Steve Mentz

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Published Work

Open-Source Book

Oceanic New York (Punctum, 2015)

Articles

After Sustainability: PMLA  127:3 (May 2012) 586-92

Strange Weather in King Lear: Shakespeare 6:2 (2010) 139-52

Toward a Blue Cultural Studies : Literature Compass 6/5 (2009) 997-1013

Shakespeare’s Beach House The Blue and the Green in Macbeth: Shakespeare Studies 39 (2011): 84-94.

Essays

“Swimming Lessons” Essay published in Hypocrite Reader on 2/15/16

“Wages of Water.” Prose-poem published on Underwater New York on 11/20/13

“Two Red Things.” Essay published on Underwater New York on 6/11/14.

Poems

“Four Swim Poems and a Picture.” Glasgow Review of Books. 9/26/14.

“Asymmetrical Kicking.” Poem published on Underwater New York on 10/31/13

“Two Sublimes.” Poem published on Underwater New York on 10/31/13

About Steve

Steve Mentz
Professor of English
St. John’s University
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Pages

  • Coastal Studies Reading Group
  • Public Writing
  • OCEAN Publicity
  • Audio and Video Recordings
  • Oceanic New York
  • #shax2022 s31: Rethinking the Early Modern Literary Caribbbean
  • #SAA 2020: Watery Thinking
  • Creating Nature: May 2019 at the Folger
  • Published Work
  • #pluralizetheanthropocene

Recent Posts

  • Are the Bennet Girls OK? (West End Theater through Nov 9)
  • One Battle After Another
  • Swim Across the Sound 2025
  • Dream at the Bridge
  • A Wild West Romeo at the Globe

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