Steve Mentz
@stevementz.bsky.social
#bluehumanities, Shakespeare, swimming, eco-poetry. English prof at St. John's (NYC).
A few thoughts on Pynchon's Shadow Ticket, which I read slowly over the past few weeks -
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Sentences and Story in Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket
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November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A few thoughts on Pynchon's Shadow Ticket, which I read slowly over the past few weeks -
stevementz.com/sentences-an...
stevementz.com/sentences-an...
Come to the Institute for Sacred Music next Th-Fri in New Haven for Water Cosmology! I'll be talking about (what else?) ocean swimming as ecological meditation in the Anthropocene -
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October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Come to the Institute for Sacred Music next Th-Fri in New Haven for Water Cosmology! I'll be talking about (what else?) ocean swimming as ecological meditation in the Anthropocene -
ism.yale.edu/events/2025-...
ism.yale.edu/events/2025-...
A treat to hear how this podcast on shipwreck from the Canadian Broadcasting Company turned out! With thanks to all the good people from Canada who were involved, and also to Stan Rogers for the music -
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September 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A treat to hear how this podcast on shipwreck from the Canadian Broadcasting Company turned out! With thanks to all the good people from Canada who were involved, and also to Stan Rogers for the music -
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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in May, I published an invitation: Write a letter to the sea. the eighth letter (in a form of a postcard) is written by @stevementz.bsky.social from Branford, Connecticut, USA. Steve is a longtime friend of the Sea Library and a godfather of the Blue Humanities: sea-library.com/2025/08/20/0...
008: A Letter to the Sea
In May, I sent out an invitation to sea communities all around the world: Write a letter to the sea. The eighth letter (in a form of a postcard) arrived on July 28, 2025 – written by Steve Mentz fr…
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August 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
in May, I published an invitation: Write a letter to the sea. the eighth letter (in a form of a postcard) is written by @stevementz.bsky.social from Branford, Connecticut, USA. Steve is a longtime friend of the Sea Library and a godfather of the Blue Humanities: sea-library.com/2025/08/20/0...
On Sat Aug 2, I'll be part of a six person relay swimming across Long Island Sound to raise money for St Vincent's hospital in Bridgeport. Link to donate if you'd like to!
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Support Steve Mentz - Swim Across the Sound 2025
I'm excited to join the 2025 Swim Across the Sound! This mission is very important to me and I'm proud to help make a difference. Please join me in supporting cancer patients by making a donation toda...
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July 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
On Sat Aug 2, I'll be part of a six person relay swimming across Long Island Sound to raise money for St Vincent's hospital in Bridgeport. Link to donate if you'd like to!
charity.pledgeit.org/SwimAcrossTh...
charity.pledgeit.org/SwimAcrossTh...
Come join me in New Haven at the Yale British Art Center for “Swimming with Turner” at their amazing J. M. W. Turner show! 12:30 britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
Art in Context | “Swimming with Turner”
J. M. W. Turner's seascapes demonstrate how his engagements with water—as subject, substance, and perhaps even collaborator—explore how humans coexist with one of the most alien features of our enviro...
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July 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Come join me in New Haven at the Yale British Art Center for “Swimming with Turner” at their amazing J. M. W. Turner show! 12:30 britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-...
A fun Wild West Romeo and Juliet at the Globe - with more dancing that you might expect!
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June 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A fun Wild West Romeo and Juliet at the Globe - with more dancing that you might expect!
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A new oceanic Shakespeare bust, in the Guildhall at Stratford-upon-Avon! #bluehumanities #atthebottomofshakespearesocean
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April 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A new oceanic Shakespeare bust, in the Guildhall at Stratford-upon-Avon! #bluehumanities #atthebottomofshakespearesocean
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If this Book were Ocean, how would it feel between your fingers? Wet & slippery, just a bit warmer or colder than the air around it, since the Ocean is our planet’s greatest reservoir of heat.
