Joseph Rezek
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
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Joseph Rezek
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
· Jun 13
I just submitted my book for peer review. After 15 years of thinking, researching, and writing, and, as I keep saying, an NEH this year to finish up. I’m furious about the gutting of that institution, which makes so much knowledge possible. I hope this book eventually lives up to that honor.
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My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Unbelievably, I convinced myself I am already 47 years old and will be turning 48 in a few weeks. But actually I am still 46!
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Unbelievably, I convinced myself I am already 47 years old and will be turning 48 in a few weeks. But actually I am still 46!
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Look at this jaunty fella!
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Look at this jaunty fella!
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If “The Canterbury Tales” were written today it would be called “The Airport Chili’s Bar Tales” and I think that’s beautiful
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If “The Canterbury Tales” were written today it would be called “The Airport Chili’s Bar Tales” and I think that’s beautiful
Literally the most unqualified administration in history
A leaked 115 page report by current & former FBI personnel describes the bureau under Kash Patel as a “rudderless ship” & says he is “in over his head,” lacking the experience & bearing needed to be an effective FBI director—
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Literally the most unqualified administration in history
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Just a pup and his Grinch #DogsOfBlueSky
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just a pup and his Grinch #DogsOfBlueSky
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My general feeling is that if something is called a “Revolution”, but there is no mention of the people and/or cultures destroyed in the process, it’s either not a revolution or it’s violences are being intentionally obscured
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My general feeling is that if something is called a “Revolution”, but there is no mention of the people and/or cultures destroyed in the process, it’s either not a revolution or it’s violences are being intentionally obscured
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World AIDS Day. We remember.
December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
World AIDS Day. We remember.
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Cyber Monday is a terrible name but @columbiaup.bsky.social is a great press and my book will be on sale for %50 off. All the slow motion for half the price!
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Downtime | Columbia University Press
Slow motion has become perhaps the least special effect in film and media, a stylistic technique for showing violence, dream sequences, and flashbacks or oth... | CUP
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November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cyber Monday is a terrible name but @columbiaup.bsky.social is a great press and my book will be on sale for %50 off. All the slow motion for half the price!
cup.columbia.edu
cup.columbia.edu/book/downtim...
cup.columbia.edu
cup.columbia.edu/book/downtim...
Sir, this here is the right place to come with this issue. We hear you. We are all sad nerds here.
my spouse and my children think i’m a sad nerd for letting my enjoyment of the novel i’m reading, set in 1789, be ruined by anachronisms such as its protagonist using “access” as a verb, the first known instance of which appeared in 1953. i don’t disagree with them.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sir, this here is the right place to come with this issue. We hear you. We are all sad nerds here.
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I named my fists Iliad & Odyssey because I’m about to leave it hanging before I bring it home
I named my fists Moby and Dick because I’m about to sink the tyrant.
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I named my fists Iliad & Odyssey because I’m about to leave it hanging before I bring it home
This is an incredible book! I’d buy it again but I already own a copy ⬇️⬇️⬇️
For #CyberMonday, @hopkinspress.bsky.social has made all of its books 50% off (on orders over $50). That includes Revolutionary Networks, my examination of news and printing during the American Revolution. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Revolutionary Networks
The Business and Politics of Printing the News, 1763–1789
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December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is an incredible book! I’d buy it again but I already own a copy ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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For #CyberMonday, @hopkinspress.bsky.social has made all of its books 50% off (on orders over $50). That includes Revolutionary Networks, my examination of news and printing during the American Revolution. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Revolutionary Networks
The Business and Politics of Printing the News, 1763–1789
www.press.jhu.edu
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
For #CyberMonday, @hopkinspress.bsky.social has made all of its books 50% off (on orders over $50). That includes Revolutionary Networks, my examination of news and printing during the American Revolution. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
I named my fists Moby and Dick because I’m about to sink the tyrant.
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I named my fists Moby and Dick because I’m about to sink the tyrant.
Unbelievably, I convinced myself I am already 47 years old and will be turning 48 in a few weeks. But actually I am still 46!
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Unbelievably, I convinced myself I am already 47 years old and will be turning 48 in a few weeks. But actually I am still 46!
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Such a good episode. Roger and Mary Williams both w some v progressive positions (indigenous lands, separation of church & state) but also v much of their time and fully bigoted in misc contexts. Prof. C-F terrific both in her research and clear explication. Rhode Island: small state, big stories!
🎙️ On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Roger Williams University history Professor Charlotte Carrington-Farmer talks about her new book on Rhode Island founder Roger Williams, and a new exhibit highlighting the life of his wife, Mary Williams.
A more complex picture of Rhode Island’s first couple, Roger and Mary Williams - The Boston Globe
Roger Williams University history Professor Charlotte Carrington-Farmer talks about her new book about Roger Williams and a new exhibit about his wife, Mary Williams.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Such a good episode. Roger and Mary Williams both w some v progressive positions (indigenous lands, separation of church & state) but also v much of their time and fully bigoted in misc contexts. Prof. C-F terrific both in her research and clear explication. Rhode Island: small state, big stories!
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9yo did a dramatic reading of her papa’s quote in the local newspaper (Boston Globe)
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
9yo did a dramatic reading of her papa’s quote in the local newspaper (Boston Globe)
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I do not like that universities feel the need to “brand” themselves. Find your “identity” as a department, they say. Revise your “mission.” I believe our mission is advancing knowledge in all areas. That hasn’t changed in a thousand years.
November 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I do not like that universities feel the need to “brand” themselves. Find your “identity” as a department, they say. Revise your “mission.” I believe our mission is advancing knowledge in all areas. That hasn’t changed in a thousand years.
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Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thou shalt not pretend that you’re at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.