Joseph Rezek
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
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Joseph Rezek
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
· Jun 13
I just submitted my book for peer review. After 15 years of thinking, researching, and writing, and, as I keep saying, an NEH this year to finish up. I’m furious about the gutting of that institution, which makes so much knowledge possible. I hope this book eventually lives up to that honor.
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Increasingly when teaching I find myself dramatizing and sharing what my literary life is like: loving a book, finding out something new or shocking or unexpected about myself while reading a book, knowing or seeing writers in person, talking about books and teaching and writing with friends, etc.
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Increasingly when teaching I find myself dramatizing and sharing what my literary life is like: loving a book, finding out something new or shocking or unexpected about myself while reading a book, knowing or seeing writers in person, talking about books and teaching and writing with friends, etc.
I just want a literary life to be possible for my students, I earnestly do.
Increasingly when teaching I find myself dramatizing and sharing what my literary life is like: loving a book, finding out something new or shocking or unexpected about myself while reading a book, knowing or seeing writers in person, talking about books and teaching and writing with friends, etc.
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I just want a literary life to be possible for my students, I earnestly do.
Increasingly when teaching I find myself dramatizing and sharing what my literary life is like: loving a book, finding out something new or shocking or unexpected about myself while reading a book, knowing or seeing writers in person, talking about books and teaching and writing with friends, etc.
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Increasingly when teaching I find myself dramatizing and sharing what my literary life is like: loving a book, finding out something new or shocking or unexpected about myself while reading a book, knowing or seeing writers in person, talking about books and teaching and writing with friends, etc.
A while ago some of you were like “it’s all baseball on here! Bluesky has arrived!”
And today I’m like “snarky subtweets of a pretentious, hated article I’ll never read! Bluesky has arrived!!!”
And today I’m like “snarky subtweets of a pretentious, hated article I’ll never read! Bluesky has arrived!!!”
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A while ago some of you were like “it’s all baseball on here! Bluesky has arrived!”
And today I’m like “snarky subtweets of a pretentious, hated article I’ll never read! Bluesky has arrived!!!”
And today I’m like “snarky subtweets of a pretentious, hated article I’ll never read! Bluesky has arrived!!!”
This is a gay archive novel, and a brilliant one.
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is a gay archive novel, and a brilliant one.
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I’m going to eat four chocolate chip cookies and finish this novel I’ve been reading.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’m going to eat four chocolate chip cookies and finish this novel I’ve been reading.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’m going to eat four chocolate chip cookies and finish this novel I’ve been reading.
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I watched The Materialists and then had to watch Pride and Prejudice to make up for it
a close up of a man 's face looking at a woman
ALT: a close up of a man 's face looking at a woman
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November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I watched The Materialists and then had to watch Pride and Prejudice to make up for it
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Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
Please help Bryan, a decent and hardworking person who was just kidnapped off the street in DC. He has been in this country since he was a child. He has a business and a family. He does not deserve such shameful cruelty. Please share.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
Donate to Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom, organized by Kira Tewalt
Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
My name is Kira, and I’m asking for your help on… Kira Tewalt needs your support for Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
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November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
I am dead, as they say
Ok, merciless jumpscare middle-aged targeted Facebook advertisement!!! yes I will rotate!!!
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am dead, as they say
Ok, merciless jumpscare middle-aged targeted Facebook advertisement!!! yes I will rotate!!!
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Ok, merciless jumpscare middle-aged targeted Facebook advertisement!!! yes I will rotate!!!
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I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I want to watch a six-part series on the Haitian Revolution 😕
I had a feeling about this!!!
do we have multiple articles including more coming read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I had a feeling about this!!!
Illegal racial profiling all over the place. Shredding the constitution. Absolutely outrageous
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Illegal racial profiling all over the place. Shredding the constitution. Absolutely outrageous
Except for Gatsby. They’ve all read The Great Gatsby perfectly correctly and recognize that their values are accurately reflected therein.
all the Prometheus, Icarus, Palantir, Erebor, etc. shows that none of these guys - none, and it is almost all guys - have actually done the reading
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Except for Gatsby. They’ve all read The Great Gatsby perfectly correctly and recognize that their values are accurately reflected therein.
