Chris Lloyd
@cilloyd.bsky.social
he/him. associate prof, poet, writer, host of “books up close” and coeditor of seaford review journal 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏴🇵🇸
have this for a lil while 🩲
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
have this for a lil while 🩲
First of two “Being Human” workshops done. Last night we explored queer poetry with Forster’s Maurice and the blackout/reaction form
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
First of two “Being Human” workshops done. Last night we explored queer poetry with Forster’s Maurice and the blackout/reaction form
Sleepaway Camp horror jock realness. (This fake blood won’t come off)
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Sleepaway Camp horror jock realness. (This fake blood won’t come off)
My workout app knows me well 👻 ♏️ 🍑 happy Scorpio season x
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My workout app knows me well 👻 ♏️ 🍑 happy Scorpio season x
take me back to Spain
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
take me back to Spain
Not a bad place for my first keynote in Spain! ☀️ 🌊
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Not a bad place for my first keynote in Spain! ☀️ 🌊
Season 2 of “America Now!” launches at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social. We talked about the long history of Americans aboard, from Jefferson to Emily in Paris.
Co-hosted by the Eccles Institute and @officialbaas.bsky.social! Come join us for the next one.
Co-hosted by the Eccles Institute and @officialbaas.bsky.social! Come join us for the next one.
September 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Season 2 of “America Now!” launches at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social. We talked about the long history of Americans aboard, from Jefferson to Emily in Paris.
Co-hosted by the Eccles Institute and @officialbaas.bsky.social! Come join us for the next one.
Co-hosted by the Eccles Institute and @officialbaas.bsky.social! Come join us for the next one.
My new book - co-edited with Loïc Bourdeau - is now out with @edinburghup.bsky.social! Use code NEW30 if buying on the EUP site. Please ask your libraries to order this in, we’d really appreciate it!
August 31, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My new book - co-edited with Loïc Bourdeau - is now out with @edinburghup.bsky.social! Use code NEW30 if buying on the EUP site. Please ask your libraries to order this in, we’d really appreciate it!
Finding all my gcse art coursework. Apparently I was doing redaction poems back then. This one: “violently”. That’s it 🤪
July 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Finding all my gcse art coursework. Apparently I was doing redaction poems back then. This one: “violently”. That’s it 🤪
July 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Last day of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference! It’s been amazing but now I need a lie down for three days.
April 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Last day of the @officialbaas.bsky.social conference! It’s been amazing but now I need a lie down for three days.
Trans rights now and forever. Love and solidarity, always 💜 🏳️⚧️
April 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trans rights now and forever. Love and solidarity, always 💜 🏳️⚧️
New episode of Books Up Close: The Podcast with the amazing Seán Hewitt, talking about the opening of his debut novel Open, Heaven from @jonathancape.bsky.social 💚 listen on your fave podcast platform and join us on IG/Substack
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New episode of Books Up Close: The Podcast with the amazing Seán Hewitt, talking about the opening of his debut novel Open, Heaven from @jonathancape.bsky.social 💚 listen on your fave podcast platform and join us on IG/Substack
Excited to be at the next instalment of “America Now” co-hosted by us at @officialbaas.bsky.social and the @britishlibrary.bsky.social - tonight our panelists will be talking about True Crime in the United States
March 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Excited to be at the next instalment of “America Now” co-hosted by us at @officialbaas.bsky.social and the @britishlibrary.bsky.social - tonight our panelists will be talking about True Crime in the United States
Had the best time in Brussels with @ashaughnessy.bsky.social 🇧🇪
March 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Had the best time in Brussels with @ashaughnessy.bsky.social 🇧🇪
New epsiode of my Books Up Close podcast with the amazing @noreenmasud.bsky.social about A Flat Place! Please share far and wide. Subscribe on your fave podcast platform: open.spotify.com/episode/3P0f...
March 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New epsiode of my Books Up Close podcast with the amazing @noreenmasud.bsky.social about A Flat Place! Please share far and wide. Subscribe on your fave podcast platform: open.spotify.com/episode/3P0f...
Keon West’s The Science of Racism was fascinating, even if I have mixed thoughts about needing scientific evidence for racism. Will be using in my work though.
March 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Keon West’s The Science of Racism was fascinating, even if I have mixed thoughts about needing scientific evidence for racism. Will be using in my work though.
Didn’t love this Pavese book. Was a fine read but it didn’t hit me in the way I was expecting.
March 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Didn’t love this Pavese book. Was a fine read but it didn’t hit me in the way I was expecting.
We love getting proofs 👀 @edinburghup.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We love getting proofs 👀 @edinburghup.bsky.social
New episode with Andrew McMillan! We talk about his novel Pity (now in paperback w @canongate.co.uk)! Subscribe on your fave podcast platform and share around… open.spotify.com/episode/15G8...
February 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New episode with Andrew McMillan! We talk about his novel Pity (now in paperback w @canongate.co.uk)! Subscribe on your fave podcast platform and share around… open.spotify.com/episode/15G8...
Join me and @travisclau.bsky.social on the @fourteenpoems.bsky.social insta account tonight at 6 for a live reading and chat about poetry 💖
February 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Join me and @travisclau.bsky.social on the @fourteenpoems.bsky.social insta account tonight at 6 for a live reading and chat about poetry 💖
Lisa D’Amour’s play Detroit maybe isn’t the most subtle but it’s enjoyable and really good to teach (American Dream, economic downturn, etc)
February 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Lisa D’Amour’s play Detroit maybe isn’t the most subtle but it’s enjoyable and really good to teach (American Dream, economic downturn, etc)