Kyle Maclachlan definitely one of the top 3 Kyles

the two genders

I realize this should have said "back in the old country we called that..." but I still think it should have gotten some likes

the oxford edition of the sermons of john denver

Humbert Humbert? Girl in my day we called that an Umberto Eco

this is heartwrecking news. Dito/Martha was the absolute soul of Philly. one of the most brilliant performers I've ever seen. www.out.com/obituaries/d...

for the weekday afternoon crowd:

I reviewed Beans Velocci's fantastic new book, SEX ISN'T REAL: THE INVENTION OF AN INCOHERENT BINARY, for the Society for US Intellectual History -- s-usih.org/2026/05/gabr...

I reviewed Beans Velocci's fantastic new book, SEX ISN'T REAL: THE INVENTION OF AN INCOHERENT BINARY, for the Society for US Intellectual History -- s-usih.org/2026/05/gabr...

uh oh

back at it

Woolf on Eliot's wife: "This bag of ferrets is what Tom wears round his neck."

happy gay uncles' day

Spring 2026 issue of RQ is now live!! This is a great issue, y'all. Go check it out: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/rq/current Fantastic scholarship including the keynote by Daniel Vitkus from last year's @rsaorg.bsky.social conference, and so much more.

arma virumque cano

my article on George Herbert and trans studies is out in Renaissance Quarterly. It's really only about one poem, but it is THE poem you're thinking of, so you should check it out -- www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

my article on George Herbert and trans studies is out in Renaissance Quarterly. It's really only about one poem, but it is THE poem you're thinking of, so you should check it out -- www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

"fizzing"!! and many of these essays, I would add, are very student-friendly. buy!!

just having a quick think about all the fun queer shows that never got greenlit so that peacock could make <checks notes> the miniature wife

super fun day to be teaching Milton's "Tenure of Kings and Magistrates."

they should invent a flight to Denver that's shorter

my contribution is a fun little essay on the materiality and queerness of literary influence, featuring brief appearances by Montaigne and Donne, but starring my favorite little weirdo of a poem, Henry King's THE DOUBLE ROCK

so delighted -- as I wing my way toward #shax2026 -- to see that LITERARY FORM AFTER MATTER is now published and available open access!!! all hail the brilliant Dianne Mitchell and Katharine Hunt!! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-literar...

This is an *excellent*—albeit temporary—opportunity for an early modernist. 1 year VAP at Bates College in Maine. Very happy to answer questions about teaching at Bates (this is the position I'm currently in). Please pass along to anyone who might be interested! www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

This is an *excellent*—albeit temporary—opportunity for an early modernist. 1 year VAP at Bates College in Maine. Very happy to answer questions about teaching at Bates (this is the position I'm currently in). Please pass along to anyone who might be interested! www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

This looks set to be a great conference! Sign-up here (or scan the QR code): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

somehow my syllabi synced up so that I'm teaching act 3 of Othello and book 9 of Paradise Lost tomorrow and yeah. I want to ruin someone's life.

RIP to everyone who agrees to a Chotiner interview but I'm different. and better. maybe even smart enough to crush a Chotiner interview

Fantastic-looking position for someone working in trans studies!! www.higheredjobs.com/institution/...

this is very cool and important

Fantastic-looking position for someone working in trans studies!! www.higheredjobs.com/institution/...

it is so not enough, but I'm giving what I can to tcpipeline.org, a trans and queer relocation nonprofit in Colorado -- perhaps you'll join me?

Me assigning papers: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me watching the papers come in on the due date: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

the nothing that is not there and the nothing that is

ok so one of the gags of Milton's "Paradise Regained" is that Satan cannot remember literally anything that happened in the previous book ("Paradise Lost") and that is the gag they're doing here, which really does it for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9HX...

ok so one of the gags of Milton's "Paradise Regained" is that Satan cannot remember literally anything that happened in the previous book ("Paradise Lost") and that is the gag they're doing here, which really does it for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9HX...

bread and roses

I feel like the caption here doesn't adequately explain that this is not just a suggestion, it is a literal New York City Program

LISTEN TO NIGELLA. one of my favorite movies.

Did Gregory of Nyssa write this ad copy

will we, as a society, ever recover from the Wirecutter recommending that one Panasonic toaster oven?

HEATED RIVALRY (2025)

everything is about sex except for sex. Sex is about hockey.

you can be mean to me again :)))))))))))))))))))))))

i'm in this!

The white pink, and the pansy freak'd with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose and the well-attir'd woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears

ultimately, I accomplished what I set out to achieve this year: secure my Amtrak Select status for the second year running

this is, to the pixel, what a Harold Bloom seminar looked like

dammit. the production of "Travesties" with Tom Hollander about 8 years back was the best thing I've ever seen in a theater. I went 3 times.