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Michael Docherty
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Assistant Professor of English, Appalachian State University | singer-songwriter | a secret, cooler, third thing
Boone, NC
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    Michael Docherty
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    May 6, 2024
    My first book, The Recursive Frontier, technically came out (from @SUNYPress) last week, but I delayed posting about until my author copies arrived so I could do an obligatory unboxing photo. It's (mostly) a multiethnic literary history of Los Angeles between the '30s and '50s.
    Photo of a book cover: "The Recursive Frontier: Race, Space, and the Literary Imagination of Los Angeles," by Michael Docherty. The cover image is a black and white aerial image of Los Angeles.
    Photo of multiple copies of the book described in the previous image.
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    Michael Docherty
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    Nov 3, 2021
    For millennia, humankind has craved one thing: tokens. But until recently, there was one problem: they were tragically, devastatingly fungible.
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    Michael Docherty
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    Jan 19, 2023
    One of those totally perfect Simpsons jokes that I in no way understood when I first heard it - BARNEY: "David Crosby? You're my hero!" CROSBY: "Oh you like my music?" BARNEY: "You're a musician?!"
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    Michael Docherty
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    May 30, 2022
    For me, it's the way you can place the emphasis on any word in the sentence and create seven different but equally ominous implications
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    Adam Bienkov
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    May 30, 2022
    “We don't expect energy rationing this winter,” says Boris Johnson’s spokesman.
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    Michael Docherty
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    Apr 24, 2022
    Yes, Marine Le Pen is dangerous but we risk ignoring the threat of Submarine Le Pen, who is much harder for radar to detect
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    Michael Docherty
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    Jul 18, 2022
    Texts from friends in the UK increasingly taking on this tone
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    Michael Docherty
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    Oct 4, 2024
    This is like when a criminal escapes overseas in the hope of starting a new life where nobody knows their heinous deeds
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    Michael Docherty
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    Jan 13, 2022
    Sorry but "Wilf Johnson's Swing Set" isn't a child's plaything it's a 1940s jazz band
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    Michael Docherty
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    Jul 21, 2021
    People call Twitter a "hellsite" but honestly name me a better platform for jokes by people who are maybe a bit funnier than average but nowhere near consistent enough to be any kind of professional comedian
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    Michael Docherty
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    Apr 23, 2022
    The buses in every provincial British town have a stupid unguessable name for a local day ticket and if you just ask for a return to wherever you're going the driver looks at you like you're confessing to murder
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    Michael Docherty
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    Jun 8, 2020
    Instant Pulitzer for the journalist who obtained a quote from a cow
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    Michael Docherty
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    Jun 26, 2017
    'My mother-in-law's joining En Marche.' 'A radical centre?' 'No, she went of her own accord.' I am sincerely proud of this joke.
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    Michael Docherty
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    Aug 16, 2022
    If you were unlucky enough to attend the Matt Forde show that was ruined by the sound of a baby whining for an hour, I'm sorry to inform you that he does the same act every night
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    Michael Docherty
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    Apr 22, 2019
    I just knew the Telegraph paywall pub bore fade effect would be perfect on this one.