social

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The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It’s a great place to see a game! As for whether the home team will be competitive, well…

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Don’t get me started on tridents.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thank god the EPL season starts this weekend.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I think it’s safe to say that my new Mariners hat has not been the good luck charm for which I had hoped.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tuned in during the 8th as a break from syllabus writing, and quickly returned to syllabus writing.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Maybe my favorite kind of book review: one that alerts me to a book I didn’t know existed, and now definitely want.

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yes! We haven’t met in person, so this must be remedied!

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Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Late summer vacations are perfect but also dangerous for someone like me, who loves to cultivate a new interest. Seriously considering how long it might take me to visit every publicly accessible Frank Lloyd Wright building in America.

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