READ @stevementz.bsky.social & co's OCEANIC NEW YORK: book + ocean + city.
tinyurl.com/42b2ejrx
READ @stevementz.bsky.social & co's OCEANIC NEW YORK: book + ocean + city.
tinyurl.com/42b2ejrx
April 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If this Book were Ocean, how would it feel between your fingers? Wet & slippery, just a bit warmer or colder than the air around it, since the Ocean is our planet’s greatest reservoir of heat.
READ @stevementz.bsky.social & co's OCEANIC NEW YORK: book + ocean + city.
tinyurl.com/42b2ejrx
READ @stevementz.bsky.social & co's OCEANIC NEW YORK: book + ocean + city.
tinyurl.com/42b2ejrx
Tomorrow night, online courtesy of the NY Public LIbrary - in conversation with Morgan Vo about The Selkie and Sailing without Ahab - register here
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Reimagining the Poetry Collection: Morgan Võ and Steve Mentz in Conversation (Online)
Join poets Morgan Võ, author of The Selkie, and Steve Mentz, author of Sailing without Ahab: Ecopoetic Travels, for an online reading and discussion of their work.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tomorrow night, online courtesy of the NY Public LIbrary - in conversation with Morgan Vo about The Selkie and Sailing without Ahab - register here
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
www.nypl.org/events/progr...
Some thoughts on the Denzel Washington / Jake Gyllenhaal Othello, now on Broadway - stevementz.com/othello-on-b...
April 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Some thoughts on the Denzel Washington / Jake Gyllenhaal Othello, now on Broadway - stevementz.com/othello-on-b...
I'm very happy to see *Sailing without Ahab* on the NY Public Library's list of Best Poetry titles!
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Best New Poetry Books for Adults
NYPL's expert librarians and staff read over 250 poetry books to select the 25 picks presented here. These titles demonstrate poetry's ability to shepherd readers through an awesome array of spiritual...
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April 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I'm very happy to see *Sailing without Ahab* on the NY Public Library's list of Best Poetry titles!
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
@greenleejw.bsky.social A view of the Cow & Calf at low tide
March 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@greenleejw.bsky.social A view of the Cow & Calf at low tide
So amazing to have this map by @greenleejw.bsky.social in my book!
One of the most creative #maps I've done was for @stevementz.bsky.social's book SAILING WITHOUT AHAB. He asked for a map of the world, and the route of the Pequod, but reimagined on the CT coast.
I'm very proud of the end result, and I've written about it here:
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I'm very proud of the end result, and I've written about it here:
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The World in the Bay: Bringing Moby Dick Home | Surprised Eel Maps and Designs
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March 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So amazing to have this map by @greenleejw.bsky.social in my book!
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Reading the Coastal Studies Reading Group's selection for Monday's session, Laura Watt's *Energy at the End of the World: An Orkney Islands Saga*. The prologue is 🎯 : 'The future belongs to the storytellers' (10). If you're interested in joining us (3pm UK time), @stevementz.bsky.social is our host.
February 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reading the Coastal Studies Reading Group's selection for Monday's session, Laura Watt's *Energy at the End of the World: An Orkney Islands Saga*. The prologue is 🎯 : 'The future belongs to the storytellers' (10). If you're interested in joining us (3pm UK time), @stevementz.bsky.social is our host.
Come join us to chat about Hydrofeminist Thiking with Oceans tomorrow at 9 am Eastern with the Coastal Studies Reading Group - email me or Anna Pilz for the Zoom link - stevementz.com/coastal-stud...
December 15, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Come join us to chat about Hydrofeminist Thiking with Oceans tomorrow at 9 am Eastern with the Coastal Studies Reading Group - email me or Anna Pilz for the Zoom link - stevementz.com/coastal-stud...
Very exciting to see this collection out in the world! I can’t wait to get a copy. Congrats to the editors and contributors!
Blue Extinction in Literature, Art, and Culture has been published! 🥳 Edited by Vera Fibisan and me and featuring essays by Stacy Alaimo, @stevementz.bsky.social, Dominic O'Key, Rick de Vos, and many others. Do consider ordering a copy for your library: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Blue Extinction in Literature, Art, and Culture
The book demonstrate the affordances of literary and artistic forms in exposing the plight of aquatic organisms that are contributing to their destruction.
