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Tuesday Poem
· Praise of Learning Learn the simplest things. For you whose time has already come it is never too late! Learn you’re A B C’s, it is not enough, but learn them! Do not let it discourage you, begin! You… · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Big Think
7 great but notoriously hard-to-finish books
6 min · · Some books are better known for being difficult rather than widely read. Here, we examine 7 hard-to-finish books that are worth the effort. · Shared by 659, including Rick Powell
literaryreview.co.uk
Samantha Ellis - Legend of the Unholy Drinker
· For People Who Devour Books Subscribe Today! Sign In Register Help Thursday 6th October, 2022 · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
hkrbooks.com
PPPP: Pier Paolo Pasolini Philosopher
5 min · · Santiago Zabala reviews a wonderful collection of new essays on the Italian artist, director, poet, painter, and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini. · Shared by 132, including Rick Powell
The Washington Post
Review | Science fiction, fantasy, thriller? Books we love but can’t define.
· Susanna Clarke’s ‘Piranesi’ is one great book that’s hard to categorize. What hard-to-classify novels do you enjoy? · Shared by 7, including Tin House, Rick Powell
Quillette
James Baldwin and the Trouble with Protest Literature
20+ min · · “The hardest thing in the world to do,” wrote Ernest Hemingway in a 1934 article for Esquire, “is to write straight honest prose on human beings. First you have to know the subject; then you have to… · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
hedgehogreview.com
Anything But True Love
20+ min · · Is love so discrete and impregnable that it can subsist in the midst of the most repellent undertakings? · Shared by 6, including Rick Powell
The Guardian
‘It is surreal’: the five-second book reviews going viral on TikTok
4 min · · With 26bn views – and the ability to influence global sales – the social media app’s reading corner #BookTok is not as niche as it seems · Shared by 114, including Jessica Gioglio, Rick Powell, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski
robertchristgau.substack.com
Avoiding Wet-Bulb 35C
5 min · · Kim Stanley Robinson, "The Ministry for the Future" (2020, 563 pp.)
The Atlantic
Six Books We Loved This Summer
3 min · · Beach-reading season draws to a close. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
jonathanrosenbaum.net
Recommended Reading (and Thinking)
2 min · · The merit of Mary L. Trump’s energizing and persuasive new book, The Reckoning: Our Nation’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal, which usefully combines psychol · Shared by 4, including Rick Powell
Weekly Filet
📚 The best books you didn’t know you’ll like
5 min · · A special edition made by you. Thanks! · Shared by 325, including Matthias Kahr, Karla Oliveira, Rick Powell, Stephanie A Kowalski
The Guardian
Jason Reynolds wins Carnegie medal for ‘breathtaking’ Look Both Ways
3 min · · The UK’s most prestigious prize for children’s books goes to the US ambassador for young people’s literature, while Canadian Sydney Smith takes Kate Greenaway medal for illustration · Shared by 72, including WeNeedDiverseBooks, Rick Powell, Ahiesh PVS, Ida Bae Wells, Ashley C. Ford
Scott Alexander
Your Book Review: Down And Out In Paris And London
· Finalist #15 in the Book Review Contest · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell