HS English teacher; #CanonChat; Jane Austen and Van Halen enthusiast; Catholic; Hockey fan; I teach diverse books and defend the canon; Matthew 5:44
Massachusetts, USA
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Our live #CanonChat discussion will be hosted on Discord. I've shared the link to the event below. Hope to see you on this platform. vhttps://discord.gg/5atkJpPgK
Announcing #CanonChat's October selection: William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." Visit canonchat.com for resources on the novel. All are welcome to join us!
What is your favorite Faulkner book? #CanonChat
Our live #CanonChat discussion will be hosted on Discord. I've shared the link to the event below. Hope to see you on this platform. vhttps://discord.gg/5atkJpPgK
Matt Ryan #CanonChat 📕: As I Lay Dying - Faulkner retweeted
Our live #CanonChat discussion will be hosted on Discord. I've shared the link to the event below. Hope to see you on this platform. vhttps://discord.gg/5atkJpPgK
Announcing #CanonChat's October selection: William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." Visit canonchat.com for resources on the novel. All are welcome to join us!
Matt Ryan #CanonChat 📕: As I Lay Dying - Faulkner retweeted
This is a laughable objection. You're free to dislike Lewis all you want. But he was a serious thinker. Read his academic work. Read what his peers thought of his work.
god it’s so embarrassing that these guys present Lewis as like. a serious thinker
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
C.S. Lewis was a leading literary scholar: triple first at Oxford; Fellow & Tutor, Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–54); first Professor of Medieval & Renaissance Literature, Cambridge (1954–63); Fellow of the British Academy (1955).
Sources: britannica.com/biography/C-S-… · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lew…
Scholars conclude ‘beyond doubt’ that Shakespeare was main author of Edward III | William Shakespeare | The Guardian share.google/FtvZRw6cnM2XmQW…
A favor: @dantherriault's account blocked me after I flagged a phishing DM. Looks like his account is back to normal, but I can't interact with him in my blocked state! If someone could request that he unblock me, I'd be grateful. I've been a long time follower.
My favorite chapter #CanonChat
Announcing #CanonChat's October selection: William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." Visit canonchat.com for resources on the novel. All are welcome to join us!
Matt Ryan #CanonChat 📕: As I Lay Dying - Faulkner retweeted
It is kind of hilarious that most people know Lewis as the Mere Christianity/Narnia guy and then think that makes him a lightweight.
god it’s so embarrassing that these guys present Lewis as like. a serious thinker
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
C.S. Lewis was a leading literary scholar: triple first at Oxford; Fellow & Tutor, Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–54); first Professor of Medieval & Renaissance Literature, Cambridge (1954–63); Fellow of the British Academy (1955).
Sources: britannica.com/biography/C-S-… · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lew…
#CanonChat discusses "As I Lay Dying" next Tuesday. Still time to read one of Faulkner's best! canonchat.com
Announcing #CanonChat's October selection: William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." Visit canonchat.com for resources on the novel. All are welcome to join us!
One of the few times I’ve disagreed with @JohnHMcWhorter. nytimes.com/2026/10/15/opini…
If Waters said of Hetfield, "He's no musician," he shouldn't be commenting on someone else's IQ.
Roger Waters ripped James Hetfield over his recent comments declaring that Metallica shows aren't a place for politics.
"He's got an IQ of about three and why we're talking about him, I honestly don't know because he's a nobody and he'll always be. He may have a few hundred million dollars or whatever, but he's a prick and he's no musician. I heard them. I told you I heard them playing acoustic instruments and they couldn't. It was appalling..."
consequence.net/2026/10/roge…
Matt Ryan #CanonChat 📕: As I Lay Dying - Faulkner retweeted
These days, when I see someone say this, I just feel bad for them. Too many young people have been propagandized into preferring pedantic lectures and political sermons over the sublime experience of being turned inside out by truly transcendent art, music, and Literature.
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One of my favorite movies. Listening now!
🍿🍿🍿🍿NEW BACK AT THE MOVIES🍿🍿🍿🍿
@GregRenoff returns to discuss the film that made Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, & Cybil Shepherd household names:
Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 cinematic classic, “The Last Picture Show.”
One of the best & most influential movies of the “New Hollywood” era.
Listen, subscribe, tell your friends!
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Bravo, Dame Judi Dench!
Judi Dench, 91, says trigger warnings have 'gone too far' and are 'mollycoddling' audiences as she says 'if you're that sensitive, don't go to the theatre' trib.al/xqZO48s
Matt Ryan #CanonChat 📕: As I Lay Dying - Faulkner retweeted
🍿🍿🍿🍿NEW BACK AT THE MOVIES EP COMING WEDNESDAY🍿🍿🍿🍿
“I’ll see ya in a year. Unless I get shot.”
@GregRenoff returns to talk Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 masterpiece, “The Last Picture Show” starring Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, & Cybil Shepherd.
One of the greatest films of all time. Don’t miss this one.
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Matt Ryan #CanonChat 📕: As I Lay Dying - Faulkner retweeted
How an unassuming college professor became one of the world’s leading authorities on Van Halen guitarworld.com/music-indust…
Matt Ryan #CanonChat 📕: As I Lay Dying - Faulkner retweeted
🍿🍿🍿🍿”It’s a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat & offers no easy answers. By the end, you’re so engaged that you keep thinking about it after the credits roll.”🍿🍿🍿🍿
We are Back at the Movies talking Christian Mungiu’s 2026 Palme D’Or winner “Fjord,” a gripping dramatic film starring Sebastian Stan & Renate Reinsve.
NO SPOILERS, we just wanted to give you an idea of what to expect & whether it’s worth going out of your way to see it.
Give it a listen!
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