Levi Herrera
@leviherrera.bsky.social
Likes coffee, books, meandering around. Writes poems sometimes.
Studying Latin this year redux
Studying Latin this year redux
TIL Tolkien’s Beowulf notes: the OE word 𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑛 means “a ghastly fear,” a horror! and it likely comes from ‘being without ale,’ bereft of drink. No beer in the house!
October 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
TIL Tolkien’s Beowulf notes: the OE word 𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑒𝑛 means “a ghastly fear,” a horror! and it likely comes from ‘being without ale,’ bereft of drink. No beer in the house!
“In a fascinating argument, Constance Mews has shown, for example, that the female writer’s use of the term ‘guttula scibilitatis’ (a droplet of knowability) takes a distinctive neologism used by Abelard (scibilitas)
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“In a fascinating argument, Constance Mews has shown, for example, that the female writer’s use of the term ‘guttula scibilitatis’ (a droplet of knowability) takes a distinctive neologism used by Abelard (scibilitas)
Yesterday at Lake Moraine
July 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yesterday at Lake Moraine
Getting soaked by rain in Banff National Park
July 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Getting soaked by rain in Banff National Park
Quai du Louvre last night, walking along the Seine
June 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Quai du Louvre last night, walking along the Seine
The bells at St. Paul’s Cathedral!
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The bells at St. Paul’s Cathedral!
Saw a dozen Saint Jeromes, but this one by Albrecht Dürer was my favorite. He’s on the front side of the panel — with his rock, his lion, and book — and this is the reverse: some revelatory meteoric event?
June 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Saw a dozen Saint Jeromes, but this one by Albrecht Dürer was my favorite. He’s on the front side of the panel — with his rock, his lion, and book — and this is the reverse: some revelatory meteoric event?
Among other things — I spent a solid afternoon at the National Gallery — this two-piece by Francesco Pessolino of David and Goliath which incorporates a ton of gold foil into the egg tempura painting on wood: extraordinary
June 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Among other things — I spent a solid afternoon at the National Gallery — this two-piece by Francesco Pessolino of David and Goliath which incorporates a ton of gold foil into the egg tempura painting on wood: extraordinary
Exploring London for a few days
June 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exploring London for a few days
They need to print an edition of 𝑀𝑜𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑘 in which Captain Ahab’s speech is blue ink, like the opposite of those red letter bibles.
April 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
They need to print an edition of 𝑀𝑜𝑏𝑦 𝐷𝑖𝑐𝑘 in which Captain Ahab’s speech is blue ink, like the opposite of those red letter bibles.
Painted Moby Dick and the Pequod
April 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Painted Moby Dick and the Pequod
“I devoted three days to the studious digesting of all this beer, beef, and bread, during which many profound thoughts were incidentally suggested to me, capable of a transcendental and Platonic application”
April 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“I devoted three days to the studious digesting of all this beer, beef, and bread, during which many profound thoughts were incidentally suggested to me, capable of a transcendental and Platonic application”
Favorite reads of the year:
5. House of Leaves or Ray Bradbury’s The October Country (Halloween books)
4. The Metaphysical Club (nonfiction) by Louis Menand
3. Unsong, Scott Alexander
2. The Torqued Man, Peter Mann
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
5. House of Leaves or Ray Bradbury’s The October Country (Halloween books)
4. The Metaphysical Club (nonfiction) by Louis Menand
3. Unsong, Scott Alexander
2. The Torqued Man, Peter Mann
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
December 31, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Favorite reads of the year:
5. House of Leaves or Ray Bradbury’s The October Country (Halloween books)
4. The Metaphysical Club (nonfiction) by Louis Menand
3. Unsong, Scott Alexander
2. The Torqued Man, Peter Mann
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
5. House of Leaves or Ray Bradbury’s The October Country (Halloween books)
4. The Metaphysical Club (nonfiction) by Louis Menand
3. Unsong, Scott Alexander
