Corey Fabian-Barrett

Historian, reader, writer, editor, dog-obsessor, @smithcollege and @UCL alum (she/her/hers)

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What do Jumbo the elephant and Mocha Dick the sperm whale have in common? Find out on this week's epbof #WhiteWhalePodcast!

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This week of #WhiteWhalePodcast, we explore Hades with James Joyce and learn about the source of Ahab's deadly vengeance quest in Moby Dick. And also weep over the large, heroic animals killed by man. Fun stuff! Listen now: https://t.co/QI2ziwh0sc

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New episode of #WhaleWhalePodcast! This week, we dive into (har har) Melville's infamous "Cetology" chapter (filled with vague rumor and hearsay about whale biology, whoo!) and James Joyce finally serves up that Dublin local color we've been waiting for. https://t.co/M78c4FMUZi

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This week on our #WhiteWhilePodcast, we tackle the really tough questions like "Is Ishmael a himbo?" https://t.co/WNfvNi8e1j

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Is Moby Dick a work of gay literature? We get into it on this week's episode of #WhiteWhalePodcast.

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Episode 3 of our #WhiteWhalePodcast long-read project is live! Where do Stephen Dedalus and Ishmael end up this week? Spoiler: stuck places they probably don't want to me. Listen or read more: https://t.co/Wo0aBMqV5l

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Catch up on me and @katewutz's newest long-read project: White Whale! If you've ever wondered how to reuse that old whale jaw you have lying around (who doesn't!) as decor, this is the episode for you.

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Episode 2 of "White Whale" is live! Join us as we begin reading our "white whale" reads--Ulysses & Moby-Dick: https://t.co/RAbRmrY3vb

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I love both how pleased Dick Whittington looks with his pet and how ready for action the cat is. Got some mice that need taking care of? Call this guy.

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Love to see @wirecutter dubbing a pile of books their "ultimate budget option" in their best laptop stands list. A pile of books is a) something you probably already have and b) just as adjustable as any fancy stand you can buy, plus it looks so nice!

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Here for agog 18th-century gentile accounts describing Jews like inscrutable mystical beings who must put their right stockings on first or evil spirits will injure us. #ASwingAndAMiss (Source: "The Jewish Ritual," 1753, https://t.co/4h9tDQsPA4)

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At the very least I'm certainly a pandemic ragamuffin.

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"Tatterdemalion"! What an excellent old word! Staggering into 2022/the third year of the pandemic, I'm pretty sure I've become one. 😬

(Source: Tobias Smollett's The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, https://t.co/13RcvIO6CW via @internetarchive)

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Welcome to the final part of our annual reading retrospective! Without further ado, the very best of the best in reading from our 2021: https://t.co/1pzhywSHBq

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Welcome to Part 3 of our annual reading retrospective! On deck today, it's the best surprises -- and biggest disappointments -- of 2021: https://t.co/bbWfmx0cEV

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Not at all irritated that the sweater my dog got for Christmas has two real, functional pockets while the fleece I, a human woman, received has none. (Millie, shown here gloating under the tree in her new pocket-rich garment.)

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Welcome to Part 2 of our annual reading retrospective! Today we'll be taking a look at our very favorite "genre" reads of 2021: https://t.co/OtrVEWshiR

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Spoiler: in case you were wondering which book made me ugly-cry this year, it's @bessbell's wonderful "Nobody Will Tell You This But Me." 😭

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'Tis the season for Literary Transgressions' annual year in review! Check out the 2021 of it all starting with our best reads to help us escape our plague-gripped times: https://t.co/nkzSccCOV9

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James Lackington (18th-century London bookseller) definitely knows how to start a chapter. https://t.co/BqSqyXCkjH @internetarchive

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Source: "A Young Secretary's Guide: Or, a speedy help to learning" by John Hill (1719) via @googlebooks: https://t.co/LOh3XyAh2X

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Me, to my husband if either of us ever go back to working in an office:

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#goals

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Also shout-out to Londoners in 1752 (1752!!!!) recognizing the quarantine was an important way to manage public health and safety.

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Appreciate Wyndham Beawes 1752 "compleat guide to all men in business" including pirates and sea rovers, for all your lawless high seas needs.