John Havard
@johnhavard.bsky.social
"Disaffected Parties (OUP, 2019) | "Late Romanticism and the End of Politics" (CUP, 2023) | "The Last Man" by Mary Shelley, foreword Rebecca Solnit | Next: Austen, Byron, Ali Smith, Brexit Aesthetics, Policing | Brit in NYC | @johnowen82 www.johnhavard.me
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John Havard
@johnhavard.bsky.social
· Nov 18
John Havard
John Havard writes about literature and political culture and teaches at the State University of New York.
www.johnhavard.me
Hi! This is my website. Link is showing an enormous picture of my face, for some reason. www.johnhavard.me
Thrilled! Ecstatic! In raptures!
May 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Thrilled! Ecstatic! In raptures!
Does anyone know whether PLUTOCRACY is based on a real board-game? (he asked meaningfully). From Alan Hollinghurst.
January 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Does anyone know whether PLUTOCRACY is based on a real board-game? (he asked meaningfully). From Alan Hollinghurst.
Is anyone else watching the “Gavin and Stacey” Christmas special with an insistent family member? Know you are not alone.
December 25, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Is anyone else watching the “Gavin and Stacey” Christmas special with an insistent family member? Know you are not alone.
A cover of the year!
Thanks for naming The Last Man one of the best covers of the year, @literaryhub.bsky.social! 🙏🌿 forever my favorite black spine cover 💚 @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @johnhavard.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 AM
A cover of the year!
Abandoning this site will mean having FOUR defunct social media profiles!
December 4, 2024 at 2:36 AM
Abandoning this site will mean having FOUR defunct social media profiles!
Why do I feel so rough? Do you think it was all the wine?
November 29, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Why do I feel so rough? Do you think it was all the wine?
Not really passing the "spark joy" test here, is it?
December 2, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Not really passing the "spark joy" test here, is it?
Watching QUEER did not make me curious to know more about William S. Burroughs, to be completely frank about it.
December 2, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Watching QUEER did not make me curious to know more about William S. Burroughs, to be completely frank about it.
I’m sorry but “we were successful where we campaigned!” is a bit like saying “my garden isn’t a total mess in the small, familiar area that I have devoted my energies to gardening intently (helped out by a small army of gardening volunteers)!”
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I’m sorry but “we were successful where we campaigned!” is a bit like saying “my garden isn’t a total mess in the small, familiar area that I have devoted my energies to gardening intently (helped out by a small army of gardening volunteers)!”
I’ll be on Instagram for the foreseeable future, find me there! @johnowen82
November 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I’ll be on Instagram for the foreseeable future, find me there! @johnowen82
I was today years old when I realized that Frank O’Hara was Irish.
November 25, 2024 at 11:36 PM
I was today years old when I realized that Frank O’Hara was Irish.
Fellow Blue-Sags, rise up! ♐️
I've been so preoccupied that, as @johnhavard.bsky.social reminded me this weekend, I forgot to trumpet the beginning of SAGITTARIUS SEASON! Wishing life and light to all the Sag folks out there, such as John, @devingarofalo.bsky.social, @rezekjoe.bsky.social, and @drbibliomane.bsky.social! ♐
November 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Fellow Blue-Sags, rise up! ♐️
“Really holding space with that and feeling power in that… I’m in queer media, so…”
November 25, 2024 at 6:38 PM
“Really holding space with that and feeling power in that… I’m in queer media, so…”
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I think it is best for everyone involved that we do not compare this space to Twitter.
November 24, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I think it is best for everyone involved that we do not compare this space to Twitter.
I think it is best for everyone involved that we do not compare this space to Twitter.
November 24, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I think it is best for everyone involved that we do not compare this space to Twitter.
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I’m not an expert, but I feel like this was also an argument behind Brexit. And it didn’t work. But paging the experts! @stephenkb.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
I’m not an expert, but I feel like this was also an argument behind Brexit. And it didn’t work. But paging the experts! @stephenkb.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
The stones. The slaps. The feet. 🪨👋🦶🏻
I really, *really* enjoyed this I was really not expecting to!
November 23, 2024 at 3:10 PM
The stones. The slaps. The feet. 🪨👋🦶🏻
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@johnowen82 is my Instagram handle btw, not the Other Thing. Here right now but always there!
November 14, 2024 at 11:36 PM
@johnowen82 is my Instagram handle btw, not the Other Thing. Here right now but always there!
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Second or Third edition... it's a really tough call.
November 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Second or Third edition... it's a really tough call.
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“Snow on the Ground! ~ What is to Become of Us?”
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
November 22, 2024 at 1:36 AM
“Snow on the Ground! ~ What is to Become of Us?”
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
I am going to be so productive after I binge another four episodes of “Say Nothing.”
November 22, 2024 at 2:06 PM
I am going to be so productive after I binge another four episodes of “Say Nothing.”
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I just spent three hours on a train sitting next to a girl who took several photos of her copy of Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo but did not open it once.
November 22, 2024 at 12:19 PM
I just spent three hours on a train sitting next to a girl who took several photos of her copy of Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo but did not open it once.
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Another day, another design for a ballet costume for a vegetable. Today I give you: the carrot (pen & ink and watercolour over pencil, V&A)
November 22, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Another day, another design for a ballet costume for a vegetable. Today I give you: the carrot (pen & ink and watercolour over pencil, V&A)
I’m not an expert, but I feel like this was also an argument behind Brexit. And it didn’t work. But paging the experts! @stephenkb.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
I’m not an expert, but I feel like this was also an argument behind Brexit. And it didn’t work. But paging the experts! @stephenkb.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social