Matt Seybold
@mattseybold.bsky.social
American Vandal Pod | Prof of AmLit & Twain Studies + Director of Media Studies, Elmira College | Resident Scholar @MarkTwain.bsky.social | Political Economy of Mass Media
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Proud to be part of the first wave of professors teaching with this volume. This week my students in American Modernism read the @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social intro, then a little Larsen, Butler on Larsen, & @ncecire.bsky.social on Butler on Larsen.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Proud to be part of the first wave of professors teaching with this volume. This week my students in American Modernism read the @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social intro, then a little Larsen, Butler on Larsen, & @ncecire.bsky.social on Butler on Larsen.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
And. It. Went. Awesome.
Evan Goldstein & Len Gutkin ask bag of soft grey room-temperature ground meat where the Trichinella parasites are coming from.
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Evan Goldstein & Len Gutkin ask bag of soft grey room-temperature ground meat where the Trichinella parasites are coming from.
This is a truly lovely profile of Anna and her work, a highpoint of the genre (journalistic profile of an academic) which rarely goes well for its objects.
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is a truly lovely profile of Anna and her work, a highpoint of the genre (journalistic profile of an academic) which rarely goes well for its objects.
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
But also, for some reason, it made me think of this:
A whole lotta liberals who were willing to take Epstein’s money turning off their phones tonight.
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A whole lotta liberals who were willing to take Epstein’s money turning off their phones tonight.
History ain't easy, but it sure is fun.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
History ain't easy, but it sure is fun.
Synthetic Risk Transfer is a financial innovation you probably haven’t heard of, the specific variety of securitization which is beginning to look like the Credit Default Swap of the next financial crisis.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Synthetic Risk Transfer is a financial innovation you probably haven’t heard of, the specific variety of securitization which is beginning to look like the Credit Default Swap of the next financial crisis.
I didn’t take many either but I did get a video of a seemingly infinite line of tanker cars rumbling through the Emory campus.
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I didn’t take many either but I did get a video of a seemingly infinite line of tanker cars rumbling through the Emory campus.
Y’know, just me, Terry Gross, & Dua Lipa doing basically the same work to keep book culture alive around the globe.
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Y’know, just me, Terry Gross, & Dua Lipa doing basically the same work to keep book culture alive around the globe.
Twain was an early proponent of the “let’s just let women fix it” brand of proto-feminism.
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Twain was an early proponent of the “let’s just let women fix it” brand of proto-feminism.
Emory Tech Vandal Tech
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Emory Tech Vandal Tech
We are underway. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social delivers opening remarks at a packed “Close Reading For The 21st Centure” book launch symposium.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We are underway. @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social delivers opening remarks at a packed “Close Reading For The 21st Centure” book launch symposium.
I swear my entire flight is full except for my whole row. Great luck? Bad juju?
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I swear my entire flight is full except for my whole row. Great luck? Bad juju?
All set for the “Close Reading For The 21st Century” symposium launching @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social’s book, one selection from which my students will read & annotate while I’m gone.
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
All set for the “Close Reading For The 21st Century” symposium launching @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social & @johannawinant.bsky.social’s book, one selection from which my students will read & annotate while I’m gone.
If you haven't yet, you most certainly should:
www.english.upenn.edu/news/2025/11...
www.english.upenn.edu/news/2025/11...
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you haven't yet, you most certainly should:
www.english.upenn.edu/news/2025/11...
www.english.upenn.edu/news/2025/11...
The therapists say I should try crafting art first thing in the morning.
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The therapists say I should try crafting art first thing in the morning.
The Easter egg at the end of this episode has a spectacular cover.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The Easter egg at the end of this episode has a spectacular cover.
Best middlebrow Bush Cheney?
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Best middlebrow Bush Cheney?
Since hearing of his passing, I have been having jumbled thoughts of appreciation for Ray Drummond, possibly the greatest bassist of his generation, & the leader of my favorite jazz ensemble of the 90s, his Excursion Band. The album they recorded is good, but does no justice the live performances...
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Since hearing of his passing, I have been having jumbled thoughts of appreciation for Ray Drummond, possibly the greatest bassist of his generation, & the leader of my favorite jazz ensemble of the 90s, his Excursion Band. The album they recorded is good, but does no justice the live performances...
Added this mind-boggling slide from Chris’s research to the episode homepage.
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Added this mind-boggling slide from Chris’s research to the episode homepage.
One might even argue that the Scarlet Letter not being for you is a life lesson.
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
One might even argue that the Scarlet Letter not being for you is a life lesson.
If you read Keynes, the phrase “not homogenous through time” comes up over & over again, never as a reason for neglecting historical examples, but mostly as a warning against econometrics which must presume a continuity to rationalize measurement.
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you read Keynes, the phrase “not homogenous through time” comes up over & over again, never as a reason for neglecting historical examples, but mostly as a warning against econometrics which must presume a continuity to rationalize measurement.
Can you carve how you’re feeling, Dr. Seybold?
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Can you carve how you’re feeling, Dr. Seybold?
Wife preserving my holiday cheer by steadfastly refusing to tell me how much the candy cost.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wife preserving my holiday cheer by steadfastly refusing to tell me how much the candy cost.
