Another Country by James Baldwin
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
a big book about mushrooms that are magic (not magic mushrooms)
struck down by covid, scott crawls into a classic novel
excellent, significant, 19th century anti-slavery novel
very gen x “internet is bad” vibes
redressing a gap in my reading
a solid contemporary novel
powerful, tho rushed, 1930s novel about fascism in the USA
impressive experimental speculative fiction
mediocre prose and a child bride: time to cancel Poe
Colson Whitehead’s intriguing, if imperfect, debut
ideologically, i’d love to tear this apart, but i cannot…
there ain’t no fool like a holy fool
an accurate depiction of the lust and boredom that threatens to overwhelm all of us who aren’t pious, delusional, fuckheads
A short story collection, and my first experience of an eBook.
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