Skip Rhudy

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First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

Congrats that looks as though it was a rewarding article to develop—especially the acknowledgment of your scholarship by its publication!

What's in a book festival? You never know how things will turn out when authors, readers, publishers and booksellers all get together.

What's in a book festival?
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AI Is Dead A Texas author earned a certificate in AI—but there’s no way he’d ever use it to write a book.

New from @skip-rhudy.bsky.social: I’ve got a post-graduate certificate in artificial intelligence (AI). I’m also an author, and I believe writers and publishers should not use AI in publishing. But the reasons I oppose using AI are not the usual ones you hear.

Against the barbarians:

History always has a lesson.

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

Oh my gosh—look what came in the mail!!!

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Coming-of-Age Surfing Novel If you enjoy the excerpt you can pre-order the book from places like Bookshop, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble: https://bookshop.org/p/books/under-the-gulf-coast-sun-skip-rhudy/22184040?ean=9781965766040 h...

Free excerpt of my novel Under the Gulf Coast Sun.

Kassie Hernandez has a dream: to work at NASA someday like her dad.

But during a last vacation at the beach, she finds the love of her life--and discovers that nothing is guaranteed.

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Trump - with his devotion to Putin, abandonment of Ukraine, and lies about history- is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for. He is aligning America with the enemies of the very freedom that generations have fought and died to defend.

Perfect summary if what Trump has done. His cult followers can’t see it. Mostly because they watch his cheerleader stations like Newsmax.

Here's a short trailer about a little book I wrote set on the Texas Gulf Coast.

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#romance #beachread #surfing

There are great applications of Generative AI, but I dislike AI used to calculate texts pretending to be art or literature.

Computers don't experience life, they add 0s and 1s.

I want to hear from humans, not blind, deaf, and dumb Turing machines.

AI text is not meaningful art.
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Lone Star Literary Critique: Speaking of Criticism: Who Owns Meaning? Speaking of Criticism: Who Owns Meaning? So, everybody’s a critic, right? No, seriously: right. Readers invest their time, money, and imagination in everything they read.

Some (perhaps many) years ago, a new critical theory swept academia and then disappeared. It was called "Reception Theory". For me, it became the only theory about reading literature that made sense. Here's a glimpse:
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From the book The Origins of Totalitarianism:

This will be amazing! Why not go along if you’re local? 👀

My statement on the Special Counsel’s final report:

They lack the courage— but you don’t. A fact about you that I greatly admire. I’m not sure shaming has been an effective method, though, with those people who show cowardice with Trump and Trump enablers and Trump media.

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If you're new to Shakespeare's sonnets--or you've read them deeply--I highly recommend Stephen Booth's edition with extensive commentary that illuminates, explains, & explores. #BookSky #LiteratureSky #Shakespeare bsky.app/profile/sail...

Will you be in Austin, too, Brad?

I want to let folks in the Austin, TX area know that Stephanie Ortega, the translator of Else Jerusalem's Red House Alley, our latest Recovered Book from @bhousepress.bsky.social, will be appearing at Alienated Majesty Books on Tuesday, 28 January at 6PM to talk about rescuing lost books. Join us!

In happier news Red House Alley is on its merry way to my home. I recall seeing (not necessarily reading) those early sci-fi / literary novels you list. I have a future project planned. I don't see the conflict between sci-fi and literary aspiration. What, do I denounce Bradbury? No. No, I don't.

Congratulations!

On this date in 2021, I surveyed 25 novels from the 1970s that knocked down the fences separating science fiction and literary fiction with a heedlessness that's still refreshing almost 50 years later.
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The vapid world of America's top book influencer

Thanks for this. I bet at least some of the titles you mention are to be found on Abes or Thrifty or even EvilBay. But a welcome riposte / anecdote to the likes of what this article justly laments: unherd.com/2025/01/lost...

The vapid world of America's top book influencer

I laughed. Several times. Maybe more than several times. I don't know where my favorites like Aeschylus, the three Bs (Bukowski, Burroughs, Bradbury) Hilbig, Euripides, Morrison, Wright ... where do they fit in? Well, in this future view, nowhere:
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Banned & Challenged Books ALA compiles data on book challenges from reports filed by library professionals in the field and from news stories published throughout the United States.

Libraries are some of our greatest institutions and most valuable resources. They need our support.

This page from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is full of resources and information for everyone who knows that we must #UniteAgainstBookBans.