Today is the official publication day for the new book. I haven't received my own copies yet, and it's way too expensive for humans to buy, but if you can order it for your local library, that'd be great! www.routledge.com/Geocritical-...

Geocritical Cosmopolitanism: Space, Literature, and the Sense of the Global

Is the world a place? As its inhabitants, we belong to the world, with its increasingly interconnected systems and cultures, but the cosmopolitanism of our daily lives is often hidden from view. In th...

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much welcomed arrivals! @roberttally.bsky.social's geocritical cosmopolitanism & @immanentfields.bsky.social the immanent fields are out in the world!

IN OUR LATEST ISSUE Phillip Masterman Broadbent explores how Yoko Tawada's protagonist uses the films of Catherine Deneuve to create a subjectivity that subverts the European Orientalist gaze Read it on @projectmuse.bsky.social at muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl... #fiction #Asianlit #AcademicSky

Just posted the latest episode of the Tolkien Pop! podcast where I got to hang with @roberttally.bsky.social and talk about his book The Mismeasure of Orcs. It’s a good time 🤘 open.substack.com/pub/tolkienp...

Dr. Robert Tally - The Mismeasure of Orcs and What it Means to be an "Orc Sympathizer"

In this Tolkien Pop!

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Learn more about our new July releases, including a collection on the work of Fredric Jameson, "The Future of Totality," edited by @roberttally.bsky.social, Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco and Fabio Akcelrud Durão. buff.ly/zs9RK2C

Our "Future of Totality" volume is now available! So grateful to my co-editors (Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco, and Fabio Durao) and especially to our amazing roster of contributors. As the dedication reads: "For Fred"

Jameson Monopoly, a thread. 1/9

My forthcoming "Geocritical Cosmopolitanism" is now up on Google Books, where the first 25 pages or so are available for preview! books.google.com/books?id=xQz...

Geocritical Cosmopolitanism

Is the world a place? As its inhabitants, we belong to the world, with its increasingly interconnected systems and cultures, but the cosmopolitanism of our daily lives is often hidden from view. In th...

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Our forthcoming "The Future of Totality: Fredric Jameson and the Prospects of Critical Theory" made this "What to Read" list! www.frieze.com/article/what...

What to Read This Summer

From a collection of fantastical short stories from Argentina to a new collection of essays on Fredric Jameson, the frieze team share their summer reading

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Thanks to our authors from May: John Schultz, @roberttally.bsky.social , @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social , Paul Ginsberg, @davidkr.bsky.social , Anita Zsurzsán , and Robin Peterson Link in thread 👇🏽 🧵

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On Rick Roderick – Spectre Journal

On the occasion of Thomas Zigal's publication of The Seasons of Rick Roderick Robert T. Tally Jr. reflects on the life, teaching prowess, and personality of his former teacher, the Texo-Marxist Rick R...

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important thread but all extremely past tense

Quantian@quantian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many people have a vested interest in pretending otherwise, but the US research university is globally dominant to an almost unbelievable degree. The typical state university is a football team stapled to a R&D lab with a budget bigger than the entire nation of Belgium.

Going through the proofs now, and I find this slogan going through my mind constantly: "Erich Auerbach, now more than ever!" www.routledge.com/Geocritical-...

Geocritical Cosmopolitanism: Space, Literature, and the Sense of the Global

Is the world a place? As its inhabitants, we belong to the world, with its increasingly interconnected systems and cultures, but the cosmopolitanism of our daily lives is often hidden from view. In th...

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My talk on Chapters 8-13 of "The Hobbit," part of the Tolkien Society's Big Read series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTRo...

The Hobbit Part 2: Robert T. Tally

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For my contribution to the Tolkien Society's "Big Read" project this year, I discuss Chapters 8-13 of "The Hobbit." www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTRo...

The Hobbit Part 2: Robert T. Tally

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Fredric Jameson was one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In "The Future of Totality" Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco, Fabio Durão, and @roberttally.bsky.social gather scholars to discuss the usefulness of his work for this moment. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/vPk2taH

ICYMI: @lkonstan.bsky.social 's review @roberttally.bsky.social 's The Mismeasure of Orcs ( @mcfarland.bsky.social ) is still live on our website. Up the Orcs!

