Chris Kraus
@chriskraus.bsky.social
New Englander. Follows Bowie, old book covers, pressed glass, and other classics. Not the novelist, alas.
For a moment i thought you meant written in the 18th century, and i was confused. But now i see the news to which you were responding. Wow. but -- no. We have a Bowie musical, btw, and it is .... flawed.
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
For a moment i thought you meant written in the 18th century, and i was confused. But now i see the news to which you were responding. Wow. but -- no. We have a Bowie musical, btw, and it is .... flawed.
what language is that in?
December 4, 2024 at 12:25 AM
what language is that in?
your memory is too good.....
November 27, 2024 at 11:39 AM
your memory is too good.....
hmmmmm. there's some predictable stuff in there, Prof N. But this is not an easy exercise.
5. Eight-line poem [kidding: Heroes or Under pressure or Cat People, you choose]
4. Slow Burn
3. I Can't Give Everything Away or No Plan
2. Teenage Wildlife
1. Sweet Thing
5. Eight-line poem [kidding: Heroes or Under pressure or Cat People, you choose]
4. Slow Burn
3. I Can't Give Everything Away or No Plan
2. Teenage Wildlife
1. Sweet Thing
November 22, 2024 at 10:37 PM
hmmmmm. there's some predictable stuff in there, Prof N. But this is not an easy exercise.
5. Eight-line poem [kidding: Heroes or Under pressure or Cat People, you choose]
4. Slow Burn
3. I Can't Give Everything Away or No Plan
2. Teenage Wildlife
1. Sweet Thing
5. Eight-line poem [kidding: Heroes or Under pressure or Cat People, you choose]
4. Slow Burn
3. I Can't Give Everything Away or No Plan
2. Teenage Wildlife
1. Sweet Thing
"but while professors at elite universities sound the alarm over Gen Z undergrads not finishing Les Miserables because they are uninterested in reading a pompous French man drone on for chapters about the Paris sewer system..." Preach.
October 7, 2024 at 11:05 AM
"but while professors at elite universities sound the alarm over Gen Z undergrads not finishing Les Miserables because they are uninterested in reading a pompous French man drone on for chapters about the Paris sewer system..." Preach.
PLEASE, i'm sure Yale Jackson already has him lined up, to follow Chris Christie.
September 2, 2024 at 8:05 AM
PLEASE, i'm sure Yale Jackson already has him lined up, to follow Chris Christie.
i hope it's pronounced "keyes".
August 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
i hope it's pronounced "keyes".
You are absolutely right.
June 27, 2024 at 1:52 PM
You are absolutely right.
does it matter? not be assholes, i'd say, is plan A.
June 27, 2024 at 1:47 PM
does it matter? not be assholes, i'd say, is plan A.
of course, you are at least a decade younger than i am. to me, a desk top is a desk top.
June 12, 2024 at 12:17 AM
of course, you are at least a decade younger than i am. to me, a desk top is a desk top.
"was probably a mistake." Yuh think?
June 10, 2024 at 10:33 PM
"was probably a mistake." Yuh think?
this may be the last straw for me with the TImes.
June 6, 2024 at 12:39 AM
this may be the last straw for me with the TImes.
He seems to be obsesssed. January 2024, in the same rag: "A beginner’s guide to getting a massage," Evans, Lloyd
The Spectator; London (Jan 20, 2024). I spare you the details.
The Spectator; London (Jan 20, 2024). I spare you the details.
April 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM
He seems to be obsesssed. January 2024, in the same rag: "A beginner’s guide to getting a massage," Evans, Lloyd
The Spectator; London (Jan 20, 2024). I spare you the details.
The Spectator; London (Jan 20, 2024). I spare you the details.
then i'd definitely check Bell.
March 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
then i'd definitely check Bell.
related to lucus a non-lucendo? i'd check Bell, Latin poetic diction.
March 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
related to lucus a non-lucendo? i'd check Bell, Latin poetic diction.
Which is not to say that what's happening now is not evil. We have two finishing PhDs this year who landed tt jobs -- and a bunch in the last years who didn't but are on the treadmill. I worry about them a lot.
March 17, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Which is not to say that what's happening now is not evil. We have two finishing PhDs this year who landed tt jobs -- and a bunch in the last years who didn't but are on the treadmill. I worry about them a lot.
These PhDs are going to struggle. But both my parents died indigent, one on Medicaid after for years complaining about taxes, one just after entering a nursing home that i was paying for--and both had to work into their 80s. Bad choices and bad luck do damage even when the system is on your side.
March 17, 2024 at 3:13 PM
These PhDs are going to struggle. But both my parents died indigent, one on Medicaid after for years complaining about taxes, one just after entering a nursing home that i was paying for--and both had to work into their 80s. Bad choices and bad luck do damage even when the system is on your side.
they are wonderful.
February 3, 2024 at 10:14 PM
they are wonderful.
All I hear when someone wants to discuss taxes:
Secretary of War: Gentlemen! Enough of this. How about taking up the tax?
Firefly: How about taking up the carpet?
Secretary of War: I still insist we take up the tax!
Firefly: He's right—you've got to take up the tacks before you take up the carpet.
Secretary of War: Gentlemen! Enough of this. How about taking up the tax?
Firefly: How about taking up the carpet?
Secretary of War: I still insist we take up the tax!
Firefly: He's right—you've got to take up the tacks before you take up the carpet.
February 1, 2024 at 3:14 AM
All I hear when someone wants to discuss taxes:
Secretary of War: Gentlemen! Enough of this. How about taking up the tax?
Firefly: How about taking up the carpet?
Secretary of War: I still insist we take up the tax!
Firefly: He's right—you've got to take up the tacks before you take up the carpet.
Secretary of War: Gentlemen! Enough of this. How about taking up the tax?
Firefly: How about taking up the carpet?
Secretary of War: I still insist we take up the tax!
Firefly: He's right—you've got to take up the tacks before you take up the carpet.
it's a nice object lesson in why we don't have a lot of English dactylic hexameter. Also this year for the first time i learned that it's a good way to teach freshmen who Longfellow was. SIGH.
January 31, 2024 at 6:35 PM
it's a nice object lesson in why we don't have a lot of English dactylic hexameter. Also this year for the first time i learned that it's a good way to teach freshmen who Longfellow was. SIGH.
Yale does it too. Charges for cleaning the room after if it's one of the big nice ones that everyone wants.
January 31, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Yale does it too. Charges for cleaning the room after if it's one of the big nice ones that everyone wants.
i have 5, up for grabs
January 21, 2024 at 7:13 PM
i have 5, up for grabs
why are you buying a beanie?
January 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM
why are you buying a beanie?