David B Hobbs
@deebeehobbs.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of English (modernism/poetry) at ULethbridge, critic (often in The Nation), ghostwriter of Tár On Tár
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David B Hobbs
@deebeehobbs.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Ronald Johnson’s style, according to this friends and critics, was premised on “concentrated seeing”: A mode of poetic observation that slowed the world down and captured both its sound and nature.
Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism
An inheritor of a distinct tradition that stretched back to Coleridge and Emerson, Johnson’s naturalistic poetry was immersive and intimate all at once.
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one more time for the weekend — was thrilled to have the chance to write about Ronald Johnson, connecting him back to some of his early influences & source texts as well as pointing towards some contemporary poets continuing in his idiosyncratic Queer Romantic tradition
huge bummer that Greg Grandin doesn’t narrate the audiobook for America, América
January 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
huge bummer that Greg Grandin doesn’t narrate the audiobook for America, América
academics are just not named after beloved anarchists anymore
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 PM
academics are just not named after beloved anarchists anymore
when they say something so hemisphericism-phobic and you gotta hit them with the America, América
January 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
when they say something so hemisphericism-phobic and you gotta hit them with the America, América
many of you know that I have ALWAYS been a Frank supporter (since I stopped being an Ange supporter in Oct) but for the first time in my years long fandom (2024) I think it’s well and truly time for a change #COYS
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
many of you know that I have ALWAYS been a Frank supporter (since I stopped being an Ange supporter in Oct) but for the first time in my years long fandom (2024) I think it’s well and truly time for a change #COYS
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
tremendous news!
playbill.com/article/boot...
playbill.com/article/boot...
Boots Riley Is Adapting Anne Washburn's Simpsons-Themed Mr. Burns for the Screen
The Simpsons -inspired play debuted at Playwrights Horizons via The Civilians in 2012.
playbill.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
tremendous news!
playbill.com/article/boot...
playbill.com/article/boot...
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Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.
They are getting creative!
They are getting creative!
ETHICS IS NOW CANCELED AT TEXAS A&M
Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....
Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.
They are getting creative!
They are getting creative!
having spent the break on O’Hara and the social theories that interested his circle, it strikes me that Sartre (March 25th) is a sorely under-appreciated connection to the socialism of the 1940s-60s
happy first day of school to semester colleagues please enjoy this jameson syllabus from January 1996
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
having spent the break on O’Hara and the social theories that interested his circle, it strikes me that Sartre (March 25th) is a sorely under-appreciated connection to the socialism of the 1940s-60s
“The year was 2007, and well, we were all somebody’s Brandy Alexander…”
January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
“The year was 2007, and well, we were all somebody’s Brandy Alexander…”
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I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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trying to explain to jd vance why it's bad that renee good was killed by federal agents: ok, so, imagine that she was a squirrel belonging to an IG/onlyfans influencer,
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
trying to explain to jd vance why it's bad that renee good was killed by federal agents: ok, so, imagine that she was a squirrel belonging to an IG/onlyfans influencer,
the new culture pyramid recommends you read one dreadful occasional poem per week
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
the new culture pyramid recommends you read one dreadful occasional poem per week
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this must mean it’s coming to Calgary
Bad news for Ella McCay Nation: the movie leaves Toronto tomorrow
January 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
this must mean it’s coming to Calgary
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still can't quite believe winter quarter has begun but at least I have these puppies to help make it interesting
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
still can't quite believe winter quarter has begun but at least I have these puppies to help make it interesting
starting to think Banned Books Week/Month/&c miiiiiight just be an excuse to reframe the teaching of relatively simple, basically canonical texts as something ~*radical*~
January 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
starting to think Banned Books Week/Month/&c miiiiiight just be an excuse to reframe the teaching of relatively simple, basically canonical texts as something ~*radical*~
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This is the feeling that Eric Adams was trying to capture when he said that New York is the only city where you might see a plane fly into the World Trade Center
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This is the feeling that Eric Adams was trying to capture when he said that New York is the only city where you might see a plane fly into the World Trade Center
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You all, after YEARS of archival research and writing, my book is out in exactly ONE month and it’s my job to promote it. Please help me spread the word!! 😀📚#booksky
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You all, after YEARS of archival research and writing, my book is out in exactly ONE month and it’s my job to promote it. Please help me spread the word!! 😀📚#booksky
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FRANKENSTEIN
James Whale • 1931
James Whale • 1931
December 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
FRANKENSTEIN
James Whale • 1931
James Whale • 1931
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More details to come but…
🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
Writing Backwards | Columbia University Press
Winner, 2026 Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Prize, International Society for the Study of NarrativeFinalist, 2025 SHARP Book History Book Prize, Society ... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
December 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
More details to come but…
🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
🎉🎉 I just learned that my book has won the first ever Biennial Book Prize from MELUS, the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States! I’m over the moon! 🎉🎉
cup.columbia.edu/book/writing...
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The first question I always ask students when meeting about AI use is "are you a big reader?" And if they say yes, we talk about their favorite books for a while. It helps me unravel that part of the mess
December 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The first question I always ask students when meeting about AI use is "are you a big reader?" And if they say yes, we talk about their favorite books for a while. It helps me unravel that part of the mess
laughing at these whiny freaks — merry christmas to the haters & losers 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
laughing at these whiny freaks — merry christmas to the haters & losers 🎄