Shakespearean. Ecocritic. Swimmer. New book Sailing without Ahab. Professor at St. John's in NYC. #bluehumanities #pluralizetheanthropocene
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It's out today!
I am beyond excited to have this strange fish voyaging into the world. I hope you enjoy it!
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Here I am chatting & reading poems with Jonny Wiles from @PequodPod about Melville, I-Ish and I-me, the blue humanities, and other good things - #sailingwithoutahb #bluehumanities
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My bloggy contribution to the surging Odyssey chatter - tldr I loved it, missed some things from Homer, could always use more sea, &c
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Some post-game on yesterday's Talkback at Colobari's Lear - Fathom and Half!
The play closes next Sunday - go see it before then!
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Some quick thoughts on the opening night of Colombari's great production of King Lear - see it at La MaMa before Feb 8th!
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Colombari's King Lear - with 10 Kings in 10 Paper Crowns - opens tonight at LaMaMa (66 East 4th St)! Come to the show - if not tonight, then sometime before Feb 8th!
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A few thoughts on reading Shadow Ticket during these strange days -
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Looking forward to this event next week in New Haven! I'll be talking about (what else?) ocean swimming as ecological meditation in the Anthropocene -
ism.yale.edu/events/2025-11-…
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A few thoughts on Bedlam's latest show, "Are the Bennet Girls OK?" playing at West End Theater through Nov 9. A lively reimagining of Austen's Pride and Prejudice!
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A few thoughts on the fun new Pynchon-ish movie, "One Battle After Another" -
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So great to hear this fantastic podcast about shipwreck from CBC's Ideas! With thanks to all involved - shipwreck painting added -
Ideas with Nahlah Ayed - Sep. 24, 2025: Why the world feels like a shipwreck cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2…
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From me to the sea, via the Sea-Library -
008: A Letter to the Sea sea-library.com/2025/08/20/0…
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A couple pics and a poem from Swim Across the Sound last Saturday - stevementz.com/swim-across-t…
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On Saturday I'll swim across Long Island Sound with a relay team to raise money for St. Vincent's Hospital in Bridgeport. Donate if you'd like to!
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On Sat Aug 2, I'll be part of a relay team swimming across Long Island Sound from Port Jeff to Bridgeport. We're raising money for St Vincent's hospital in Bridgeport - link below!
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Come to Yale’s British Art Center this Tuesday at 12:30 to hear me talk about “Swimming with Turner” at their amazing J.M.W. Turner show!
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Spending World Ocean Day at the National Maritime Museum brought me to this lovely painting - I still remember seeing it for the first time in 2008! #bluehumanities #history
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