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"Orc Marxism" by @lkonstan.bsky.social is a meditation on the significance of the orc as a literary figure, and an allegory for the masses. Check out The Mismeasure of Orcs by @roberttally.bsky.social out now with @mcfarland.bsky.social press. spectrejournal.com/orc-marxism/

mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-... @roberttally.bsky.social 's The Mismeasure of Orcs is available from @mcfarland.bsky.social .

The Mismeasure of Orcs - McFarland

The Mismeasure of Orcs A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien’s Demonized Creatures Robert T. Tally Jr. 978-1-4766-9435-1 978-1-4766-5563-5

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Duke U Press has made available the first 30 pages or so of "The Future of Totality," including our Introduction and the wonderful Foreword written by Kim Stanley Robinson. www.dukeupress.edu/the-future-o...

The Future of Totality: Fredric Jameson and the Prospects of Critical Theory

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spectrejournal.com/on-rick-rode... On the occasion of Thomas Zigal’s publication of “The Seasons of Rick Roderick,” @roberttally.bsky.social reflects on the life, teaching prowess, and personality of his former teacher, the Texo-Marxist Rick Roderick 💫

On Rick Roderick – Spectre Journal

On the occasion of Thomas Zigal's publication of The Seasons of Rick Roderick, Robert T. Tally Jr. reflects on the life, teaching prowess, and personality of his former teacher, the Texo-Marxist Rick ...

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My article on my old professor, the late Rick Roderick, appears in Spectre today, right on time for Marx's birthday. spectrejournal.com/on-rick-rode...

On Rick Roderick – Spectre Journal

On the occasion of Thomas Zigal's publication of The Seasons of Rick Roderick, Robert T. Tally Jr. reflects on the life, teaching prowess, and personality of his former teacher, the Texo-Marxist Rick ...

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here's our most recent BURNS THEORY seminar on the topic of cognitive mapping in Fredric Jameson with the wonderful @roberttally.bsky.social we do visiting seminars every month, so get involved if you wanna hang out and learn cool stuff from smart humans. burnstheory.com/posts/cognit...

Cognitive Mapping w/ Dr. Robert Tally (BURNS THEORY SEMINAR) | Michael Burns

Cognitive Mapping w/ Dr. Robert Tally (BURNS THEORY SEMINAR) by Michael Burns on Patreon. Join Michael Burns's community for exclusive content and updates.

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My review of @roberttally.bsky.social's great book on Tolkien's Orcs. This one was fun to write.

@journalspectre.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Orc Marxism" by @lkonstan.bsky.social is a meditation on the significance of the orc as a literary figure, and an allegory for the masses. Check out The Mismeasure of Orcs by @roberttally.bsky.social out now with @mcfarland.bsky.social press. spectrejournal.com/orc-marxism/

We'll have a piece from @roberttally.bsky.social about the "Godfather of the Online Left" Rick Roderick in the coming weeks.

seminar with @roberttally.bsky.social on the topic of Jameson's theory of cognitive mapping next Friday over on Burns Theory. burnstheory.com/posts/156468...

VISITING SEMINAR NEXT FRIDAY | Michael Burns

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If you haven't yet, drop everything you're doing and read @mitchtherieau.bsky.social's instant classic on the "dream logic" of the right wing aesthetic imaginary www.thedriftmag.com/into-the-rig...

Into the Right-Wing Dreamworld

DHS’s Regime of Images

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Kurt Vonnegut died on this date in 2007. So it goes. bloomsburyliterarystudiesblog.com/2012/03/kurt...

Yesterrday at the opening of the @iafa.bsky.social conference, we met @mcfarland.bsky.social author Graeme Wend-Walker, pictured below with his book Russell Hoban: Faithful to the Strange. #IAFA #scifi

New episode out. Kim Stanley Robinson on his work, utopic realism, the future of Mars, Fredric Jameson… and so on www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z47K... Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel.