Lenhardt Stevens
@lenhardtstevens.bsky.social
Teacher & Milton phd
📖 Literary humanism
🚋 Localist urbanism
🔥 techno-pessimism
📖 Literary humanism
🚋 Localist urbanism
🔥 techno-pessimism
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What is literary humanism and the Art of Reading Deeply?: Entry 3
Why religious texts are unavoidable for the literary humanist, even if God is not
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What is literary humanism and the Art of Reading Deeply?: Entry 3
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seems like rejecting the possibility of miracles is the biggest step towards rejecting any religious belief.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
seems like rejecting the possibility of miracles is the biggest step towards rejecting any religious belief.
What is literary humanism and the Art of Reading Deeply?: Entry 3
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What is literary humanism and the Art of Reading Deeply?: Entry 3
Why religious texts are unavoidable for the literary humanist, even if God is not
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What is literary humanism and the Art of Reading Deeply?: Entry 3
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i worry people will forget how funny it was when clinton said he smoked marijuana but didn't inhale.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
i worry people will forget how funny it was when clinton said he smoked marijuana but didn't inhale.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set about championing writers like Kerouac and Faulkner as uniquely American. https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-man-who-helped-make-the-american-literary-canon
The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set about championing writers like Kerouac and Faulkner as uniquely American.
www.newyorker.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
At the beginning of the 20th century, the country’s literature was widely considered provincial. Then Malcolm Cowley set about championing writers like Kerouac and Faulkner as uniquely American. https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-man-who-helped-make-the-american-literary-canon
I guess one way to use bluesky is all your liberal opinions here and all your conservative opinions on X
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I guess one way to use bluesky is all your liberal opinions here and all your conservative opinions on X
The Luxury of Having Opinions You Can Express
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The Luxury of Having Opinions You Can Express
Teachers, students, and the policing/encouraging of speech
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November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Luxury of Having Opinions You Can Express
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“The boy is mine” by brandy and Monica is undefeated.
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“The boy is mine” by brandy and Monica is undefeated.
“Rinrigaku” and No-Self, No Analytic Philosophy
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“Rinrigaku” and No-Self, No Analytic Philosophy
How the history of philosophy is alive and well in Japan and maybe that's a good thing
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November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Rinrigaku” and No-Self, No Analytic Philosophy
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Happy Veterans Day, veterans.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Happy Veterans Day, veterans.
if sushi be the cuisine of the aristocracy, then call me edward poppington the sixth
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
if sushi be the cuisine of the aristocracy, then call me edward poppington the sixth
Congrats Zohran!
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Congrats Zohran!
Mamdani's our guy. Here are a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/lenhardt...
Mamdani for Mayor
Get out and vote, New York
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November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Mamdani's our guy. Here are a couple of thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/lenhardt...
The Therapy of Reading Rooms
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The Therapy of Reading Rooms
Rooms designed to be prisons won't motivate us to be readers
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October 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Therapy of Reading Rooms
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alright I'm back.
October 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
alright I'm back.
Starting to have humanities conversations with powerful people
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Starting to have humanities conversations with powerful people
The members of the board are fed up with your lack of industry relevance
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September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Starting to have humanities conversations with powerful people
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