Another resolution for 2026 is to publish my podcast episodes on a 2-week schedule. To that end, I am once again asking you for topic suggestions or for guest host volunteers! I am still looking for a native Japanese reader for an episode about Bashō's haiku. www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit/

One of my resolutions this year is to up my blogging game. I Am going to try to post on Pathetic Fallacy twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays. So if you're not subscribed, or if you know someone who might like to read what goes on in my strange head, now's the time! johnmccoy.org/2025/12/30/a...

Marina and I discuss this charmingly sly Christmas story by Mário de Andrade #turkeys #brazil #happyholidays www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

I saw three ships come sailing in, On Christmas Day in the morning. They all sailed into Bethlehem, On Christmas Day in the morning. And this was very strange because, Bethlehem is a landlocked city high in the mountains (On Christmas Day in the morning).

What better way to celebrate the season than by over-analyzing the most forgettable Rankin-Bass special! johnmccoy.org/2016/12/20/a...

someone needs to tell grandpa here that no one wants to hear his Tales of the Glories of Christmases Long, Long Ago

Check out one of your General Witchfinders hosts discuss a spooky book he read at school over on Sophomore Lit

Ross Cleaver of @generalwitch.bsky.social returns to Sophomore Lit to discuss another book of his UK youth, The Watch House by Robert Westall. #sophomorelit #watchhouses #g-g-g-ghosts www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

Time for another Thanksgiving episode of #sophomorelit featuring my bros @rmccoy.bsky.social and @dankmccoy.bsky.social! This time we grouse about protest songs of yore. www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

A heartbreaking story of shame and glory. Also, subscribe to my blog (please). johnmccoy.org/2025/11/20/r...

In this episode, @djl.bsky.social and I discuss Stoppard, existentialism, and the joys of black box theater www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

More obsessive typography talk on my blog: johnmccoy.org/2025/11/11/a... But if that’s not your jam, check out my other posts about comics, literature, politics, dogs, autism, and nutty anecdotes! Subscribe and get all this free by Email.

An ancient Greek fable with absolutely no relevance to the present day: johnmccoy.org/2025/11/06/t...

In which I add yet another drop in the ocean of online autism discourse! {If that's not your thing, check out other posts on my bog. Some are even funny!) johnmccoy.org/2025/10/30/y...

Pick up some more unicorns on the way home, we’re down to our last. @kathycampbell.com discusses butterflies and bulls. #sophomorelit #unicorns #entropy www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

I was honored to have the opportunity of curating an exhibition of the photographs of Martin Karplus, currently on view at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, until December 7. This link is to a lecture I gave last night as an introduction to the exhibition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JRI...

Get to know me through a series of anecdotes, an alarming number of which involving serious injury: johnmccoy.org/2025/09/28/j...

@siracusa.social returns to Sophomore Lit to answer once and for all, are the robots from R.U.R, the play that originated the word "robots," robots...or not? #r.u.r #sophomorelit #endoftheworldasweknowit www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

Wow, there sure is a lot of autism discourse on the net these days. So anyway, here's more of mine: #autism #doggos #patheticfallacy johnmccoy.org/2025/09/23/o...

In prepation for the upcoming Frankstein movie, you can listen to @tracemcjoy.bsky.social & I discuss Leslie Klinger’s remarkable New Annotated Frankenstein, which lets you read *THREE* revisions of the book at once! www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

My brother @dankmccoy.bsky.social pointed out that there was an audio problem with the most recent episode of Sophomore Lit. I fixed it! So if that was keeping you from listening, now you have no excuse. www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

I never get tired of talking about how every book I read as a kid turned me into a radical leftist.

Pushcarts of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but a bunch of trucks. @shaenon.bsky.social discusses Jean Merrill's The Pushcart War (1964) #pushcarts #sophomorelit #generalannalives www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

New on Pathetic Fallacy: I jump aboard the Cracker Barrel bandwagon. Is the world ready for yet another hot take? #logos #crackers #badideas johnmccoy.org/2025/08/25/l...

Happy to announce the first-ever piece of Sophomore Lit merch! A great present for a listener, or for a non-listener you want to confuse! cottonbureau.com/p/EZQ23R/shi...

If you enjoy comic essays in which the 57-year-old author roasts his six-year-old former self, I got you covered: johnmccoy.org/2025/08/04/t...

If you're not already reading my blog/newsletter Pathetic Fallacy, what better post to start with than this exploration of Boston's best graves? (As voted on by me.) johnmccoy.org/2025/07/27/m...

Make no mistake, we will call you back to the lake. Or pond, whatever. @dancredentials.bsky.social discusses Walden. #thoreau #sophomorelit #quietdesperation www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

I invite all listeners to Sophomore Lit—and anyone else, really—to check out the new iteration of my blog, Pathetic Fallacy. In addition to literature, I discuss design, pop culture, ASD, and lots more! You can subscribe to the blog as a newsletter and get new posts via email. johnmccoy.org

Just posted, only for The Incomparable members - I talk with @tracemcjoy.bsky.social about Stephen King's first novel "Carrie,” which I had never read. Turns out... Sue Snell is in it? www.theincomparable.com/members/firs...

Fun fact: this book never actually says what a chrysalid is. #JohnWyndham #SophomoreLit #TheWorldEndsAgain www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

I talked about the surprisingly relevant 1950s play The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt with @tracemcjoy.bsky.social on Sophomore Lit. www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit... Call it “the ones who decided Omelas was an okay place to live if it paid well enough.”

If life is getting you down right now, maybe spend about a half an hour discussing someone else's problems. @lschmeiser.bsky.social discusses T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." #sophomorelit #disturbingtheuniverse www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

In the latest episode of Sophomore Lit I discuss Frank O'Connor, first confessions, and heather-based whisky with guest host Kieran Healy (@kjhealy.co) www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

I'll tell you how the sun rose... is not discussed in this episode. #sophomorelit #dickinson #emopoetsunite

Not a movie tie-in! www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

Phil Gonzales (@pcgonzo.bsky.social) visits #sophomorelit to discuss this very strange play that is also an American classic? www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

This year’s traditional family episode, featuring Dan (@dankmccoy.bsky.social ?and Rob, this time discussing comfort reading www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

Since I seem to be getting a bunch of followers from the Flop House starter pack, here is a thread promoting my podcast, Sophomore Lit. I'd love some new listeners, so anyone who wants to, please retweet! Or whatever it's called now. www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit/