Robert Tally
@RobertTally
Robert T. Tally Jr. is a literature professor. He's the author of books on spatiality, geocriticism, utopia, fantasy, et cet.
If you're interested in Tolkien's Orcs, the "read sample" feature here makes the Preface and Intro available! amazon.com/Mismeasure-Orc…
Speaking of Orcs, the new book is on sale: save six bucks! mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-mi…
"Why do we cheer for the end of the world?"🌟 Proud to see our Associate Chair and Professor of English, Dr. @RobertTally, in this new video from @txst 💫 P.S. He's teaching Monster Theory this fall, y'all! @txst_news youtube.com/shorts/oYPO63a…
Two minutes of me talking about dystopia for @txst 's "Faculty Experts" series. youtube.com/shorts/oYPO63a… @TXSTEnglish
Reposting this 2019 piece I wrote about the underappreciated 1995 @DukeMBB team. substack.com/home/post/p-16…
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…
Amazon has the "read sample" enabled for the new Orc book, so the the Preface and Introduction are available. amazon.com/Mismeasure-Orc…
"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
Celebrating the publication of @TXSTEnglish Professor Dr. @RobertTally's latest, *The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien's Demonized Creatures* Available now @McFarlandCoPub 🪶@txst_news #tolkien #orcs #lordoftherings #lotr #hobbit #middleearth 1/2
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…
Hey @DukeMBB 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…
We went through some of the main themes of my talk at @MoMAPS1 and more
My returning guest is @bureaucatliu Catherine Liu, a professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. We explore the psychological significance of “trauma” and “care” in the liberal discourse today. These topics will be part of her forthcoming book “Traumatized!” 📕
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.
#BREAKING: The Trump's administration blocks Harvard University from enrolling international students and orders current international students to transfer. “International students are terrified, and staying in their rooms,” says Columbia University’s @BruceRobbins6
I found myself in a conversation about antisemitism with, among others, a member of the first Trump administration. chronicle.com/article/the-gr…
Dear Friends, Here is our latest episode for our podcast series on genocide studies: it’s an interview with Dr Rob Tally on the appearance of Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi perpetrator, in Vonnegut’s novel, Mother Night: open.spotify.com/episode/0qcSLC…
#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) @TXSTGradCollege
"Mythic Capital: How Tolkien is whispering in the ears of America’s most powerful men" arcmag.org/mythic-capital/
Thoughts on Marxism and antimilitarism apropos of one of the finest Marxist critics writing. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…
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.