The Future Won’t Be Long by 🙏Jarett Kobek 🙏
one of the best normal books you’ve never read
one of the best normal books you’ve never read
some thoughts on a novel you should probably read
a good but simpler follow up to The Glorious Heresies
death, dying, dead
phenomenal essay on Mexican corruption
a book about modern love i.e. travel and drugs and sex with a horse
another ruddy belter from enard who i love
some really gorgeous prose
David Foster Wallace was a prick.
Angry poetry from the badlands of the East Midlands.
I get angry and confused because I’m repressed and have elitist interests
More contemporary Balkan writings and my opinions on criminalisation of narcotics
Men are disgusting.
How many men must a man urinate in front of before you can call him a man?
Hipster military history: if you’re not cool, this isn’t for you…
I’m bored of life, but this book’s a banger.
Should non-fiction books about intoxicants even be legal, yeah?
I’m an abyss filling up with regret and alcohol at equal measure, like a really wet martini.
Please enjoy my hot new drag-hop video:
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