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fictionable, 13 days ago to shortstory

Jenny Erpenbeck opens #Spring 2024 with Sloughing Off One Skin, a haunting #ShortStory that explores truth and identity, translated by Michael Hofmann.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/sloughing-off-one-skin-jenny-erpenbeck-translated-by-michael-hofmann

#books #reading #writing #comics #fiction #translation #ShortStories @bookstodon

LeftistLawyer, 3 months ago to philosophy

A little #class similarity observation #thread:

I'm a very #leftist kinda lawyer in a very rightist kinda region.

In meeting with clients over the years, I note that they often like to talk about politics. I'm not entirely sure why. Some, perhaps do so to "feel out" whether I'm their type of attorney. Some maybe think lawyers have some deeper political insight due to their connection to the law. I don't know. I just know it happens with great regularity.

And being a leftist in an extremely rightist world, you can imagine my discomfort.

Fortunately, I've found a strategy that seems to allow me to bond with clients no matter how rightwhackadoodle they seem. Are you ready for it?

#uspol #conservative #liberal #elite #NoWarButClassWar #socialism

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richardlea, 3 months ago to Fonts

'You were made for newspapers, darling…'

Catching up with ellecordova.com – thanks @elaterite

Here she is with some fonts hanging out:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7SByXWWVzU

#fonts #books #reading #writing @bookstodon

richardlea, 3 months ago to Cosmology

After Time

What's next for Stephen Hawking's cosmology?

Thomas Hertog examines the universe from the top down in On the Origin of Time.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/on-the-origin-of-time-thomas-hertog-book-review-richard-lea/

#cosmology #physics #books #review #reading #writing @bookstodon

richardlea, 6 months ago to books

'In place of grand pronouncements, it does something trickier and richer…'

James Chapin on Mobility by Lydia Kiesling.

https://themillions.com/2023/10/mobility-is-a-new-kind-of-climate-change-novel.html

#books #reading #writing #BookReview #ClimateCrisis #fiction @bookstodon

richardlea, 6 months ago to books

… can it really be almost #Christmas?

Bernardine Evaristo picks Fire Rush, Damon Galgut goes for Winnie and Nelson, while Anna Katharina Schaffner opts for Coffee and Cigarettes. Some excellent choices in @thetls #books of the year.

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/tls-books-of-the-year-2023/

#reading #writing #recommendations @bookstodon

thetls, 6 months ago to random

Books of the Year 2023: Our contributors select their favourites https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/tls-books-of-the-year-2023/

richardlea, 6 months ago to books

'Every decision in favour of a sentence is a decision against countless other sentences. Every decision in favour of a story passes up countless other stories. One word destroys another word. Writing means obliterating.'

Judith Hermann examines the paths not taken in We Would Have Told Each Other Everything, translated by @Katyderbyshire in Granta 165., due 23 November.

https://granta.com/issues

#books #reading #writing #ShortStories #translation #fiction @bookstodon

richardlea, 6 months ago to random

'It feels like maybe we're having A Moment'

@pluralistic on the Amazon ripoff and what to do about it:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/

annaleen, 8 months ago to random

I had a blast tonight talking to Naomi Klein about her new book Doppelganger! For some reason my joke about how everyone thinks she invented the Klein Bottle did not get a laugh from the audience. 🥸

fictionable, 9 months ago to Podcast

How does a novelist summon up a character suffering from mental illness? In the latest edition of our #podcast, Fiona Mozley says it took her a trek up the mountain and down again.

Catch it at https://fictionable.world or via #ApplePodcasts #Spotify #Acast and more.

#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #translation @bookstodon