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J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" was published on Sept. 21, 1937. Almost exactly 85 years later, my critical study of that novel appeared. Coincidence? Well, yes, but still, you should read it! www.amazon.com/J-Tolkiens-H...

J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit": Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion (Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon)

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18d

stimulating conversation with blake oetting from january just finally came out in november mag! www.novembermag.com/content/anna...

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · 18d

When I was young, my dad played the "Cabaret" movie soundtrack a lot. I think it's partly because he was stationed in West Berlin, but also, of course, the catchy tunes.

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International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - IAFA @iafa.bsky.social · 20d

Many thanks to Robert T. Tally Jr. for joining us for a special session on A Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien's Demonized Creatures! It was great to hear some of this critical text and have a discussion with its author.
#VICFA4 #FantasticArts #IAFA #UnabashedOrcSympathizer

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International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - IAFA @iafa.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks, @roberttally.bsky.social !

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · 25d

a cookie monster says " me love cookies and you "

ALT: a cookie monster says " me love cookies and you "

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · 26d

@markbould.bsky.social There is a brief shout out to "Anthropocene Unconscious" in there!

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · 26d

I talk about Zombie Apocalypse in this podcast -- I get the first 17 minutes or so -- which also features Texas State professors with expertise in diseases and fungi, respectively. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Fungi, Disease, and the Zombie Apocalypse

Podcast Episode · Enlighten Me · 08/28/2025 · 53m

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · 26d

Wow, thank you! I look forward to hearing more about the conference.

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks! I just wrote an article on Orc women titled "Bolg's Mother." I like to imagine that she would pack Bolg's lunchbox before sending him off to his warg-riding or scimitar-wielding lessons.

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GeoManKS, PhD @geomanks.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is a great summary of all that befalls us under the MAGA mafia regime.

Jamie Merchant @jamiemerchant.bsky.social · Sep 3

My latest in Field Notes on the decay and demise of the modern state as we knew it

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The Suicide State | The Brooklyn Rail

In an illuminating account of a recent Department of Homeland Security job fair, Yanis Varoufuckice relates an encounter with a gaggle of fresh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruits looki...

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you!

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Aug 26

A fantastic review of Bruce Robbins's recent works by @roberttally.bsky.social, with, of course, some Jameson woven in.

The Politics of Criticism and the Criticism of Politics

Abstract. As practiced, literary and culture criticism is always in some sense metacritical—that is, finding itself inevitably drawn to discussing its own conditions of possibility. Bruce Robbins's Cr...

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · Aug 13

Feel free to email me!

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Aug 9

Final installment of The Jameson Tapes. Your guide to becoming an “ideological lexicologist”!

"Ideology: Marx & Lukacs" by Fredric Jameson

1977 Institute On Culture & Society

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 4

incredible pedagogy, kid!

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · Aug 4

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The Jameson Tapes, Side A

with Isabel Bartholomew, Anna Kornbluh, Caleb Smith, Robert Tally, & Fredric Jameson

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW!
1st of 2 installments contextualizing Jameson's lectures at the 1977 Institute On Culture & Society, discusses "Marxism & Historicism," historicizing the lectures, recovering them, the commodity as its own ideology, long arc of Jameson's influence

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The Jameson Tapes, Side A

with Isabel Bartholomew, Anna Kornbluh, Caleb Smith, Robert Tally, & Fredric Jameson

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · Aug 4

Honored to be among the folks talking about Jameson on the new American Vandal podcast episode! theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/the-jameso...

The Jameson Tapes, Side A

with Isabel Bartholomew, Anna Kornbluh, Caleb Smith, Robert Tally, & Fredric Jameson

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hey Poe fans! My brief piece "On Poe's Late Style," examining his handful of tales published in 1849, is now out. muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...

Project MUSE - On Poe’s Late Style

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