Michael Lucey
@michaellucey.bsky.social
Author of "What Proust Heard" & the Misfit Trilogy: "The Misfit of the Family," "Never Say I," "Someone." Throw in some translating, piano, yoga, and cats.
At last, Michael Warner's compelling Berkeley Tanner Lectures are out there in the world awaiting readers.
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
At last, Michael Warner's compelling Berkeley Tanner Lectures are out there in the world awaiting readers.
Sir Rory says hello to Rory.
September 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sir Rory says hello to Rory.
It’s a Dakota Staton kind of morning as we reacclimate to chilly, gloomy San Francisco.
August 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It’s a Dakota Staton kind of morning as we reacclimate to chilly, gloomy San Francisco.
A cat with Franciscan leanings in the monastery on the island of Badija near Korčula.
August 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A cat with Franciscan leanings in the monastery on the island of Badija near Korčula.
Thinking of my great uncle Anthony Stipulin here at St. Anthony’s church in the woods on Korčula.
July 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Thinking of my great uncle Anthony Stipulin here at St. Anthony’s church in the woods on Korčula.
Making flash cards today to consolidate declensions in Croatian...
May 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Making flash cards today to consolidate declensions in Croatian...
For those in need of mood enhancement.
April 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For those in need of mood enhancement.
Good news from the LRB Bookstore in London today. Also, copies of the US edition are now out in the world!
March 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good news from the LRB Bookstore in London today. Also, copies of the US edition are now out in the world!
Always important to spend time with friends and acquaintances in Paris, even if them being locked up at night makes close communication challenging. Something also poignant in the way that the Grisette de 1830 and Frédérick Lemaître are forever separated by the unforgiving Rue du Faubourg du Temple.
March 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Always important to spend time with friends and acquaintances in Paris, even if them being locked up at night makes close communication challenging. Something also poignant in the way that the Grisette de 1830 and Frédérick Lemaître are forever separated by the unforgiving Rue du Faubourg du Temple.
Coming on March 25 from Allen Lane in the UK and Semiotext(e) in the US — a book by Didier Eribon committed to the struggle for a better world than this one! Just got my translator’s copies today.
March 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Coming on March 25 from Allen Lane in the UK and Semiotext(e) in the US — a book by Didier Eribon committed to the struggle for a better world than this one! Just got my translator’s copies today.
I've been published in the journal that bears the name of my field for the first time! Better late than never...Thanks to @fauxneem.bsky.social Michael Allan and his team! I don't think the issue is up on line yet, but once it is I'll be happy to share a pdf with anyone who's interested....
December 4, 2024 at 9:15 PM
I've been published in the journal that bears the name of my field for the first time! Better late than never...Thanks to @fauxneem.bsky.social Michael Allan and his team! I don't think the issue is up on line yet, but once it is I'll be happy to share a pdf with anyone who's interested....
Regular cat pic posts seem to be what is called for. Here are Sir Rory and Mr. Willoughby being exemplary.
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Regular cat pic posts seem to be what is called for. Here are Sir Rory and Mr. Willoughby being exemplary.
Parisian pavlova. Reasonable reward for a reasonably productive trip.
October 22, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Parisian pavlova. Reasonable reward for a reasonably productive trip.
I feel like a bit of a stereotype making these for the last undergrad Proust class this spring, but whatever. At least they are turning out okay — my first run at them in fact, so that wasn’t a sure thing.
April 24, 2024 at 2:57 AM
I feel like a bit of a stereotype making these for the last undergrad Proust class this spring, but whatever. At least they are turning out okay — my first run at them in fact, so that wasn’t a sure thing.
Maryse Condé taught one semester a year for a few years in the Berkeley French Department right when I started teaching there. Her office was either next door to mine or two doors down, I can’t quite remember. I remember reading Ségou and then Traversée and then Moi, Tituba with amazement.
April 3, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Maryse Condé taught one semester a year for a few years in the Berkeley French Department right when I started teaching there. Her office was either next door to mine or two doors down, I can’t quite remember. I remember reading Ségou and then Traversée and then Moi, Tituba with amazement.
Cleaning out my childhood home, I discover Peter Pears sang in South Bend, Indiana in 1977. I wish I could tell my teenage self to buy a ticket and then find a way to meet him. #queermissedconnections
January 10, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Cleaning out my childhood home, I discover Peter Pears sang in South Bend, Indiana in 1977. I wish I could tell my teenage self to buy a ticket and then find a way to meet him. #queermissedconnections
Happy MLA sightings... #MLA2024 @modernlanguage.bsky.social
January 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Happy MLA sightings... #MLA2024 @modernlanguage.bsky.social
I arrive in Paris for a 12-day research stint and also get to announce some cheery news at the end of a gloomy year.
December 6, 2023 at 5:02 PM
I arrive in Paris for a 12-day research stint and also get to announce some cheery news at the end of a gloomy year.
Slowly weaning myself from that other place.
October 27, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Slowly weaning myself from that other place.
And don’t tell her I posted her pic after his:
October 13, 2023 at 2:08 PM
And don’t tell her I posted her pic after his:
This is the perfect occasion for my first post in this platform!
October 13, 2023 at 1:42 PM
This is the perfect occasion for my first post in this platform!