Rick Delaney

Book editor, history and academic titles. My personal fav topics: Darwin, Charles. Joyce, James. Brown, James.

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@Rigga_Tony Agree.

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@martinezfjulian I have a few of his novels waiting for me to read. It’s plain awful that I haven’t gotten to him yet. Do you recommend one or two to start with?

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@Timodc Tim still dying on this hill… There’s just no one else in all of Maine who could run.

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@mehdirhasan Yes, so our hands are tied to defending Platner. There’s no one else in Maine who could possibly run.

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@EYakoby @Timodc traveling there, too, I assume?

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@TheRealKirkR @Timodc He never will say no.

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@WalshFreedom @Timodc Oops…

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@bernardtjoy You sure they hadn’t picked up Gaddis, JR? 😉

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@JonahDispatch @DavidMastio Yeah. Whew…that was close.

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A get-together last night of William Gass scholars in St. Louis to catch up and collaborate on various projects - came home with the newest edition of The Tunnel and The Tunnel Reader - sweet

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@TheCinesthetic The State Farm spokesman.

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@TheEsteemedFox Congrats! It’s my favorite of any novel.

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@jimrome Not quite, but the STL Blues made the Stanley Cup Finals in its first three seasons. (Didn’t win, alas.)

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@anon_opin I’ve heard objections to that section of “Say You, Say Me.”

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@VinceClassic I wonder if I fit that description. My fav is Absalom. Others in top 5 include Ulysses and TS&TFURY. I’m 50 pages into F Wake, so that may make the list (eventually…). Ha!

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@jgmahoney @QuibbleTheBrave Yeah, that’s a legit claim. Of course England says “hold my ale.”

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@QuibbleTheBrave @jgmahoney I’d ask re: my hometown/state. TS Eliot born and raised in STL. I’d add Tennessee W, maybe Twain. The other famous ones I’m not a fan of: Franzen, WS Burroughs, Maya A.

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@bonchieredstate After Biden successfully read the teleprompter at a SOTU, JVL was euphoric at how great he was. (And I’m a Dem. I voted for Biden but I knew he was not 100% capable.)

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@BuzzfeedEx @Timodc No way Tim will mention that. Of course he won’t.

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@luke_tagle @SarahLongwell25 And for such “never Trumpers,” during ‘23-‘24 primaries all they did was mock DeSantis and Haley…Trump’s only challengers. They aren’t serious commentators.

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@luke_tagle @SarahLongwell25 I dug the podcast initially. Republicans calling out bad people in their party. But I never heard Sykes, Miller, etc. ever state the conservative positions they held. (And I’m a liberal so no skin off my back.)