Robert Polito

Poet (Hollywood & God). Essayist. NBCC Award biographer (Savage Art: Jim Thompson). Professor of Writing, New School MFA. Past President, Poetry Foundation.

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

Robert Polito - “The Poetry of Fact” - w. Tess Taylor, Tom Sleigh, Brian Turner, & Camille Dungy https://t.co/IbwlbIQ7cw

[Susan Shapiro @Susanshapironet]

❤️celebrating brilliant new 📚 by former students @contactrebecca @landomendiola @JudyBatalion @WineEquation @satchkova_s @legacylitbooks editor @ClarenceAHaynes & my mentor at @TheNewSchool @Fantomas2go thanks to @wasoqepejogi @SameerNYC for pics & everyone who came!

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

CAMONGHNE FELIX — We Need New Language For This Moment https://t.co/at3GB3TKmL

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

'After the Flood' review: Bob Dylan's late career stands the test of time : NPR https://t.co/rX9Iq17yfc

[Niall @scriobh]

Robert Polito's After the Flood is an essential addition to your @BobDylan library. @Fantomas2go

[Big Issue @BigIssue]

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux https://t.co/0DJGNbgzYV

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

Angels and Administration: An Interview with Alexander Kluge https://t.co/BkLfNhtS6o

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace book review - Big Issue https://t.co/h6nXZKKWxA

[Adrian McKinty @adrianmckinty]

out today from Library of America 👇 5 brilliant novels in 1 vol.

Thompson loved to write about small time crooks, grifters & losers whose schemes almost always end up in total disaster

then there's the weirdness of the Getaway

& Pop. 1280 - a perfect noir masterpiece 👍

[Frank Vatel @Vatel1675]

A perfect mix of the good, the great, the underrated, the overrated, and the utterly fucking insane.

JIM THOMPSON: FIVE NOIR NOVELS OF THE 1950s & 60s. Out today from Library of America.

[Stefan Dziemianowicz @StefanDz11]

Under the stewardship of Robert Polito. I think we can consider these the definitive texts.

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

Larissa Pham and Jacqueline LeKachman
on Her New Novel, <em>Discipline</em>, and Finding Truth in Disaster https://t.co/KHAGcMRAPI via @PublicSeminar

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

@whitecitycinema Congratulations!

[Film Forum @FilmForumNYC]

We mourn the loss of our dear friend Frederick Wiseman (1930-2026), a singular human with a singular genius for capturing humanity - and Film Forum’s most-premiered filmmaker 🕯️

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

Lawrence Joseph: New Poems https://t.co/WwerbYw6sS via @commonmag

[Larry Charles @larrycharlesism]

Honored to be on Time Magazine’s 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century compiled by the esteemed and serious film critic Stephanie Zacharek. #time #maskedandanonymous #stephaniezacharek

[Allen Mendenhall @allenmendenhall]

‘After the Flood’ by Robert Polito | Book Review - WSJ https://t.co/kTnGH3aLBV

[Liveright Books @LiverightPub]

Happy pub day to @Fantomas2go, whose new book AFTER THE FLOOD: INSIDE BOB DYLAN'S MEMORY PALACE is available wherever books are sold!

“Polito brings a scholastic zeal and care [to] Dylan... A feat of hyper-attuned reading and listening." (@MOJOmagazine)

https://t.co/OEwJtYkzeU

[Ron Clinton @ron_clinton]

Nice to see that Jim Thompson is finally getting the standalone treatment from @LibraryAmerica. "Books are expected to ship from the printer in late January."
https://t.co/xf7oST9WiY

[BPL Presents @BPL_Presents]

“If your dreams are fulfilled at twenty, what do you do with the rest of your life?”🎤 🎶

Dive into the most ambitious era of Bob Dylan’s artistry as Robert Polito, renowned poet and biographer, redefines the his legacy. 🎟️ 🎙️ https://t.co/1nLTj3R4qf

[Robert Polito @Fantomas2go]

“Kathy was an artist at heart, and this sensibility shaped everything she did,” artist and friend Robert Ransick wrote… “It enabled her to recognize talent early and to intuit exactly how to support artists at pivotal moments in their careers.” https://t.co/JYXg3RvPbR