Paul J. Niemeyer
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Paul J. Niemeyer
@pauljniemeyer.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English (19th-21st centuries) at Texas A&M International University, a growing uni on the US/Mexico border. Build huge Legos when I’m stressed, which is a lot.
@doktorzoom.bsky.social Hey—I sent you this on X, but you don’t seem to be there much now. Anyhoo, had my mind blown last night…I’m reading Ben Yagoda’s GOBSMACKED! THE BRITISH INVASION OF AMERICAN ENGLISH, and lookee what I encountered on p. 149:
August 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social The stuff named after your boy still has its off-brand uses…
December 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20
#books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#bookrecommendations
November 24, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
#books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#bookrecommendations
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
#books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#bookrecommendations
November 22, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20
#books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#bookrecommendations
November 21, 2024 at 5:26 AM
@valontheborder.bsky.social said she hoped she’d see some “snarky lit memes” from me. OK, it’s not a meme, but read this factoid and imagine a print book giving the finger.
November 19, 2024 at 4:28 AM
OK, I’m new here. Not my place to make suggestions, but… maybe capitalize the “s?” Every time I see “Bluesky” I envision a Chicago enforcer whose name is pronounced “Blooski.”
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
First post. One follower. What to say, what to say? Ah, hell, here’s my cat, Bette.
November 16, 2024 at 4:45 AM