Andrew Rihn
@andrewrihn.bsky.social
Multi-genre boxing writer
Author of Revelation: An Apocalypse in Fifty-Eight Fights
Prose poetry reader for Pithead Chapel
https://andrewrihn.my.canva.site/
Author of Revelation: An Apocalypse in Fifty-Eight Fights
Prose poetry reader for Pithead Chapel
https://andrewrihn.my.canva.site/
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Andrew Rihn
@andrewrihn.bsky.social
· May 19
Jack London’s Fantastic Revenge | The Saturday Evening Post
In his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt,” Jack London turned truth into fiction, and then some.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
When Jack London arrived in Reno to cover the big fight, he bore a black eye from a barroom brawl.
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
When it comes to music, I yam what I yam. (This might be the first time Bruce Springsteen hasn’t made my top five.)
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
When it comes to music, I yam what I yam. (This might be the first time Bruce Springsteen hasn’t made my top five.)
Reposted by Andrew Rihn
#OTD in @PoliceGazette 1894: The Police Gazette World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Belt is stolen from a locked display window in Davenport, Iowa. The Gazette offers $500 for its return (over $18,000 today).
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#OTD in @PoliceGazette 1894: The Police Gazette World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Belt is stolen from a locked display window in Davenport, Iowa. The Gazette offers $500 for its return (over $18,000 today).
Announcing for 2026 -- I need to read more books!
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Announcing for 2026 -- I need to read more books!
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.
Reposted by Andrew Rihn
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
ProBoxTV is free on YouTube. Fights are on!
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
ProBoxTV is free on YouTube. Fights are on!
Don King
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Don King
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
The Plain Dealer, Akron, OH, 1981
The truth is out there
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The truth is out there
On this day in 1910, Jack London published his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt” with The Saturday Evening Post.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
When Jack London arrived in Reno to cover the big fight, he bore a black eye from a barroom brawl.
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
The story behind that shiner, the ensuing court battle, his grudge with the judge, and how Jack London re-wrote it all into a story of "fantastic revenge."
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/05/jack...
Jack London’s Fantastic Revenge | The Saturday Evening Post
In his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt,” Jack London turned truth into fiction, and then some.
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
On this day in 1910, Jack London published his short story “The Benefit of the Doubt” with The Saturday Evening Post.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
His revenge-fantasy story was the culmination of a months-long feud with a judge who had ruled against him regarding a man earlier bar fight.
Reading about the time Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s family’s country home in Concord, MA. Henry Thoreau came over and planted a garden of cabbage and beans for them. It’s where Hawthorne wrote Rappacini’s Daughter.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reading about the time Nathaniel Hawthorne lived in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s family’s country home in Concord, MA. Henry Thoreau came over and planted a garden of cabbage and beans for them. It’s where Hawthorne wrote Rappacini’s Daughter.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
This is an A24 script waiting to happen.
Floyd Patterson with a quick joke in response to a hater
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Floyd Patterson with a quick joke in response to a hater
Reposted by Andrew Rihn
A busy and chaotic #MementoMoriMonday
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A busy and chaotic #MementoMoriMonday
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Dancing Skeletons, Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎
c. 1871-1889
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Christy Martin is the only woman boxer to ever appear on a Sports Illustrated cover. She has never been on the cover of The Ring magazine, however.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Christy Martin is the only woman boxer to ever appear on a Sports Illustrated cover. She has never been on the cover of The Ring magazine, however.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
With the release of her biopic, now would be a great time to remedy this.
George Chuvalo training, 1965
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
George Chuvalo training, 1965
Thrift store book haul
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Thrift store book haul
Seeing CHRISTY now, with all the trimmings. #boxing #boxingmovie
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Seeing CHRISTY now, with all the trimmings. #boxing #boxingmovie
“Go fuck yourself.”
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Go fuck yourself.”
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
— famously empathetic and civil Dick Cheney, on the Senate floor
Neighbor’s tree just going wild right now
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Neighbor’s tree just going wild right now
I posted this yesterday, but today is the 10th anniversary of Amos Johnson’s passing. It’s a long thread but his story worth it.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I posted this yesterday, but today is the 10th anniversary of Amos Johnson’s passing. It’s a long thread but his story worth it.
Visiting boxers' graves in Ohio.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Visiting boxers' graves in Ohio.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.
#2 Amos Johnson Jr.