LanceTheBard

Assistant Professor of Instruction in Interdisciplinary Studies. Loves classic literature, film noir, fountain pens, cigars, watches, and cocktails.

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

@AmericanGwyn @annbauerwriter And in the works of Aristophanes!

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@ClarkMyWords @RadioFreeTom And he cowardly denies knowing what a Totenkopf is despite direct and indirect reports that he most certainly did.

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@AmericanGwyn I think about LIBRA constantly, wishing I could read it again for the first time.

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@ikesharpless Moby-Dick and King Lear

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

Give me all the Homer!

[Harvard University Press @Harvard_Press]

Tell me, Muse, of the sale of many epics.

To celebrate the release of @odysseymovie, we're running an epic summer sale across our classics in translation series: https://t.co/Tg0vNbYjtG

Use the code EPICS at checkout to save 25% on the entire Loeb Classical Library—home of the man of many devices—as well as the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, the Murty Classical Library of India, and The I Tatti Renaissance Library.

Only a lotus-eater would sleep on this one...

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

"Happy Bloomsday" Uhhh this is incredibly insensitive towards people who lack interiority. Maybe consider who your celebration of stream of consciousness narration is excluding

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

@TheGreatB00ks It’s almost as if the Odyssey is an epic and enduring poem that reveals many fundamental truths about humanity. ;-)

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

@ikesharpless Abraham Lincoln’s speeches!

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@AmericanGwyn Fantastic list, sir! Here is mine in no particular order:

1. Terrence Malick
2. Hayao Miyazaki
3. Akira Kurosawa
4. Stanley Kubrick
5. Steven Spielberg
6. Andrei Tarkovsky
7. Orson Welles
8. Joel & Ethan Coen
9. Spike Lee
10. Wes Anderson

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

@gmaldonadoto @AmericanGwyn Malick, yes!🙌

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@154PinkChairs @AmericanGwyn The neat thing about Tarkovsky’s films is that they are both great and enjoyable!

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

Yes!

[Daniel Mendelsohn @DAMendelsohnNYC]

I love this so much.

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@spectralfrenzy In related news, 46% of US adults did not read a single book last year.

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

@bradkelly @malmesburyman Libra is 10/10!

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

Huge loss. Mr. Rollins was a giant early in my jazz-loving journey.

[Sonny Rollins @sonnyrollins]

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 https://t.co/6AGmFrB7x4

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

@DAMendelsohnNYC @TheGreatB00ks @HarrisonGarlic1 This is now my gold standard version for leading Odyssey seminars. It’s sublime.

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@paul_jkrause Or Shakespeare (Troilus and Cressida).

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@bernardtjoy Too soon! ;-)

[Icona @iconawrites]

I know many people my age who feel they have “wasted time” getting their humanities degree because their career is not directly related to it. A reminder that the notion that getting an education is only useful if it converts into profit is, in itself, a perverse capitalist idea.

[LanceTheBard @lancelusk]

@bernardtjoy Strictly instrumental jazz and classical. It’s the only way I can shut out the distracting ambient noise of the world.