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Steve Mentz
@stevementz.bsky.social
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#bluehumanities, Shakespeare, swimming, eco-poetry. English prof at St. John's (NYC).

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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · 1d
Glad you liked the essays! And good to hear from another Long Island Sound swimmer!

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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · 9d
A few thoughts on Pynchon's Shadow Ticket, which I read slowly over the past few weeks -

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Sentences and Story in Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket
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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · 11d
Come to the Institute for Sacred Music next Th-Fri in New Haven for Water Cosmology! I'll be talking about (what else?) ocean swimming as ecological meditation in the Anthropocene -
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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · Sep 27
A treat to hear how this podcast on shipwreck from the Canadian Broadcasting Company turned out! With thanks to all the good people from Canada who were involved, and also to Stan Rogers for the music -

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Anna Iltnere @sealibrary.bsky.social · Aug 20
in May, I published an invitation: Write a letter to the sea. the eighth letter (in a form of a postcard) is written by @stevementz.bsky.social from Branford, Connecticut, USA. Steve is a longtime friend of the Sea Library and a godfather of the Blue Humanities: sea-library.com/2025/08/20/0...
008: A Letter to the Sea
In May, I sent out an invitation to sea communities all around the world: Write a letter to the sea. The eighth letter (in a form of a postcard) arrived on July 28, 2025 – written by Steve Mentz fr…
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Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social · Nov 19
This afternoon I'm reading the introduction to @stevementz.bsky.social 's Introduction to the Blue Humanities. The #CoastalHistory Network will be meeting tomorrow at 2pm British time to discuss it with him. If you're interested in joining our Network, please let us know!
Screen grab of the cover of Mentz's 'An Introduction to the Blue Humanities' published by Routledge. The cover shows a small boat, with a small engine lifted out of the water, a smooth sea, and flatter islands in the distance. Two upright buoys are in the foreground, and the bottom of the sea can be seen through the water just offshore.

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Isaac Land @coastalhistory.bsky.social · Feb 18
"Best article of 2023" award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender goes to Dyani Taff for “Rivers and Bogs: Slow Protests in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko,” Coastal Studies & Society 2, no. 1 (2023): 38-57. This was part of the special issue edited by @stevementz.bsky.social 🗃️📚📜

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Rachel Murray @rachelmurray.bsky.social · Dec 13
Blue Extinction in Literature, Art, and Culture has been published! 🥳 Edited by Vera Fibisan and me and featuring essays by Stacy Alaimo, @stevementz.bsky.social, Dominic O'Key, Rick de Vos, and many others. Do consider ordering a copy for your library: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Blue Extinction in Literature, Art, and Culture
The book demonstrate the affordances of literary and artistic forms in exposing the plight of aquatic organisms that are contributing to their destruction.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · Mar 7
One of the most creative #maps I've done was for @stevementz.bsky.social's book SAILING WITHOUT AHAB. He asked for a map of the world, and the route of the Pequod, but reimagined on the CT coast.

I'm very proud of the end result, and I've written about it here:
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The World in the Bay: Bringing Moby Dick Home | Surprised Eel Maps and Designs
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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · Jul 16
On Sat Aug 2, I'll be part of a six person relay swimming across Long Island Sound to raise money for St Vincent's hospital in Bridgeport. Link to donate if you'd like to!

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Support Steve Mentz - Swim Across the Sound 2025
I'm excited to join the 2025 Swim Across the Sound! This mission is very important to me and I'm proud to help make a difference. Please join me in supporting cancer patients by making a donation toda...
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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · Jul 13
Come join me in New Haven at the Yale British Art Center for “Swimming with Turner” at their amazing J. M. W. Turner show! 12:30 britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
Art in Context | “Swimming with Turner”
J. M. W. Turner's seascapes demonstrate how his engagements with water—as subject, substance, and perhaps even collaborator—explore how humans coexist with one of the most alien features of our enviro...
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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · Jun 19
I do like those DBTs…

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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · Jun 7
A fun Wild West Romeo and Juliet at the Globe - with more dancing that you might expect!

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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · Apr 29
It's pretty great - I need to get to Stratford to see it!

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Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social · Apr 28
A new oceanic Shakespeare bust, in the Guildhall at Stratford-upon-Avon! #bluehumanities #atthebottomofshakespearesocean

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punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social · Apr 23
If this Book were Ocean, how would it feel between your fingers? Wet & slippery, just a bit warmer or colder than the air around it, since the Ocean is our planet’s greatest reservoir of heat.

READ @stevementz.bsky.social & co's OCEANIC NEW YORK: book + ocean + city.

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