Brian Reed
@bmreedwa.bsky.social
Professor and cat parent in the Pacific Northwest.
John Adams’s Pulitzer & Grammy winning tribute to the dead of 9/11. The names of the missing, read one by one.
John Adams - On the Transmigration of Souls (2002) [Audio + Score]
YouTube video by The Piano Experience
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
John Adams’s Pulitzer & Grammy winning tribute to the dead of 9/11. The names of the missing, read one by one.
AW Prihandita, a graduate student in my English department, has won the 2024 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being by A. W. Prihandita
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
AW Prihandita, a graduate student in my English department, has won the 2024 Nebula Award for Best Novelette.
Happy Pride. Pony & Diesel.
June 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Happy Pride. Pony & Diesel.
For Pride I thought I might occasionally recommend books by LGBT poets. Today I’d like to spotlight Stephanie Burt’s “We Are Mermaids.” Burt’s a trans poet who frequently writes about adolescence as an awkward time of dreams & experimentation before adulthood locks you into preprepared scripts.
June 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For Pride I thought I might occasionally recommend books by LGBT poets. Today I’d like to spotlight Stephanie Burt’s “We Are Mermaids.” Burt’s a trans poet who frequently writes about adolescence as an awkward time of dreams & experimentation before adulthood locks you into preprepared scripts.
Birthday dinner at L’Oursin.
May 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Birthday dinner at L’Oursin.
Red panda attack!
Zoo Boise Celebrates Opening of Red Panda Passage | Zoo Boise
zooboise.org
May 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Red panda attack!
Introducing a talk by a poetry scholar.
May 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Introducing a talk by a poetry scholar.
Mexican dinner with Jim over on Beacon Hill.
May 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Mexican dinner with Jim over on Beacon Hill.
Dinner out at the Kamp Social Club.
April 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Dinner out at the Kamp Social Club.
I love the couple weeks in Spring when I have access to a few very PNW wild & foraged delights. Here: sauteed fiddleheads and pasta with ramps and lemon butter.
April 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I love the couple weeks in Spring when I have access to a few very PNW wild & foraged delights. Here: sauteed fiddleheads and pasta with ramps and lemon butter.
Chioggia beets are (almost) too pretty to eat.
April 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Chioggia beets are (almost) too pretty to eat.
In Seattle, the start of spring brings sorrel, an herb with a strong, lemony tang. It makes a delicious soup with just onion, garlic, olive oil, and potato. I used red-veined sorrel but any kind works.
March 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In Seattle, the start of spring brings sorrel, an herb with a strong, lemony tang. It makes a delicious soup with just onion, garlic, olive oil, and potato. I used red-veined sorrel but any kind works.
Lunch at Mike’s Noodle House in the International District. 我推荐馄饨水饺面，非常好吃！
March 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lunch at Mike’s Noodle House in the International District. 我推荐馄饨水饺面，非常好吃！
In Tucson for the 2025 Western Deans Conference.
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In Tucson for the 2025 Western Deans Conference.
A recent & young hire — who only knows me as the boss of her boss — told a friend that I have a “weird gender presentation” that she doesn’t understand. My work here is done.
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A recent & young hire — who only knows me as the boss of her boss — told a friend that I have a “weird gender presentation” that she doesn’t understand. My work here is done.
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025) was a composer who sought God through fearless art. Her “Seven Words” is a masterpiece, a meditation on the Crucifixion that dwells on the senselessness of pain and death. She is not an easy listen: she aims for truth. I fiercely admire her. youtu.be/PltmF20Hr1U?...
Sofia Gubaidulina: Sieben Worte for cello, bayan and strings
YouTube video by Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025) was a composer who sought God through fearless art. Her “Seven Words” is a masterpiece, a meditation on the Crucifixion that dwells on the senselessness of pain and death. She is not an easy listen: she aims for truth. I fiercely admire her. youtu.be/PltmF20Hr1U?...
肉松 “meat floss,” a sweet dried pork product with cotton candy texture. Good as a topping or filling for many Chinese dishes like congee. I bought a jar from Weee! online but didn’t realize how big it was 😹
March 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
肉松 “meat floss,” a sweet dried pork product with cotton candy texture. Good as a topping or filling for many Chinese dishes like congee. I bought a jar from Weee! online but didn’t realize how big it was 😹
“Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you.”
“Forever Knight” (1992-1996) was a Canadian series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a homicide detective in Toronto.
“Forever Knight” (1992-1996) was a Canadian series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a homicide detective in Toronto.
Name a show you’re positive no one remembers, but you 📺
Quark premiered on NBC in May, 1977, less than 3 weeks before the release of Star Wars. It featured a crew working on an intergalactic garbage scowl, and it heavily parodied Star Trek. Only 8 episodes were made.
Quark premiered on NBC in May, 1977, less than 3 weeks before the release of Star Wars. It featured a crew working on an intergalactic garbage scowl, and it heavily parodied Star Trek. Only 8 episodes were made.
March 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you.”
“Forever Knight” (1992-1996) was a Canadian series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a homicide detective in Toronto.
“Forever Knight” (1992-1996) was a Canadian series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a homicide detective in Toronto.
Dinner with Jim Harris at BaBar while he’s in town from Dallas.
March 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dinner with Jim Harris at BaBar while he’s in town from Dallas.
Visiting Mission San Xavier de Bac south of Tucson.
March 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Visiting Mission San Xavier de Bac south of Tucson.
Mike & me in Green Valley, Arizona. He’s meeting my parents for the first time.
February 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Mike & me in Green Valley, Arizona. He’s meeting my parents for the first time.