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December 13, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Very exciting to see this collection out in the world! I can’t wait to get a copy. Congrats to the editors and contributors!
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Need some reading this weekend? Highly recommend the inaugural issue of PUBLIC HUMANITIES -- and especially "The Necessity of Public Writing" by @devoney.bsky.social
emphasis on NECESSITY
#humanities
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emphasis on NECESSITY
#humanities
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Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Public Humanities - Zoe Hope Bulaitis, Jeffrey R. Wilson
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November 16, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Need some reading this weekend? Highly recommend the inaugural issue of PUBLIC HUMANITIES -- and especially "The Necessity of Public Writing" by @devoney.bsky.social
emphasis on NECESSITY
#humanities
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
emphasis on NECESSITY
#humanities
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Are you interested in discovering what #CoastalHistory is all about? Journal editors @coastalhistory.bsky.social , @robtjames.bsky.social and Joana de Freitas discuss this approach in the first issue of Coastal Studies & Society journal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Coastal studies and society: The tipping point - Joana Gaspar de Freitas, Robert James, Isaac Land, 2022
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November 16, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Are you interested in discovering what #CoastalHistory is all about? Journal editors @coastalhistory.bsky.social , @robtjames.bsky.social and Joana de Freitas discuss this approach in the first issue of Coastal Studies & Society journal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Some thoughts on the funny & speculative "We Are Your Robots" at Tfana through December 8th! I'm already planning to go back -
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November 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Some thoughts on the funny & speculative "We Are Your Robots" at Tfana through December 8th! I'm already planning to go back -
stevementz.com/we-are-your-...
stevementz.com/we-are-your-...
The Coastal Studies Reading group will join together in Zoomtopia on Monday 18th November to read Jon Anderson's *Surfing Spaces* - note the early time (7:30 am Eastern; 12:30 pm UK), and reach out to Anna Pilz to receive the Zoom link and pdfs!
stevementz.com/coastal-stud...
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November 14, 2024 at 2:08 PM
The Coastal Studies Reading group will join together in Zoomtopia on Monday 18th November to read Jon Anderson's *Surfing Spaces* - note the early time (7:30 am Eastern; 12:30 pm UK), and reach out to Anna Pilz to receive the Zoom link and pdfs!
stevementz.com/coastal-stud...
stevementz.com/coastal-stud...
So great to see Vanessa Daws’s Swimming a Long Time together in the form of a gorgeous book! Such a flood!
November 13, 2024 at 2:01 PM
So great to see Vanessa Daws’s Swimming a Long Time together in the form of a gorgeous book! Such a flood!
Looking forward to the amazing Ethan Lipton and his orchestra in Brooklyn tonight!
November 12, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Looking forward to the amazing Ethan Lipton and his orchestra in Brooklyn tonight!
Today! I'll be Zoom-talking about "Water and Alienation in King Lear and The Winter's Tale"
via the Haunted Shores network - 1 pm Eastern / 5 pm UK
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via the Haunted Shores network - 1 pm Eastern / 5 pm UK
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Haunted Shores online seminar series
Haunted Shores online seminar series 5pm (UK time) 30 October 2024 Online (Zoom) We are very pleased to invite you to the Haunted Shores network’s first in an ongoing seminar series. For this first…
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October 30, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Today! I'll be Zoom-talking about "Water and Alienation in King Lear and The Winter's Tale"
via the Haunted Shores network - 1 pm Eastern / 5 pm UK
haunted-shores.com/2024/10/15/h...
via the Haunted Shores network - 1 pm Eastern / 5 pm UK
haunted-shores.com/2024/10/15/h...
Come to St John’s in Queens this Saturday for Whitman on Walls - poetry from the SJU community + films from the Compagnia de’ Colombari!
October 24, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Come to St John’s in Queens this Saturday for Whitman on Walls - poetry from the SJU community + films from the Compagnia de’ Colombari!