Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
while we seek relief in schadenfreude over self-esteem, the world will never be fixed
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The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
a doris lessing dystopia
Grievers by adrienne maree brown
great speculative fiction; scott visits quebec city
Apocalypse by DH Lawrence
my domestic holiday begins with unexpected news; Lawrence eviscerates Xianity
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark (Influx Press, 2020)
a week off work begins with a great contemporary novel
Showa: A History of Japan 1926 – 1939 by Shigeru Mizuki
interesting entry-level text about modern Japanese history
Dune by Frank Herbert
yes it’s a book for incels, but it’s not bad!!!
Clotel or, the President’s Daughter by William Wells Brown
excellent, significant, 19th century anti-slavery novel
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
an excellent novel; in footnotes my concluding thoughts on the TV series The Affair
Vagaries Malicieux by Djuna Barnes
thoughts on a 1922 essay on travel
Two x Pierre Senges
didn’t like these tbh
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
digression-free thoughts on a dull novel
Fathoms: The Whale in the World by Rebecca Giggs
on ethics and our species’ lack of them
In the Freud Archives by Janet Malcolm
is the conscious or the subconscious mind the most potent agent in our lives
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
a bleak, beautiful, japanese novel[la]
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
a few weeks ago I read an excellent novel
On Decline by Andrew Potter
I spent time yawning at an out-of-touch Gen X screed
Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
i read another book i probably wouldn’t read if i had self-respect
Rhinoceros by Luke Thompson
small post on a great non-fiction text
The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
a super engaging contemporary sci-fi novel that sacrifices characterisation for an excess of plot
All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
war, hmmm, what *is* it good for?
The Last Days of Mankind
taxidermied rats telling a tale as old as time (100 years of time)
The End of Obscenity by Charles Rembar
interesting book of the legal history of removing literary censorship
Proustian Uncertainties by Saul Friedländer
another excellent book about marcel marcel marcel
Triumph Of The Now 