michael röbbins

gyre wide af

@Jedwards_radio you can’t be stupid enough to think that those are analogous. look up how many professional Cuban soldiers were in Grenada

@alienvsrobbins You’re right… The USA didn’t invade Iraq, we just provided military aid to Kuwait.

Che Guevara died in 1967 while trying over throw the Bolivian government. Outside of that… Panama 1959 Dominican Republic 1959 Algeria 1963 Venezuela 1967 Syria 1973-1975 Angola 1975-1991 Ethiopia 1977-1978 Nicaragua 1979 Grenada 1983

@jeremypgordon is this irony

Ben Lerner, great writer; Vampire Weekend, great band. Next question

@gabrielwinant yes, no one remembers the Great War or the Russian Revolution

@spiccarella whoa

@alienvsrobbins He got one

There are a number of good reasons to read Henry James but the main reason is that he is the greatest prose stylist in the history of the English language.

@heavnlynobody x.com/alienvsrobbins…

oomf got shushed by patti smith at film forum before the movie even started

He’s not going anywhere.

@GoodmanHoops Mario Chalmers??

WHERE DOES BRAYLON MULLINS BUZZER-BEATER STAND AMONG THE TOURNEY ALL-TIMERS? Gotta be top 10 - Villanova’s Kris Jenkins shot to win the 2016 national title - Duke’s Christian Laettner in 1992 vs. UK in Elite Eight - Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs to beat UCLA in 2021 Final Four - San Diego State’s Lamont Butler to beat FAU in 2023 in Final Four - Braylon Mullins in to beat Duke in 2026 Elite Eight - UNC’s Luke Maye to beat Kentucky in 2017 Elite Eight - Duke’s Christian Laettner to beat UConn in 1990 Elite Eight - NC State’s Lorenzo Charles dunk to win the 1983 national title - Valpo’s Bryce Drew to upset Ole Miss in 1998 first round - UCLA’s Tyus Edney’s coast-to-coast layup to beat Missouri in the second round in 1995

How have classic works from Homer, Dante, Petrarch, and others been transmitted and received in English throughout the eras? New on Book Post → Michael Robbins (@alienvsrobbins) on the nearly vanished Penguin Classics Poets in English Anthologies. books.substack.com/p/diary-michae…

@vulture "lie back," not "lay back"

Hulu picked a terrible moment to break the news that it was canceling the ‘Buffy’ reboot. But the decision to cancel the high-stakes show in the first place seems like it was pretty straightforward. vulture.com/article/hulu-b…

I wrote for @BookPostUSA about Penguin's Poets in Translation series, which I love, beginning with the worst Homer translation, that of William Morris ("Tell me, O Muse, of the Shifty") books.substack.com/p/diary-michae…

@aliner lol this thread is so embarrassing

This is the sort of thing that I’d eat up if I liked business or strategic operations. But I like books and theory and raspberry mousse and there is not enough time to like my trinity enough and so I cannot finish reading this thread ever.

@MondoNews ridiculous. you could have released this on CD for an affordable price. read the room

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@Permanentkritik “how much mas” was right there

Will be interesting to see how much more Habermas is thrown under the bus now that he’s dead

@my19thcentury if only clover were here

I saw the best minds of my generation become midlife Dead Heads--and it makes me so happy every single time

happy Hartford '81 "Althea" day to all who celebrate open.spotify.com/track/3RKVnPS9…

@DavidWCobb *nerve-racking