What's this I see before me?
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
Brontë Juvenilia: An online five-week course | The Brontë Parsonage Museum
This 5 week course takes us on a deep dive into the world of the Brontë Juvenilia, exploring the fantastical worlds they created, full of intrigue, adventu
www.bronte.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
What's this I see before me?
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
I'm running an online course on the Bronte Juvenilia for the Bronte Parsonage!
Come join me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
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@sykescharlie.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
@sykescharlie.bsky.social
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@sykescharlie.bsky.social
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So what I'm reading is that few of us will have our juvenilia studied like the Brontes did
June 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So what I'm reading is that few of us will have our juvenilia studied like the Brontes did
I have a box in my apartment labeled “juvenilia”
August 21, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I have a box in my apartment labeled “juvenilia”
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
Waiting for Epstein
Plus: Trump's Hall of Pettiness
charliesykes.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“In effect,” writes the NYT’s Peter Baker, “he bronzed some of his cartoonish social media juvenilia and bolted it to the taxpayer-owned building where two Roosevelts, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once lived.”
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/waiting-fo...
The Verlaines - Juvenilia (1987)
May 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Verlaines - Juvenilia (1987)
Thinking I might publish a book of my juvenilia along these lines.
Proofreading will be easy at least.
Proofreading will be easy at least.
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Thinking I might publish a book of my juvenilia along these lines.
Proofreading will be easy at least.
Proofreading will be easy at least.
I have a meeting in a few hours with a special collections librarian at my doctoral alma mater that involves me saying “can we pull the Bronte juvenilia and all the Gillen from the comic collection”
That feels fitting for KG Day.
That feels fitting for KG Day.
September 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I have a meeting in a few hours with a special collections librarian at my doctoral alma mater that involves me saying “can we pull the Bronte juvenilia and all the Gillen from the comic collection”
That feels fitting for KG Day.
That feels fitting for KG Day.
Woolf on Austen’s juvenilia
August 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Woolf on Austen’s juvenilia
I made a little video to help anyone trying to navigate the Bronte juvenilia for the first time.
youtu.be/RRAHB49qFO4
youtu.be/RRAHB49qFO4
10 things you should know before you read the Bronte juvenilia with Dr Sam Hirst
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
youtu.be
May 11, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I made a little video to help anyone trying to navigate the Bronte juvenilia for the first time.
youtu.be/RRAHB49qFO4
youtu.be/RRAHB49qFO4
From my juvenilia (probably written in 1974/5).
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #tapocketapress #asecrettear
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #tapocketapress #asecrettear
May 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From my juvenilia (probably written in 1974/5).
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #tapocketapress #asecrettear
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #tapocketapress #asecrettear
A bit past juvenilia (I was twenty-one). Ink and acrylics on paper.
#painting #art #ink #acrylics #visualpoem
#painting #art #ink #acrylics #visualpoem
March 3, 2026 at 9:16 PM
A bit past juvenilia (I was twenty-one). Ink and acrylics on paper.
#painting #art #ink #acrylics #visualpoem
#painting #art #ink #acrylics #visualpoem
There's still time to sign up for this 5-week online course starting in May.
We're diving into the Bronte juvenilia, reading work by all 4 of the siblings!
Come dive in with me and see what the Brontes were up in their strange and expansive paracosmic worlds
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
We're diving into the Bronte juvenilia, reading work by all 4 of the siblings!
Come dive in with me and see what the Brontes were up in their strange and expansive paracosmic worlds
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
Brontë Juvenilia: An online five-week course | The Brontë Parsonage Museum
This 5 week course, delivered by Dr Sam Hirst, takes a deep dive into the world of the Brontë Juvenilia, exploring the fantastical worlds they created. Wee
www.bronte.org.uk
April 19, 2026 at 11:39 AM
There's still time to sign up for this 5-week online course starting in May.
We're diving into the Bronte juvenilia, reading work by all 4 of the siblings!
Come dive in with me and see what the Brontes were up in their strange and expansive paracosmic worlds
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
We're diving into the Bronte juvenilia, reading work by all 4 of the siblings!
Come dive in with me and see what the Brontes were up in their strange and expansive paracosmic worlds
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
#WeekendSingles Some US 90s titles. Beck, Palace Brothers, Liz Phair & Shellac.
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
#WeekendSingles Some US 90s titles. Beck, Palace Brothers, Liz Phair & Shellac.
I’ve been caught up on the fact that many of the “young republicans” featured are in their late 20s or mid 30s. One was a GC. Vance trying to dismiss the texts as juvenilia of college kids is misleading as hell.
October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I’ve been caught up on the fact that many of the “young republicans” featured are in their late 20s or mid 30s. One was a GC. Vance trying to dismiss the texts as juvenilia of college kids is misleading as hell.
From his Wikipedia entry: “A Washington Times colleague said Podhoretz was "permanently frozen in juvenilia"
…and that sentiment could apply to much of the rightwing media types imo.
…and that sentiment could apply to much of the rightwing media types imo.
July 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
From his Wikipedia entry: “A Washington Times colleague said Podhoretz was "permanently frozen in juvenilia"
…and that sentiment could apply to much of the rightwing media types imo.
…and that sentiment could apply to much of the rightwing media types imo.
If you are anywhere near the Bronte Parsonage... I am going to be doing an all-day seminar day there on 18th August.
Come and explore the Bronte Juvenilia with me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
Come and explore the Bronte Juvenilia with me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
Brontë Juvenilia Seminar Day | The Brontë Parsonage Museum
This workshop series explores the Brontë siblings' relationship to the Gothic. We’ll explore the Gothic influences that shaped their fiction, dive into the
www.bronte.org.uk
July 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
If you are anywhere near the Bronte Parsonage... I am going to be doing an all-day seminar day there on 18th August.
Come and explore the Bronte Juvenilia with me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
Come and explore the Bronte Juvenilia with me!
www.bronte.org.uk/events/bront...
“The work of Einstein was initially treated by colleagues as the nonsensical juvenilia of an exceptionally brilliant youth.” Carlo Rovelli
Ok, but most apparently nonsensical juvenilia of exceptionally brilliant youths is the real thing.
Ok, but most apparently nonsensical juvenilia of exceptionally brilliant youths is the real thing.
March 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“The work of Einstein was initially treated by colleagues as the nonsensical juvenilia of an exceptionally brilliant youth.” Carlo Rovelli
Ok, but most apparently nonsensical juvenilia of exceptionally brilliant youths is the real thing.
Ok, but most apparently nonsensical juvenilia of exceptionally brilliant youths is the real thing.
Incidentally I think about all the folks who are recovering/reframing the Bronte juvenilia or other collective writing/home performance as part of the history of roleplaying, & also how many of the Actual Players I spoke to had experience in forum RP and/or fannish circles like this.
IT'S UP!!! A brief history of the illegal hunger games a generation of teens ran on Fanfiction dot net, and the insane and complex economics thereof.
NEW VIDEO now on YouTube.
youtu.be/PH3U77KeT00
NEW VIDEO now on YouTube.
youtu.be/PH3U77KeT00
The Illegal Fanfiction Death Games Of 2011
YouTube video by Sarah Z
youtu.be
August 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Incidentally I think about all the folks who are recovering/reframing the Bronte juvenilia or other collective writing/home performance as part of the history of roleplaying, & also how many of the Actual Players I spoke to had experience in forum RP and/or fannish circles like this.
Class continues. The work this week: revising canons.
Roleplaying like the Brontës: Juvenilia, Real People Fic, & Story Games (Intro to Literary Studies)
YouTube video by Critical Prof
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Class continues. The work this week: revising canons.
I have made a classic Patreon post free-to-air; enjoy! This is one of my favourites.
www.patreon.com/posts/77367053
www.patreon.com/posts/77367053
Juvenilia | John Allison
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March 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I have made a classic Patreon post free-to-air; enjoy! This is one of my favourites.
www.patreon.com/posts/77367053
www.patreon.com/posts/77367053
I look forward to the can of worms this unleashes, as I prepare to teach the Bronte juvenilia this afternoon.
A question for my TTRPG history nerds; when did solo play start? Is there a known starting point for that sort of game, or is that more of a modern idea among the indie community?
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I look forward to the can of worms this unleashes, as I prepare to teach the Bronte juvenilia this afternoon.
That subheader is juvenilia gold.
February 24, 2026 at 4:22 AM
That subheader is juvenilia gold.
I was an art student, just playing around. Juvenilia is the place for that! I feel a little different about found images and pop art appropriation nowadays
September 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I was an art student, just playing around. Juvenilia is the place for that! I feel a little different about found images and pop art appropriation nowadays