Patrick Whitmarsh
@whitmarshphd.bsky.social
Teaching and writing about environmental narratives, ecocriticism, modern fiction. Sci-fi, horror, heavy metal. Author of Writing Our Extinction https://www.sup.org/books/literary-studies-and-literature/writing-our-extinction?tab=1
Like my man Zevon says, “If I leave you, it doesn’t mean I love you any less. Keep me in your heart for a while.”
We’ll miss you Bon. You were the best cat anyone could ask for.
We’ll miss you Bon. You were the best cat anyone could ask for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Like my man Zevon says, “If I leave you, it doesn’t mean I love you any less. Keep me in your heart for a while.”
We’ll miss you Bon. You were the best cat anyone could ask for.
We’ll miss you Bon. You were the best cat anyone could ask for.
I love Watertown
August 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I love Watertown
Stoked and stacked for IMAGINING CRISIS IN 21C AMERICAN LITERATURE in the fall!
April 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Stoked and stacked for IMAGINING CRISIS IN 21C AMERICAN LITERATURE in the fall!
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Book 20: Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Book 20: Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Book 20: Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
Book 20: Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)
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Book 19: Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (Karen Tei Yamashita)
Book 19: Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (Karen Tei Yamashita)
January 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Book 19: Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (Karen Tei Yamashita)
Book 19: Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (Karen Tei Yamashita)
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Book 18: Blindsight (Peter Watts)
Book 18: Blindsight (Peter Watts)
January 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Book 18: Blindsight (Peter Watts)
Book 18: Blindsight (Peter Watts)
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Book 17: Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Book 17: Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
January 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Book 17: Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
Book 17: Sing, Unburied, Sing (Jesmyn Ward)
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Book 16: Eleutheria (Allegra Hyde)
Book 16: Eleutheria (Allegra Hyde)
January 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Book 16: Eleutheria (Allegra Hyde)
Book 16: Eleutheria (Allegra Hyde)
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Book 15: Gravity’s Rainbow
Book 15: Gravity’s Rainbow
January 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Book 15: Gravity’s Rainbow
Book 15: Gravity’s Rainbow
Bon’s cat mom is a Michigander, so he is watching diligently. Or else no treats (ok there will still be treats)
January 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Bon’s cat mom is a Michigander, so he is watching diligently. Or else no treats (ok there will still be treats)
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Book 14: The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula Le Guin)
Book 14: The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula Le Guin)
January 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Book 14: The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula Le Guin)
Book 14: The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula Le Guin)
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Book 13: The Names (Don DeLillo)
Book 13: The Names (Don DeLillo)
January 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Book 13: The Names (Don DeLillo)
Book 13: The Names (Don DeLillo)
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Book 12: Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Book 12: Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
January 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Book 12: Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Book 12: Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
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Book 11: Gathering Evidence (Martin MacInnes)
Book 11: Gathering Evidence (Martin MacInnes)
January 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Book 11: Gathering Evidence (Martin MacInnes)
Book 11: Gathering Evidence (Martin MacInnes)
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Book 10: A Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literature (Bill Brown)
Book 10: A Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literature (Bill Brown)
January 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Book 10: A Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literature (Bill Brown)
Book 10: A Sense of Things: The Object Matter of American Literature (Bill Brown)
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Book 9: The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the 20th Century (N. Katherine Hayles)
Book 9: The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the 20th Century (N. Katherine Hayles)
January 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Book 9: The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the 20th Century (N. Katherine Hayles)
Book 9: The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the 20th Century (N. Katherine Hayles)
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Book 8: Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill (Joshua Reno)
Book 8: Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill (Joshua Reno)
January 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Book 8: Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill (Joshua Reno)
Book 8: Waste Away: Working and Living with a North American Landfill (Joshua Reno)
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Book 7: Objectivity (Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison)
Book 7: Objectivity (Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison)
January 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Book 7: Objectivity (Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison)
Book 7: Objectivity (Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison)
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Book 6: Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Dystopia and Other Science Fictions (Fredric Jameson)
Book 6: Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Dystopia and Other Science Fictions (Fredric Jameson)
January 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Book 6: Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Dystopia and Other Science Fictions (Fredric Jameson)
Book 6: Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Dystopia and Other Science Fictions (Fredric Jameson)
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Book 5: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (William Cronon)
Book 5: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (William Cronon)
January 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Book 5: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (William Cronon)
Book 5: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (William Cronon)
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Book 4: Corridor: Media Architectures in American Fiction (Kate Marshall)
Book 4: Corridor: Media Architectures in American Fiction (Kate Marshall)
January 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Book 4: Corridor: Media Architectures in American Fiction (Kate Marshall)
Book 4: Corridor: Media Architectures in American Fiction (Kate Marshall)
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Book 3: Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global (Ursula Heise)
Book 3: Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global (Ursula Heise)
January 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Book 3: Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global (Ursula Heise)
Book 3: Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global (Ursula Heise)
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Book 2: The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
Book 2: The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
January 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Book 2: The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
Book 2: The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
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Book 1: Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Rob Nixon)
Book 1: Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Rob Nixon)
December 31, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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Book 1: Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Rob Nixon)
Book 1: Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (Rob Nixon)