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#TXSTEnglish students, faculty & alum presented research @the annual conference of the Society for Comparative Literature & the Arts 📷 Jingyi Lyu & Jenna Parks (MA Literature), Ben Reed (Assoc Prof of Instruction) & Rob Tally (Prof, Assoc Chair & SCLA president) The Graduate College

Proud to announce that #TXSTEnglish Professor Cyrus Cassells has won the prestigous 2025 Jackson Poetry Prize, which carries a monetary award of $100,000 💫 Texas State MFA TXST News Read the press release and more award info: pw.org/about-us/news-…

Poet, communist, cat-lover, teacher, music critic, roadrunner, critical theorist, Marxist: though not necessarily in this order, Joshua Clover was all those things — and more.

Coming in June! amazon.com/Mismeasure-Orc…

Thoughts on Marxism and antimilitarism apropos of one of the finest Marxist critics writing. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

"Mythic Capital: How Tolkien is whispering in the ears of America’s most powerful men" arcmag.org/mythic-capital/

I found myself in a conversation about antisemitism with, among others, a member of the first Trump administration. chronicle.com/article/the-gr…

Well, if they're not terrified, they probably should be. The government has said it's coming for all the protesters, free speech be damned.

We went through some of the main themes of my talk at MoMA PS1 and more

Hey Duke Men’s Basketball fans! I wrote this one a few years back, but anyone still have love (or sympathy) for the ill-fated, badly underrated 1994-95 team? roberttally.medium.com/coach-ks-forgo…

I'm thrilled to have been able to talk about Tolkien, Orcs, Marxism, and politics with the guys on the Entmoot Podcast. (And talk I did! It goes on for a little over two hours!) Check it out, if you have some time. shows.acast.com/entmootpod/epi…

Celebrating the publication of Texas State English Professor Dr. Robert Tally's latest, *The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien's Demonized Creatures* Available now McFarland 🪶TXST News #tolkien #orcs #lordoftherings #lotr #hobbit #middleearth 1/2

Robert Tally McFarland TXST News "Examining the origin stories of the orc ... this book endeavors to show that these 'inhuman' creatures are, in fact, among the most human (perhaps 'all-too-human') to be found in The Lord of the Rings." 💫 Find out more on the McFarland website: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-mi… 2/2

Amazon has the "read sample" enabled for the new Orc book, so the the Preface and Introduction are available. amazon.com/Mismeasure-Orc…

Foucault Studies 37 (Spring 2025) The first issue to be published by University of Pennsylvania Press, but remains entirely open access muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/issue/5…

Reposting this 2019 piece I wrote about the underappreciated 1995 Duke Men’s Basketball team. substack.com/home/post/p-16…

Two minutes of me talking about dystopia for Texas State University 's "Faculty Experts" series. youtube.com/shorts/oYPO63a… Texas State English

"Why do we cheer for the end of the world?"🌟 Proud to see our Associate Chair and Professor of English, Dr. Robert Tally, in this new video from Texas State University 💫 P.S. He's teaching Monster Theory this fall, y'all! TXST News youtube.com/shorts/oYPO63a…