Do we have a Theory of the Heist
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
Top 5 movie genres are:
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Do we have a Theory of the Heist
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Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
Top 5 movie genres are:
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
People being shits at a dinner party
Rotting mansion, faded starlet/society beauty, high-camp fuckdown
Either nothing or everything happened, glacially slowly & visually stunningly
Woman is being haunted or maybe there’s actually a gross guy
Tilda Swinton hears a weird noise
Top 5 movie genres are:
Breathtakingly beautiful magic realism that represents grief
Buncha fuckin losers decide to become a family instead of going to therapy
Yikes a ghost! Oh it's just sad.
Bright colours, singing, dancing, gay subtext/text
Whatever the fuck Star Trek First Contact is
Breathtakingly beautiful magic realism that represents grief
Buncha fuckin losers decide to become a family instead of going to therapy
Yikes a ghost! Oh it's just sad.
Bright colours, singing, dancing, gay subtext/text
Whatever the fuck Star Trek First Contact is
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
Unbelievable hair days are ahead of all us in New England as these winter hats come out 🤦♂️🤔🫡
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Unbelievable hair days are ahead of all us in New England as these winter hats come out 🤦♂️🤔🫡
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The em dash has been unfairly maligned for its association with the real ChatGPT tell: the "not just X — Y" thing that makes you sound like you used an English-to-LinkedIn translator
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The em dash has been unfairly maligned for its association with the real ChatGPT tell: the "not just X — Y" thing that makes you sound like you used an English-to-LinkedIn translator
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Edmund Burke’s reflections on the French Revolution remain as biting as ever—tragic, comic, and deeply unsettling. This new piece explores how Burke wrestled with the collapse of kingship and the rise of revolutionary chaos.
👉 Read Part II here: ageofrevolutions.com/2025/11/17/t...
👉 Read Part II here: ageofrevolutions.com/2025/11/17/t...
“The Tomb of the Murdered Monarchy”: Burke’s Tragicomic Reflections on the French Revolution, Part 2″
By Jack Zapotochny Click here to read part 1. Part 2: The Reflections and Restoration Tragedy Edmund Burke represented the French Revolution as an affront to tradition and historical progress, pers…
ageofrevolutions.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Edmund Burke’s reflections on the French Revolution remain as biting as ever—tragic, comic, and deeply unsettling. This new piece explores how Burke wrestled with the collapse of kingship and the rise of revolutionary chaos.
👉 Read Part II here: ageofrevolutions.com/2025/11/17/t...
👉 Read Part II here: ageofrevolutions.com/2025/11/17/t...
Idk if I would survive reliving the 2000 election via HBO documentary.
i'm watching the 2008 HBO movie RECOUNT about the 2000 presidential election like i'm mark wahlberg talking about 9/11. "yeah if i had been there, gore woulda been president"
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Idk if I would survive reliving the 2000 election via HBO documentary.
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Angry 5yo: “you’re the worst mommy in the WHOLE UNIVERSITY!”
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Angry 5yo: “you’re the worst mommy in the WHOLE UNIVERSITY!”
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Me: do you want to bring a friend to the Wicked Re-Release showing at AMC Theater downtown, or just me
9yo: Just you, Papa.
Me [😭]
9yo: Just you, Papa.
Me [😭]
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Me: do you want to bring a friend to the Wicked Re-Release showing at AMC Theater downtown, or just me
9yo: Just you, Papa.
Me [😭]
9yo: Just you, Papa.
Me [😭]
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If you're doing your holiday shopping and/or thinking about best to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday, 1 month from today, I have some news: Harvard UP's annotated editions of Austen's fiction (my own edition of Mansfield Park included) are now 25% off.
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
Happy 250th Birthday, Jane Austen — Harvard University Press
Celebrate with six gorgeous annotated editions of Jane Austen’s classics. “A sumptuous reading experience…richly illustrated with paintings, museum-quality photographs, and colorful Regency prints. A ...
www.hup.harvard.edu
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you're doing your holiday shopping and/or thinking about best to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday, 1 month from today, I have some news: Harvard UP's annotated editions of Austen's fiction (my own edition of Mansfield Park included) are now 25% off.
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...
www.hup.harvard.edu/features/hap...