Becs Cheong

; or, Rebecca. Writer and artist. When not reading or writing, can be found painting, crossing the Rubicon, or thinking about Herman Melville. ☠ #mainstream

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“We’re still trying to figure out what the fuck is going on in that whale anatomy.” @JustusBerman, on whether we’re still talking about Melville.

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@AdiBaurjan @_waterman Wait what is Bluesky??

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here are some AI pictures of "sinners in the hands of an angry god"

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@HesterBlum @OurFlagHBOMax @cononeilluk Oooooh interesting connection. I hadn’t I thought about it during the first encounter. Coincidentally (or not), two days after being introduced to @OurFlagHBOMax by @jennykavak, I watched #BeauTravail (finally) for the first time w @mt_nicholson 🫠

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@HesterBlum I AM OBSESSED. I just saw this tweet.

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Nastia Volynova and I are moderating a discussion of @AstridaNeimanis’s essay “Water and Knowledge” for the upcoming @TBA21Academy #OceanArchive rockpool. Happening on @hereHQ. Join us! Jun 6, 4pm CET (10am ET). RSVP & .pdf here: https://t.co/ExKyNjlnOd.

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@erica_d_stevens I used to be smart

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@JeffreyInsko OoOooo. Please share the syllabus when it's done!

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@craigsperez Can’t wait to see this! Q: It says hardcover published January 1970?

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The Price of Admission - worth reading just to see how evil universities can get https://t.co/ssBuGFt8Dt

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@joe_milutis For real?

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@_waterman @NYUAbuDhabi Whoa!

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@kaohu11 @helleringer143

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@HesterBlum @irascible_prof I first read Pierre in a Melville Colloquium I took as an undergrad @NYUEnglish. The line that blew my mind 👉 “He who is sisterless, is as a bachelor before his time. For much that goes to make up the deliciousness of a wife, already lies in the sister.” 👯‍♀️

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@HesterBlum @irascible_prof Hahahaa

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That’s a good pull quote.

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NEW: "The humming restlessness of his writing speaks to me" @HesterBlum of @penn_state recommends the best Herman Melville books and explains why Moby-Dick is always worth rereading:
https://t.co/CbKQaKgVY8

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Waiting for half the world to wake up in the morning their time and realize they missed the outage and have no idea what you people are talking about

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Omg hell yes

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tomorrow! let's talk about spam with The Atlantic! You can register to watch for free here: https://t.co/PQtsAeNGnJ #TAF21

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@jilnotjill How about “imaginariness”?

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Serious question.