Nicholas Birns
@nicholasbirns.bsky.social
Academic, literary critic etc. teaching at NYU. Books from Cambridge UP, Bloomsbury, Broadview, Palgrave, U of South Carolina P, Sydney UP, Routledge. He/him
Sunset near Lehighton, PA
November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Sunset near Lehighton, PA
Beginning the day
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Beginning the day
At Bus Stop Café, Greenwich Village
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
At Bus Stop Café, Greenwich Village
A memory of a place and lost things…
October 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A memory of a place and lost things…
Rockwell Kent painting of Greenland, at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
September 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Rockwell Kent painting of Greenland, at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
At the university of Delaware botanic Gardens
September 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
At the university of Delaware botanic Gardens
At MSG for hockey
September 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
At MSG for hockey
I was just in Llangollen last month where they put up this plaque.
September 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I was just in Llangollen last month where they put up this plaque.
Patchin Place
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Patchin Place
Sunset in New Jersey
September 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Sunset in New Jersey
Thai iced tea
September 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thai iced tea
Great to have this new volume of poems by acclaimed New Zealand writer Stephen Oliver. Spiky, retrospective, allusive, and laden with deep feeling.
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Great to have this new volume of poems by acclaimed New Zealand writer Stephen Oliver. Spiky, retrospective, allusive, and laden with deep feeling.
Writers tend to underrate their insufficiently remunerated staff and not thank them enough. I for one will never fall prey to such a temptation.
September 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Writers tend to underrate their insufficiently remunerated staff and not thank them enough. I for one will never fall prey to such a temptation.
Towards the ocean
August 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Towards the ocean
Corn on the grill
August 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Corn on the grill
@alas-not-me.bsky.social and Kristine Larsen at today’s Tolkien conference.
July 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
@alas-not-me.bsky.social and Kristine Larsen at today’s Tolkien conference.
Rosemont College and surrounding area
July 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Rosemont College and surrounding area
Family gathering near Philadelphia
July 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Family gathering near Philadelphia