@Fantomas2go

Poet (Hollywood & God). Essayist. NBCC Award biographer (Savage Art: Jim Thompson). Professor of Writing, New School MFA. Past President, Poetry Foundation.

 New York
Joined September 2013
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Robert Polito - “The Poetry of Fact” - w. Tess Taylor, Tom Sleigh, Brian Turner, & Camille Dungy triquarterly.org/craft-essay…
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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux bigissue.com/culture/books/a…

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace argues that Dylan's genius didn’t fade, but evolved and mutated in fascinating ways.

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SergeSlothrop@sergeslothropMar 31
Replying to @LookAroundCafe @queerbobdylan
His late period style is building collages from other texts. He has quoted unattributed 1000s of times over the past 30 years. A new book by Robert Polito called After The Flood investigates his method. It's very, very good.
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Coming to Blu-ray in August from The Criterion Collection Coup de torchon (1981) New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Interview from 2001 with director Bertrand Tavernier New interview with critic and poet Robert Polito about source-novel author Jim Thompson Making-of program featuring on-set footage and interviews with members of the cast and crew Alternate ending Trailers New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by scholar Lynn Anthony Higgins New cover by Sean Phillips #CriterionCollection #Criterion #Movie #Movies #Horror #physicalmedia #Bluray #HorrorCommunity #FilmCommunity #4KBluray #4KUltraHD #physicalmedia #FilmstaGram #physicalmediaforever #bluraycollector #bluraycollection #Horror #HorrorMovie #HorrorMovies #Film #Cinema #CinemaLovers #FilmTwitter #Cinephile #MovieBuff #NowWatching
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Erin Callahan@InthePhishBowlJun 11
It was also my absolute privilege to talk with scholar Robert Polito about his book After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace for Infinity Goes Up on Trial. He was incredibly kind, generous, and brilliant person. It was a pleasure to talk with him. Look for it soon!
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Susan Shapiro@SusanshapironetApr 13
❤️celebrating brilliant new 📚 by former students @contactrebecca @landomendiola @JudyBatalion @WineEquation @satchkova_s @legacylitbooks editor @ClarenceAHaynes & my mentor at @TheNewSchool @Fantomas2go thanks to @wasoqepejogi @SameerNYC for pics & everyone who came!
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CAMONGHNE FELIX — We Need New Language For This Moment harpersbazaar.com/culture/fe…

We Need New Language For This Moment

We Need New Language for This Moment

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'After the Flood' review: Bob Dylan's late career stands the test of time : NPR npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-577…

'After the Flood' argues Bob Dylan's late career is just as potent as his early years

Much of our image of Dylan derives from his early protest music, but Robert Polito's book makes the argument that the most recent 30 years of Dylan's career have been just as creative as the first 30.

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Niall@scriobhApr 4
Robert Polito's After the Flood is an essential addition to your @BobDylan library. @Fantomas2go
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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux bigissue.com/culture/books/a…

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace argues that Dylan's genius didn’t fade, but evolved and mutated in fascinating ways.

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Angels and Administration: An Interview with Alexander Kluge theparisreview.org/blog/2017…

Angels and Administration: An Interview with Alexander Kluge by Ben Lerner

February 2, 2017 – “The oceans were thirty-seven degrees…we still have the mirror of that in our liver. The liver has the same acidity as these oceans, the same amount of salt.“

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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace book review - Big Issue bigissue.com/culture/books/a…

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace argues that Dylan's genius didn’t fade, but evolved and mutated in fascinating ways.

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Adrian McKinty@adrianmckintyMar 10
out today from Library of America 👇 5 brilliant novels in 1 vol. Thompson loved to write about small time crooks, grifters & losers whose schemes almost always end up in total disaster then there's the weirdness of the Getaway & Pop. 1280 - a perfect noir masterpiece 👍
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Frank Vatel@Vatel1675Mar 10
A perfect mix of the good, the great, the underrated, the overrated, and the utterly fucking insane. JIM THOMPSON: FIVE NOIR NOVELS OF THE 1950s & 60s. Out today from Library of America.
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Under the stewardship of Robert Polito. I think we can consider these the definitive texts.
William Boyle@wmboyle4Mar 9
Incredible mail day. Thanks to LOA for sending along a copy of their new Jim Thompson volume, which collects five of his best novels. It’s gorgeous. Beyond glad to see him getting the treatment he deserves. Out officially tomorrow. Go get it. loa.org/books/five-noir-nove…
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Larissa Pham and Jacqueline LeKachman on Her New Novel, <em>Discipline</em>, and Finding Truth in Disaster publicseminar.org/2026/02/la… via @PublicSeminar

Larissa Pham on Her New Novel, Discipline, and Finding Truth in Disaster - Public Seminar

Jacqueline LeKachman interviews Larissa Pham on the complexities of art and writing within her newest novel.

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Film Forum@FilmForumNYCFeb 16
We mourn the loss of our dear friend Frederick Wiseman (1930-2026), a singular human with a singular genius for capturing humanity - and Film Forum’s most-premiered filmmaker 🕯️
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Lawrence Joseph: New Poems thecommononline.org/joseph-l… via @commonmag

Lawrence Joseph: New Poems

LAWRENCE JOSEPH what we do is // precise and limited, according to / the Minister of Defense, // the President / is drawing a line, // the President is drawing / a red line, we don’t want to see  / a...

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Larry Charles@larrycharlesismFeb 5
Honored to be on Time Magazine’s 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century compiled by the esteemed and serious film critic Stephanie Zacharek. #time #maskedandanonymous #stephaniezacharek
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‘After the Flood’ by Robert Polito | Book Review - WSJ wsj.com/arts-culture/books/a…

‘After the Flood’ Review: Dylan’s Rebirth

A dive into Bob Dylan’s late career has produced the best book on the musician in ages.

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Liveright Books@LiverightPubJan 27
Happy pub day to @Fantomas2go, whose new book AFTER THE FLOOD: INSIDE BOB DYLAN'S MEMORY PALACE is available wherever books are sold! “Polito brings a scholastic zeal and care [to] Dylan... A feat of hyper-attuned reading and listening." (@MOJOmagazine) wwnorton.com/books/after-the…
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