Alexander R. Phillips
@arphillips.bsky.social
Assistant professor of English at Ashoka University, read: rogue Germanist in India. Author: "Ecology and German Realism." Literature, ecocriticism, environmental humanities, C19. I cycle, I make beer, I think about books for money.
Anyone who isn't Middlemarch-pilled knows the answer. 🐳
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Anyone who isn't Middlemarch-pilled knows the answer. 🐳
I have fun with them.
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have fun with them.
Your praise means everything, although we'll know for sure in three weeks. I had to switch malt brands, and I'm still recalibrating my recipes. The ABV on this one is a tad higher than BJCP limits. And that is my cat art you see. Portraits of these three
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Your praise means everything, although we'll know for sure in three weeks. I had to switch malt brands, and I'm still recalibrating my recipes. The ABV on this one is a tad higher than BJCP limits. And that is my cat art you see. Portraits of these three
Oktoberfest is long over, but I finally bottled my Märzen. Travel messed with this year's #homebrewing calendar.
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Oktoberfest is long over, but I finally bottled my Märzen. Travel messed with this year's #homebrewing calendar.
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Car culture, militarism, and a beautiful landscape scrubbed away by sprawl: the featured image encapsulates all the things I dislike about San Diego. Next time someone asks me why I'm so disaffected by where I grew up, I'm showing them this.
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Car culture, militarism, and a beautiful landscape scrubbed away by sprawl: the featured image encapsulates all the things I dislike about San Diego. Next time someone asks me why I'm so disaffected by where I grew up, I'm showing them this.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
If you are at #TheGSA2025, might I suggest stopping by the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social table and checking out this book by an author who is me. I'm pleased to see it in such fine company!
September 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
If you are at #TheGSA2025, might I suggest stopping by the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social table and checking out this book by an author who is me. I'm pleased to see it in such fine company!
My supervisor, Bhuta, monitors the bottling of the Scottish Heavy. His face is on the bottle, so he has much at stake in the quality control process.
I was aiming for a lighter red than the reddish brown. Not that this color is anywhere out of style, I just wanted a prettier red.
I was aiming for a lighter red than the reddish brown. Not that this color is anywhere out of style, I just wanted a prettier red.
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My supervisor, Bhuta, monitors the bottling of the Scottish Heavy. His face is on the bottle, so he has much at stake in the quality control process.
I was aiming for a lighter red than the reddish brown. Not that this color is anywhere out of style, I just wanted a prettier red.
I was aiming for a lighter red than the reddish brown. Not that this color is anywhere out of style, I just wanted a prettier red.
The students are on to us.
September 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The students are on to us.
Lunar eclipse over Delhi.
September 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Lunar eclipse over Delhi.
Missed literary pilgrimage on my 2022 cycle tour.
September 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Missed literary pilgrimage on my 2022 cycle tour.
Course prep done right.
September 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Course prep done right.
Teaching "Faust" tomorrow and Mephisto has a message for me.
September 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Teaching "Faust" tomorrow and Mephisto has a message for me.
I had this made to antagonize a colleague who is pro-Middlemarch, anti-Moby-Dick. The fabric store only had blue whales, alas, but the point was made.
September 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I had this made to antagonize a colleague who is pro-Middlemarch, anti-Moby-Dick. The fabric store only had blue whales, alas, but the point was made.
Farewell, Istan-/ Catstanbul.
#OttomanEmpireTour2025
#OttomanEmpireTour2025
August 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Farewell, Istan-/ Catstanbul.
#OttomanEmpireTour2025
#OttomanEmpireTour2025
Me, a lit major.
(Except then I went to grad school).
(Except then I went to grad school).
August 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Me, a lit major.
(Except then I went to grad school).
(Except then I went to grad school).
Lost an hour completing my Hagia Sophia experience. Did @annakornbluh.bsky.social teach me nothing?
August 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Lost an hour completing my Hagia Sophia experience. Did @annakornbluh.bsky.social teach me nothing?
Istanbul, eis ten polin, "To the City." #OttomanEmpireTour2025 comes to a close at the Hagia Sofia. 63 days, eight countries, 5,392 kilometers. And yes, I need a bath.
August 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Istanbul, eis ten polin, "To the City." #OttomanEmpireTour2025 comes to a close at the Hagia Sofia. 63 days, eight countries, 5,392 kilometers. And yes, I need a bath.
#OttomanEmpireTour2025 km 5376. The Bosporus. I'm here!
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#OttomanEmpireTour2025 km 5376. The Bosporus. I'm here!
##OttomanEmpireTour2025 km 4749: Çatalhöyük, THE late Neolithic multispecies resettlement camp.
July 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
##OttomanEmpireTour2025 km 4749: Çatalhöyük, THE late Neolithic multispecies resettlement camp.