ATTA by 🙏Jarett Kobek🙏
anti 9/11, anti Richmond, pro Jarett Kobek
anti 9/11, anti Richmond, pro Jarett Kobek
another hagiography on Baldwin as scott packs up his north american life
james baldwin is great; vaccines are also great
excellent, significant, 19th century anti-slavery novel
i cannot read myself happy
if u see a dead racoon at the side of the road
very gen x “internet is bad” vibes
but sharks are evil, right?
thoughts on avoiding the canon
redressing a gap in my reading
a solid contemporary novel
brief comments on a collection of kwansabas
powerful, tho rushed, 1930s novel about fascism in the USA
impressive experimental speculative fiction
a sad play from JB the master
an essential non-fiction read and a new documentary on its legacy
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
some really gorgeous prose
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
fun frothy men’s fiction
Gorgeous, sensuous, unforgettable
Finally, a book about race that makes me angry at myself
[insert Nabokov/nobokov joke or something?]
Trump cannot and will not be ignored.
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.
The life and memories of Walt Whitman, focusing on war and nature.
David bloody Foster bloody Wallace…
In America alone, 281 pounds of pig shit is produced for every one person per year. I don’t know if that’s a lot as I don’t know what a pound is.
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