Dr. Syntax
@drsyntax.bsky.social
Scholar & Writer. Professing 18th & 19th c. literature, Romanticism, disability, book history, bookbinding, and comics.
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
PhD @PennEnglish https://www.coloradocollege.edu/basics/contact/directory/people/richman_jared_s.html
I’ve worked in a few old bookstores. This candle smells better than all of them.
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I’ve worked in a few old bookstores. This candle smells better than all of them.
Newsom’s team doesn’t miss a beat.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Newsom’s team doesn’t miss a beat.
Remember remember . . .
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Remember remember . . .
Sometimes I really miss Philly. Just want to take a long walk and get lost in the grit and urban density of it all.
November 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Sometimes I really miss Philly. Just want to take a long walk and get lost in the grit and urban density of it all.
Carved this one for my daughter who is a first year at #Macalester college. Go Scots!
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Carved this one for my daughter who is a first year at #Macalester college. Go Scots!
More pumpkin shenanigans
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
More pumpkin shenanigans
a wee bit 'o Burns for Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
a wee bit 'o Burns for Halloween
Warming up my carving muscles. Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Warming up my carving muscles. Halloween!
my office has a peek-a-boo view of the college chapel every so often
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
my office has a peek-a-boo view of the college chapel every so often
These two are clearly up to no good.
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
These two are clearly up to no good.
If you want to know what AI in the university will look like, you can go back and watch 1985's "Real Genius."
October 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If you want to know what AI in the university will look like, you can go back and watch 1985's "Real Genius."
Teaching _Frankenstein_ this week, and thinking of my late advisor, teacher, and mentor, Stuart Curran, who passed a year ago (October 7th 2024).
AND . . . I get to go see Guillermo del Toro's film this weekend!!!
AND . . . I get to go see Guillermo del Toro's film this weekend!!!
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Teaching _Frankenstein_ this week, and thinking of my late advisor, teacher, and mentor, Stuart Curran, who passed a year ago (October 7th 2024).
AND . . . I get to go see Guillermo del Toro's film this weekend!!!
AND . . . I get to go see Guillermo del Toro's film this weekend!!!
Stick Season (under the lights)
October 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Stick Season (under the lights)
“Empire is no more! and now the lion and wolf shall cease.”
NO KINGS!
NO KINGS!
October 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Empire is no more! and now the lion and wolf shall cease.”
NO KINGS!
NO KINGS!
First time I've ever written a conference paper in two days.
I wouldn't recommend it.
I wouldn't recommend it.
October 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
First time I've ever written a conference paper in two days.
I wouldn't recommend it.
I wouldn't recommend it.
Feeling autumnal in my backyard.
October 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Feeling autumnal in my backyard.
"Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair."
--Wm. Blake
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair."
--Wm. Blake
October 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair."
--Wm. Blake
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair."
--Wm. Blake
The fact that John Wick was written to be a #rarebooks #bookbinder is just too good. The backstory didn't make it into the film except in a few shots. I really want my own book press.
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The fact that John Wick was written to be a #rarebooks #bookbinder is just too good. The backstory didn't make it into the film except in a few shots. I really want my own book press.
My daughter is a badass.
September 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My daughter is a badass.
Autumn in Colorado is nice.
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Autumn in Colorado is nice.
Boots today ‘cause it’s autumn and I live in Colorado.
September 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Boots today ‘cause it’s autumn and I live in Colorado.
