Matt Keeley
@matt-keeley.bsky.social
Frequent reader and occasional reviewer
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Sought and found asylum in the UK
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sought and found asylum in the UK
A fine Stoppard story!
In 2002 I went to see Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia at the NT. The plays tell the story of the friendship between the Russian exiles Alexander Herzen and Nicholas Ogarev. Some of the action takes place in their London lodgings.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A fine Stoppard story!
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What a terribly written essay. And what a measured, reasonable explanation for why - regardless of the author’s beliefs (which the professors go out of their way to clarify the author is entitled to) - this is a terribly written essay.
People are getting sued over this? What bullshit.
People are getting sued over this? What bullshit.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What a terribly written essay. And what a measured, reasonable explanation for why - regardless of the author’s beliefs (which the professors go out of their way to clarify the author is entitled to) - this is a terribly written essay.
People are getting sued over this? What bullshit.
People are getting sued over this? What bullshit.
Everyone saying this is a bad science paper is correct; but it would also be a bad paper in a theology class.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Everyone saying this is a bad science paper is correct; but it would also be a bad paper in a theology class.
Saturday reads: Richard Stark's Nobody Runs Forever.
After this, I have just three Richard Starks left unread, which is a sad realization. But considering I started reading them in 2009, rereading is always on the table.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
After this, I have just three Richard Starks left unread, which is a sad realization. But considering I started reading them in 2009, rereading is always on the table.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Nobody Runs Forever
An action-packed crime novel starring Parker, the heister starring in the forthcoming Shane Black film Play Dirty! Richard Stark's Parker novels are the hardest of hard-boiled, classic crime novels wh...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Saturday reads: Richard Stark's Nobody Runs Forever.
After this, I have just three Richard Starks left unread, which is a sad realization. But considering I started reading them in 2009, rereading is always on the table.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
After this, I have just three Richard Starks left unread, which is a sad realization. But considering I started reading them in 2009, rereading is always on the table.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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folks who don’t engage with reactionary art are denying themselves whole worlds of thought and entertainment
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
folks who don’t engage with reactionary art are denying themselves whole worlds of thought and entertainment
A book to look forward to, as all new @rid9way.bsky.social publications are.
Dooneen will be published next June, by Fitzcarraldo Editions here, and New Directions there. And this is the New Directions cover, by Paul Sahre, and I love it.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A book to look forward to, as all new @rid9way.bsky.social publications are.
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We're getting to the point where we're past "Vanity Fair needs to fire Nuzzi" and rapidly arriving at "Conde Nast needs to fire Mark Guiducci"
The new Vanity Fair editor sought to make his magazine less woke and some of his first moves were hiring Olivia Nuzzi, publishing an abstract nude of Nuzzi by a person now alleged to have made illegal recordings on her behalf, and putting only men in the Hollywood issue
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We're getting to the point where we're past "Vanity Fair needs to fire Nuzzi" and rapidly arriving at "Conde Nast needs to fire Mark Guiducci"
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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Happy Wednesday to Manuela Borges, specifically.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Happy Wednesday to Manuela Borges, specifically.
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Just in case you thought this was a ridiculous hypothetical, it’s actually a thing she did, and it’s racked up one thousand three hundred big views on youtube in the 7 hours it’s been up, so take that libs.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just in case you thought this was a ridiculous hypothetical, it’s actually a thing she did, and it’s racked up one thousand three hundred big views on youtube in the 7 hours it’s been up, so take that libs.
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
"Those familiar with the situation say Guiducci has sought quiet guidance from Condé Nast’s chief content officer, Anna Wintour, who often provides strategic advice to top editors."
Literally anyone in the media would have told you not to hire her to begin with.
Literally anyone in the media would have told you not to hire her to begin with.
Anyway, here's an abstract nude of our new editor nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
Vanity Fair to publish ‘abstract nude portrait’ of Olivia Nuzzi — as scandal-plagued journalist accused of shirking job duties: report
Vanity Fair staffers privately gripe that Olivia Nuzzi has failed to carry out core duties since joining the magazine, according to a report.
nypost.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"Those familiar with the situation say Guiducci has sought quiet guidance from Condé Nast’s chief content officer, Anna Wintour, who often provides strategic advice to top editors."
Literally anyone in the media would have told you not to hire her to begin with.
Literally anyone in the media would have told you not to hire her to begin with.
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You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You know what’s ripe for a comeback is the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series by Joan Aiken. Smart & non-condescending YA, fantastical without being fantasy, dark and Dickensian as hell, extremely lefty and anticapitalist, a full dozen sequels, amazing Edward Gorey covers.
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Reposting my 2018 piece about year end lists for anyone who needs it (me!). www.damemagazine.com/2018/12/19/i...
It’s Time to Reconsider the Best-Of List - Dame Magazine
The piles of books and galleys that clutter my apartment are overwhelming. This is not a humble brag—more of a cry for help. I’m a culture writer and critic who is deeply entrenched in the book world....
www.damemagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposting my 2018 piece about year end lists for anyone who needs it (me!). www.damemagazine.com/2018/12/19/i...
Good morning to everyone but the person who stole my new shoes from the doorstep.
They can [redacted].
They can [redacted].
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Good morning to everyone but the person who stole my new shoes from the doorstep.
They can [redacted].
They can [redacted].
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hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
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if you're not subscribed, maybe you should
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
if you're not subscribed, maybe you should
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they’re forcing kids to read “the caine mutiny,” because of wouk
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
they’re forcing kids to read “the caine mutiny,” because of wouk
The one literary event I will forever kick myself for missing—it sold out before I could get tickets—is Mantel speaking before these paintings at the Frick.
Oh to have been there!
Oh to have been there!
I'm basically never not thinking about Wolf Hall so when I saw the Holbein portrait of Thomas Cromwell it was like worlds colliding defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
The Eyes Have It | Defector
The eyes got me. Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger isn’t the brightest, or the largest painting in its room—it might be the smallest—but it’s easily the most striking. It called to me from t...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The one literary event I will forever kick myself for missing—it sold out before I could get tickets—is Mantel speaking before these paintings at the Frick.
Oh to have been there!
Oh to have been there!
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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is there a Bulwer-Lytton prize for political nonfiction and if not can we start one
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
is there a Bulwer-Lytton prize for political nonfiction and if not can we start one
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unfortunately “Aaron Sorkin’s Scenes from a Marriage” is exactly what we deserve as a nation
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
unfortunately “Aaron Sorkin’s Scenes from a Marriage” is exactly what we deserve as a nation
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I was cutting back the bamboo
I was rolling a rock up a hill
(You must imagine me happy)
I was rolling a rock up a hill
(You must imagine me happy)
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I was cutting back the bamboo
I was rolling a rock up a hill
(You must imagine me happy)
I was rolling a rock up a hill
(You must imagine me happy)