2. The Torqued Man, Peter Mann
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon
Reposted by Levi Herrera
Thoguhts Of Life—Ive replaced evero screen in my goon cave w/ a diff. translation of the Epic Of Gilgamesh. My mind has become rather Honed
December 31, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Thoguhts Of Life—Ive replaced evero screen in my goon cave w/ a diff. translation of the Epic Of Gilgamesh. My mind has become rather Honed
Favorite new movies of the year:
- Longlegs
- Dune 2
- Anora
- La Chimera
- Challengers
- Strange Darlings
- Nosferatu
- A Complete Unknown
Honorable mentions: A Real Pain, Megalopolis, The Apprentice
- Longlegs
- Dune 2
- Anora
- La Chimera
- Challengers
- Strange Darlings
- Nosferatu
- A Complete Unknown
Honorable mentions: A Real Pain, Megalopolis, The Apprentice
December 31, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Favorite new movies of the year:
- Longlegs
- Dune 2
- Anora
- La Chimera
- Challengers
- Strange Darlings
- Nosferatu
- A Complete Unknown
Honorable mentions: A Real Pain, Megalopolis, The Apprentice
- Longlegs
- Dune 2
- Anora
- La Chimera
- Challengers
- Strange Darlings
- Nosferatu
- A Complete Unknown
Honorable mentions: A Real Pain, Megalopolis, The Apprentice
Finally saw Nosferatu and immediately thought of the Sopranos meme pages b/c Melfi: “decrease the lithium”
December 31, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Finally saw Nosferatu and immediately thought of the Sopranos meme pages b/c Melfi: “decrease the lithium”
Frasier and Niles pooh-pooh the Wilson Odyssey translation but come to blows over the merits of Fagles and Lattimore. Martin tells them to wait for the movie. “I liked Batman!” Niles claims Homer wouldn’t know the true meaning of polytropos unless he’d seen Maris’s scoliosis.
December 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Frasier and Niles pooh-pooh the Wilson Odyssey translation but come to blows over the merits of Fagles and Lattimore. Martin tells them to wait for the movie. “I liked Batman!” Niles claims Homer wouldn’t know the true meaning of polytropos unless he’d seen Maris’s scoliosis.
A girl’s favorite movie
December 27, 2024 at 7:55 PM
A girl’s favorite movie
At this point everyone in my family better like socks
December 21, 2024 at 7:12 PM
At this point everyone in my family better like socks
Googling “more gay books” for Christmas gifts
December 21, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Googling “more gay books” for Christmas gifts
In the kitchen trying to figure out homemade tortillas so I can make a breakfast taquito
December 13, 2024 at 5:30 AM
In the kitchen trying to figure out homemade tortillas so I can make a breakfast taquito
The irony that the best, most cutting edge world lit jobs right now requires some knowledge of coding or computer science
scrollprize.org/jobs
scrollprize.org/jobs
Vesuvius Challenge
A $1,000,000+ machine learning and computer vision competition
scrollprize.org
December 10, 2024 at 5:54 PM
The irony that the best, most cutting edge world lit jobs right now requires some knowledge of coding or computer science
scrollprize.org/jobs
scrollprize.org/jobs
If I teach the Odyssey again, I’m including a supplementary day of lit that’s inspired by the Odyssey: Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” Madeline Miller’s novel, the Wallace Stevens poem, Carol Ann Duffy’s Penelope, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, and I’m assigning dioramas or puppet shows
December 10, 2024 at 5:45 PM
If I teach the Odyssey again, I’m including a supplementary day of lit that’s inspired by the Odyssey: Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” Madeline Miller’s novel, the Wallace Stevens poem, Carol Ann Duffy’s Penelope, O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU, and I’m assigning dioramas or puppet shows
All my Facebook posts from first semester of college read like quaint Samuel Pepys diary entries. “Dancing with the Stars finale. Brooke won! Hoorah. Now studying for a British lit final, and to sleep!”
December 10, 2024 at 5:43 PM
All my Facebook posts from first semester of college read like quaint Samuel Pepys diary entries. “Dancing with the Stars finale. Brooke won! Hoorah. Now studying for a British lit final, and to sleep!”
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight performance at the college. I was pretty impressed with the costume and puppet design (the knight was like a Big Bird figure, it really was neat)
November 15, 2024 at 4:35 AM
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight performance at the college. I was pretty impressed with the costume and puppet design (the knight was like a Big Bird figure, it really was neat)