bob from the north country

English PhD student and writer. Boston College.

[bob from the north country @justnormalbob]

:)

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@kelly_erin_ Let's go KG!

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@lionel_trolling If he'd simply admitted to getting the tattoo for edgy reasons, and didn't lie about what it was, it would have been one thing. But instead he lied. Obviously. Hopefully 2 Fettermans is enough for some on the left to stop knee-jerk glomming on to guys like this, but idk...

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Ganz was right, by the way https://t.co/KQh68p3C8E

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Blatant and obvious Claudese. I understand that the editorial conditions at LARB are egregious, but surely someone should be applying some sort of standard?

[Owen @defOYtrust]

Is the first sentence not a clear tell?
https://t.co/oxOIREpcRk

[Owen @defOYtrust]

Is the first sentence not a clear tell?
https://t.co/oxOIREpcRk

[bob from the north country @justnormalbob]

Basically I support a Holy Roman Empire approach to the UK. Independent Scotland and Wales of course. But also a Bishopric of the Manx, an Electorate of Cornwall. Duchies of Sussex and Suffolk. The Kingdom of Manchester.

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I have great respect for the Welsh. I hope to meet some on my trip to the UK next week!

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@lionel_trolling that's right

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@nonchalantly_ I am not a black scholar, but I believe this is true.

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@MattZeitlin I started doing it when I began teaching college classes. It's a mix of "did I just say that in a way that makes sense?" and looking at a sea of blank stares. I've since corrected the habit, I think, but I can see how it happens now.

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Logged back in to say that I'll be in London on June 30 and July 4 (going to the midlands in between). Will anyone I know here be around?

[Pyres @nonchalantly_]

Henry James is as good as Marvin Gaye

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@herr_naphta I do like that the "we need violent revolution" types always assume the rhetorical posture of a pedantic 19c school teacher, which really impresses the '19 | gamer | otaku | anti-Bakuninite' type

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Becoming an 'actually the greatest band of all time is the Coltrane quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones' guy. Annoying... but right....

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Guess the critic: "No one lacking an addiction to Balzac can really be counted as a lover of the novel"

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@SophieHaigney Pairs well with Molly Keane's hilarious, lush, cruel novel Good Behaviour as portraits of Anglo-Irish decay

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Just solved all The Materialist’s problems with a fellow romcom enthusiast. Dakota Johnson, feel free to reach out next time you’re cast in a movie with a horrible script. We will make it work.

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Do I know anyone who will be in London on Monday, Jun 29?

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@bartlebytaco Happy Birthday!