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In 1945, it was not inevitable that a global superpower emerging victorious from World War II would come to identify …
In 1945, it was not inevitable that a global superpower emerging victorious from World War …
I stopped using Bookwyrm in favor of a spreadsheet shared among friends, but wanted to come here and share that Americans should absolutely read this book.
This captivating memoir is a "startling testimony to the glories and sorrows of raising and …
pigs, vegetable farming, blurbs by lydia davis and eula biss, in my local book store, how could I not
I devoured this, partly because I loved it and partly because I couldn't stop thinking about it. it kind of fucked me up for a bit, honestly. I want more books about periomenopause, and also women writing about aging and desireability, choosing a life
I really enjoyed garth greenwell's past work, so I was excited when this came out. I was just kind of annoyed by most of it, though. It's much closer to my own experience than his past writing (takes place in a hospital in iowa in early days of the pandemic), and I think that that closeness gives me a different perspective on his perspective. it felt too close in time and experience, it was somewhere I didn't really want to be, and it didn't feel like it revealed much to me. also I think I'm just viewing his work in a different light since he came out in support of hachette in the internet archive suit, and having something close experientially puts a point on that difference of our political perspectives. because I feel like I'm being very vague - I think this mostly felt annoyingly liberal, and that was …
I really enjoyed garth greenwell's past work, so I was excited when this came out. I was just kind of annoyed by most of it, though. It's much closer to my own experience than his past writing (takes place in a hospital in iowa in early days of the pandemic), and I think that that closeness gives me a different perspective on his perspective. it felt too close in time and experience, it was somewhere I didn't really want to be, and it didn't feel like it revealed much to me. also I think I'm just viewing his work in a different light since he came out in support of hachette in the internet archive suit, and having something close experientially puts a point on that difference of our political perspectives. because I feel like I'm being very vague - I think this mostly felt annoyingly liberal, and that was irritating mainly because the book felt so close to memoir.
really enjoyed what belongs to you, cleanness, and greenwell's editing of kink. got frustrated when he came out against the internet archive's lending library along with alexander chee (the details of which are now inaccessible to me because the conversation happened on X). anyway, let's see how this goes!
this was much sexier than expected
When Samuel Zemurray arrived in America in 1891, he was tall, gangly, and penniless. When …
recommended by Tim Hwang in today’s Scope of Work newsletter
oops stayed up reading this way too late
A fierce and moving memoir on returning to Palestine, the meaning of exile and homeland, …
I needed to take my time with this
I love the print object of this and knew nothing about June Jordan’s collaboration with Bucky Fuller so appreciate it for introducing it to me.
I wish there was more, though. since it’s just a print of a brief talk at Harvard’s GSD there’s a lot of missing pieces, and the format wasn’t great for the visual pieces (slides are included but too small to see details). feels like this would be better as intro to a bigger volume (would read), or distributed as something not quite so precious (though I’ll confess the preciousness is what got it into my hand)
was pushed to read this after seeing it in bookstores a lot recently by talking to a park ranger who is friends with Paul and told me about both their roles in the SF State student strike in the 60s
it’s delightful—he seems delightful—, and the short book made me appreciate more the intention that goes into city lights specifically and well-curated bookstores more broadly. I would like to be Paul’s friend, hope to someday meet him (surprised I haven’t yet)
learned about this 1970s book of oral histories from a review in the latest California History journal (available in print at local SFPL branch) - online.ucpress.edu/ch/article-abstract/101/2/80/200540/Review-Manzanar-Mosaic-Essays-and-Oral-Histories
A narrative investigation into the new science of plant intelligence and sentience, from National Association …
heard about on KQED's Forum on Monday - interview with author here www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906237/your-houseplant-is-smarter-than-it-looks. interested because it seems to set straight some of the inaccuracies of Secret Life of Plants with modern research
Blake Butler and Molly Brodak instantly connected, fell in love, married and built a life …
I'm about 75 pages from the end and this book just went from being an uncomfortable complicated artifact of grieving someone close to feeling like an aggrieved accounting of an ex to a friend after a breakup. I don't like the turn, and now I get more what the backlash was. I'm still holding off reading the reviews, though.
