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Interests are Samuel Johnson's 18th century circle (particularly Hester Thrale Piozzi), reading, writing, scientific journals, University Presses, face blindness/prosopagnosia, embroidery, web comics, &c.
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Just finished the Murderbot Diaries and Somebody, Somewhere, and they kind of end on the same note? Both main characters have found their non-romantic person/bot, and have grown to the extent they can sort of talk to other people, maybe.

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@sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social stumbled on this blog post - did Hester's letters ever make it to the open web? Just wondering, I'd love to read them. The drawings of the dogs in this post are wonderful; belated thank you for sharing them! rylandscollections.com/2016/10/04/t...

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SAM. RUDE.

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This would make a clutch epigraph.

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This pause in nattering about 18th century figures due to the fact I had a proposal accepted for my library's pride month art show... And now I have to make it. 🙂 Sneak peek work-in-progress. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️ #embroidery

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Ok I guess it'd be silly not to expect Johnson in a book of classic insults.

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Relatable.

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Johnson at a masquerade is fun to picture.

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But who amongst us does not abhor the dithyrambs?

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Jan Morris, what a card.

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Interesting snippet from Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" - I hadn't thought about queer/straight being established opposites (I assume along the lines of strange/normal) before gaining their current meanings.

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The hell she did. 😱 Who's writing this nonsense about Piozzi without consulting me!!

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Who made this cover, I just want to talk.

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You can really tell from his author photo that he had nine children.

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Ok this might be the day my research jumped the shark.

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Who hasn't wondered what Beverly Cleary's second favorite class at college was...

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You realize how much Boswell brings people to life when you think about how he was largely excluded from Streatham, and Henry Thrale is a relative enigma. Johnson loved Mr. Thrale but I dunno why. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Hester sure doesn't make him sound great, but he must have had his appeal.

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This is a lovely children's series - I particularly appreciate the Marie Curie and Jackie Robinson books which helped me start important conversations with my kids about justice in this world. ❤️

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Years ago at a Brooklyn flea market, I bought a huge framed print of this clearly modern painting of Johnson and eventually found it was from a Nescafe ad from 1957. It's weird and I love it.

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Gonna be haunted forever by this Encyclopedia Brown illustration.

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