@rsbecker.bsky.social
Founder and developer of George Moore Interactive
Literary Archives and AI
This October newsletter from Resurgam makes a case for AI enabled literary archives. A different way to preserve the past.
Keep the Faith
My October 2025 GMi newsletter looks at George Moore's Catholic faith, or lack thereof.
To the Forefront
Resurgam's September 2025 newsletter marks the start of our prospecting. Going for the gold!
open.substack.com/pub/robertbe... My new free post on Substack has links to three songs I wrote and performed in the early 70s, not heard since. If you like what I write (or sing), please subscribe.
17.09.2025 22:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
open.substack.com/pub/robertbe... This Substack was harder than most to write. If you like it, please subscribe for free.
27.08.2025 15:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Are Legacies Useful?
The August 2025 Newsletter of Resurgam describes practical benefits of historic literature and art. They're not pie-in-the-sky!
Call the Midwife?
The August 2025 GMi Newsletter begins with a couple of technical notes; then aligns one of George's novels with our own pop culture.
open.substack.com/pub/robertbe... In this Substack, I use memoir to color an issue I think is important. Read it, forswear hunting and become a vegetarian!
11.08.2025 17:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why “Free” Matters
My July newsletter for Resurgam. It discusses a core value: that everything we make is free, in every sense of the word.
Striving After Wind
George Moore's seventh novel has been added to GMi, along with his letters of 1895 and my claim that he had a daughter.
Vain Fortune (novel)
Vain Fortune (1891) opened with an acknowledgement of the illustrations: The Author has to express his thanks to the Editor of the Lady's Pictorial for his kind permission to reproduce in this volume Mr. Greiffenhagen's illustrations. The novel had been serialized in the…
My new personal post on Substack. This could be habit forming. I recall touring (part of) the world on a bicycle.
27.06.2025 21:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Resurgam and the Quiet Crisis
This June 2025 newsletter looks at the role of Resurgam in fighting for functional literacy and the joy of reading.
Boys Club
The June newsletter of George Moore Interactive describes a the next novel and year of letters to publish on the website.
driehausmuseum.org/exhibition/r... A spectacular exhibition of botanical paintings by Rory McEwen at the Driehaus in Chicago. Maybehe finest modern art I have ever seen!
19.06.2025 22:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"My 75th" a birthday post on my Substack Unfettered ideation: robertbecker639.substack.com/p/my-75th
12.06.2025 11:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Worst Novel?
My May newsletter describes "programs" of Resurgam and GMi. It also discusses pros and cons of the novel Spring Days (1888).
My April newsletter announces that Resurgam is now a 501(c)(3). It also updates my publications of books and letters.
25.04.2025 12:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Women
My newsletter for March 2025 describes recent updates to George Moore Interactive. Was George a feminist?
he Netflix series based on The Leopard is so gorgeous that I bought the book. The film seemed to omit or minimize many important narrative details that I suspect are developed in the text. www.netflix.com/title/81392676
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The Art Institute of Chicago is exhibiting ancient Roman sculpture of surpassing beauty: www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...
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La Terreur de la Terre
This month's GMi newsletter describes recent publications in French and announces a nifty event in Dublin.
I am nauseated by the immoral, illegal, and cruel mistreatment of federal civil servants since January 2025. Members of this workforce have always been courteous, well-informed, helpful, and professional in my experience. They earned my respect and appreciation for work well done.
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