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Stephen Guy-Bray

@stephengb.bsky.social

Professor of poetry, curious, gay, love to cook. Currently writing about poems about poems.

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omg I'll actually be in London then and I should go

07.02.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is frustrating, but it can be done. And you're right about all this. I regularly teach Paradise Lost and the Faerie Queene and students learn how to read them, although they're like nothing they've ever read before.

01.02.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She is so good.

31.01.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

but this is just my life

29.01.2026 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is so good

25.01.2026 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

His pain is delightful to me.

22.01.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I concur.

21.01.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I teach it almost every year and it's always a joy.

20.01.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FrenulumFriend

17.01.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love this

16.01.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's a wonderful idea. I taught it last term for the first time in years and it's so good to teach.

14.01.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My father would recite the opening lines but always say "Alf the bread delivery man" and now perhaps you will too.

11.01.2026 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And it's standard for books to contain ads for other books (as well as for the useful products you feature in your post).

05.01.2026 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is why I do it, but it still feels weird.

05.01.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is wonderful.

31.12.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so excited to see all this.

31.12.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you are too kind

29.12.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was young once!

29.12.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rudolf Nureyev cruised me at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He was so obvious even my father noticed.

29.12.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

we always do

27.12.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But whom shall I fight?

25.12.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pre-1800

25.12.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What does it mean to be the consort of a goddess famous for being a virgin? I realize this is far from the only problem here.

25.12.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As a gay Canadian, I'm getting a lot of questions from Heated Rivalry fans, so here goes. Yes, I played hockey, but not often and not well. On the other hand, I was very good at floor hockey, although my career ended when I was banned for life for "excessive force." Now I'm a poetry specialist.

25.12.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

😍😍😍😍😍

24.12.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's so beautiful! What is in it?

24.12.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Nathan. I subscribed. Jeez, they walk among us.

24.12.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is he on a tanning bed?

24.12.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really bad at not being amazing

24.12.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I stand with you and your father.

24.12.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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