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Erik Simpson

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English professor, Grinnell College. Romanticism, history and future of the book, digital humanities, paper engineering, jazz saxophony. I do not speak for anyone but myself. If that.

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Sports but make it cats

17.10.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor of English: Creative Writing Tenure Track job with Grinnell College | 2000443 Research and teaching interests might include: screenwriting/tv writing, memoir, lyric essay, narrative journalism, graphic storytelling.

Job Alert! Tenure-track, Creative Non-Fiction (broadly conceived), Grinnell College. joblist.mla.org/job/2000443/...

06.10.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Decoder Ring | Mailbag: Fruit Snacks, Waterbeds, and Lobster Tanks Podcast Episode Β· Slow Burn Β· 12/18/2024 Β· 53m

Yes. Fascinating Decoder Ring podcast segment on waterbeds: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

14.07.2025 12:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I heap praise upon you but the sobbing is also good

13.07.2025 00:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You think it’s Mid-dlemarch?

12.07.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohio is an excellent nomination. New York has a solid claim as well; it doesn't have the south, but it has French-Canadian New England in the north, Wisconsin lake country in the middle, Appalachia and the agricultural midwest in the west, Great Lakes/rust belt, and all the things NYC is.

12.07.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice, thank you!

10.07.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks greatβ€”and intriguing! What is your oven process for drying?

09.07.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wahoowa! Congratulations!

14.06.2025 12:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am excited to do the same thing in my fall class--but S&S will come up in late September. Is there any way to get access to the essay before the book comes out? (I promise I'm buying the book as soon as I'm able to.) I understand if I need to wait!

12.06.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is absurd enough on its own, but it is also not answering the question I searched for (most consecutive one-run games).

11.06.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am all for the ramping up of pedantry, but it really is 1%, right? Percentiles divide distributions into 100 parts, thus β€œcentile.”

10.06.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, they’re very literally 1%. But 90th or above, yes, 10%.

10.06.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Learning that bunnies are not, in fact, cute was the first lesson shared by my midwestern in-laws when we moved here.

11.05.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Right, that's not the full title--just the title of the middle section. The three stages of the story are Oedipus Rocks, Oedipus Wrecks, and Oedipus Reeks.

06.05.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.

Before Sunrises

05.05.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

02.05.2025 18:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing a moment of the printing process: two men are lifting the paper from the woodblock. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing a moment of the printing process: two men are lifting the paper from the woodblock. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing the giant woodblick, and the giant printed paper open air. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

A photo of the printing event in Mainz (from April 26-27th, 2025) showing the giant woodblick, and the giant printed paper open air. Copyrights from Markus Kohz.

Just in case if you missed this printing event in #Mainz: they publically printed a giant page of the Gutenberg bible in the format 5 x 7,20 meter. #bookhistory #skystorians

29.04.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 987 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 47

I have observed for a while the steady switch from "comfort" to "comfortability" and "discomfort" to "uncomfortability." This morning, a new age dawned: I heard a podcaster say "comfortabilityness."

28.04.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hotel fitness centers are one thing. PHL hotel fitness center during Penn Relays is another thing.

26.04.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œA 400-year-old institution should be making decisions with a time horizon of centuries, not news cycles. Making a principled stand now … is the single best thing Harvard could do to earn its continued place as a symbol of genuine excellence, free inquiry, and commitment to the public good.”

04.04.2025 20:39 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Yes. It’s of a piece with the attack on the professions. Doctors, lawyers, scientists, teachers and professors, government workers, union labor. Anyone who might have felt their work is reliable and valued.

05.04.2025 00:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Accurately categorized as junk mail. Really sorry to hear this, Joe.

04.04.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I live two time zones east of my team. Love the ghost runner. Come out come out little ghosties! It’s time for sleep!

29.03.2025 12:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Along with their opponentsβ€”up to 12 teams at a time.

27.03.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My first Blue Bot: @dallowayaside.bsky.social, Mrs Dalloway in Parenthesis. Thank you, @bluebotsdonequick.com!

24.03.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I loved it. Maybe my favorite category ever.

24.03.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know it sounds odd, but you have to understand that there's a new 75% tariff on beds in which you can sleep without a loaded firearm.

12.03.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thus the Zachonomy regains equilibrium

17.02.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi and welcome new followers! We've migrated over from the Other Place. Follow us for announcements of upcoming sessions of the workshop, and other interesting book history news.

06.02.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1