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Matthew Levay

@matthewlevay.bsky.social

Professor of English at Idaho State University. Modernism, comics, popular forms. Author: The New Old Style (U Nebraska P, soon), Violent Minds (Cambridge UP). Co-Editor: Journal of Modern Periodical Studies. You can call me Matt. matthewlevay.com

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Absolutely true.

28.02.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Still from the Twin Peaks opening sequence, with β€œFRASIER” presented as the title.

Still from the Twin Peaks opening sequence, with β€œFRASIER” presented as the title.

Would watch

28.02.2026 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Impossible beef. Sacrilege, I know, but I became a vegetarian at age 20, after my Skyline/Gold Star days were behind me.

25.02.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I made a vegetarian version for my kids last year, mostly as an exercise in my own nostalgia. They were unimpressed.

25.02.2026 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

23.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What could be better than SHARP? SHARP + MSA! Check out this CFP on Modernism in Ephemeral Print! πŸ’š

23.02.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh no, George is amazing.

22.02.2026 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Combos. The greatest gas station food of all time.

22.02.2026 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ethan Hawke in cool clothes.

Ethan Hawke in cool clothes.

Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist.

I took this photo for fashion inspiration, but honestly, this wouldn’t be bad at all.

21.02.2026 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

This is, in all honesty, the celebrity I would want for this role.

21.02.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A snowy ski hill with the sun just beginning to rise about the mountain. Pebble Creek Ski Area, in Inkom, Idaho.

A snowy ski hill with the sun just beginning to rise about the mountain. Pebble Creek Ski Area, in Inkom, Idaho.

The moral of this story, like every story, is always to let your spouse and children pressure you into doing something. You will have fun.

21.02.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is terrific, Lindsay! I need to update my similar assignment, and will be adding some of the specificity you provide here.

21.02.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Running out to ski lessons now, but will send you some materials later tonight when I’m back at my computer (and physically incapable of doing anything else).

21.02.2026 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! I designed mine with a theory foundation, then moving to units on how to read an article (connected to a β€œjournal report,” where students read multiple issues of a single journal), how to read a monograph, etc.

21.02.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Will read.

19.02.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same here!

18.02.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This tool is pretty fun if you’re like me and look forward to new soccer kit season every year. Plus, it has made my design preferences extremely clear to me. I’ll admit that I may be overly pro-RSL.

18.02.2026 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Election | MSA Elections

MSA Members, it's time to vote for new board members! Please visit this link: vote.press.jhu.edu/msa/election...

Thank you to everyone who agreed to let their name stand! And if you need to renew your MSA membership before voting, now is a perfect time to do so! You have until March 16 to vote!

16.02.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The World of Leonard Cohen | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

The world deserves The World of Roy Orbison.

14.02.2026 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the best idea I’ve heard in forever.

14.02.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fully persuasive argument.

14.02.2026 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would read these religiously.

13.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Papers: Toxic Modernism/Modernist Intoxication The Australasian Modernist Studies Network and Modernist Studies in Asia present: JOINT AMSN / MSIA CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 19-21, 2026 ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY Bradley Forum, Hawke Level 6, CCCW Organising…

The joint @AustModernist & MSIA Conference will be held in Adelaide on 19-21 November, on the theme "Toxic Modernism/Modernist Intoxication." Further details at the link below. Send us your abstracts! amsn.org.au/amsn-confere...

13.02.2026 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Call for Papers: Modernism in Ephemeral Print (2027 MLA Annual Convention)

Friends: @moderniststudies.bsky.social and @sharpweb.org are teaming up for a non-guaranteed panel on β€œModernism in Ephemeral Print” at MLA 2027, in LA. Consider submitting!

13.02.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

The world is pretty dark, but I just walked my comics students through some of Lynda Barry’s creativity exercises and was reminded yet again that there can always be real joy in the classroom.

12.02.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The news is out in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! I am VERY excited to announce a new print comics publication - The Comics Staple, a monthly comics zine filled with reviews, recommendations, interviews and more.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...

11.02.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 13

I tried, but ROOT said I wasn’t in the local area and so wasn’t eligible. MLBtv, by contrast, said I was local, and therefore blacked out all games. Apparently I live in a geographical oddity.

31.01.2026 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Mariners announce TV, streaming options for 2026

Looks as if this may be the year when I can *finally* stream Mariners games.

31.01.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Europe since 1945
James Joyce’s Ulysses
Oceanography
Shakespeare’s History Plays
Nineteenth-Century France

31.01.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is 100% correct

29.01.2026 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0