And now Chris Kraus's Where #Art Belongs has me in that spot of yearning for creative collectives that emerge out of the absolutely right coincidental conditions and bust out all the best stuff because they function outside of institutional bounds, qualifications, and ambitions. I'm going to find such a community one day, damn it...
I have finished reading Chapterhouse Dune. My fools errand is finished. It’s not good, and of course ends with loose ends.
I think my personal recommendation is reading the first two books. Although just one or even zero are solid choices. Three is alright, except it’s a trap if it makes you curious and want to read more.
I’m tempted to revisit Heinlein who I haven’t read in at least twenty years, but I’m also afraid he’ll be disappointing.
Think I just found a new favorite; a morning spent #reading Ben Lerner's The Hatred of #Poetry didn't leave me with a better understanding of what makes for great (or sometimes even bad) poetry—but as I said on the book-cataloguing sites, it sure does result in feeling less alone about/in my conflicted relationship to it all.
Artist compiles 1,984 copies of Orwell’s 1984 on the small island where he wrote it, commemorating 75 years of publication.
That this story is timeless tells us something about our world.
Via @guardian @bookstodon#bookstodon#books#reading#fascism
I'm a big fan of Isabel Waidner and have read all of her #novels (which makes them the only contemporary writer I've read ALL the books ;). This is my take on their latest novel: Corey Fa Does Social Mobility.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #literature#queer#lgbtqia#reading@bookstodon
No Sun and quite cold: the weather decided I should be in an armchair with a blanket, reading. The book is "Poirot: the greatest detective in the world" by Mark Aldridge (check my previous post if you want to see the cover). Two chapters to finishing it.
The #book is protected by a crochet cover I made myself. Wasn't sure, but it works really well. It was quite simple: 21 granny squares sewed together ☺️
In this week's #AccidentalGods#Podcast, author Stephen Markley opens the doors to The Deluge, his ground-breaking, world-changing Climate/MetaCrisis thriller
"The pile beside my bed never shrinks; at the bottom of the stack are books I've been planning to crack open for months. My shelves remain full of lingering aspirations," writes the Walrus's Michelle Cyca. She looks at the problem of unread books, and the difficulty in offloading our libraries. What do you do with your unwanted books?
You are reading a book by a new to you author, narrated from the point of view of a woman on a first date that's been set up through an online dating service. She's shown to be wary, as she's had prior bad experiences even with men she's known for years.
She's also a cop in her thirties.
And yet.
She lets him order her drink at the bar and bring it to her at their table.
This is how you can be sure the author is a straight cis man.
Does your laptop have a mind of its own? Robert Neuwirth shares a file that booted up on his screen and wrote itself to the hard drive in The Disambiguation.
Catch this exclusive short story and listen to Neuwirth explain why he filled it with computer code at https://fictionable.world
"We should go swimming too," Jeff said, tapping his sister on the shoulder. "Unless you're afraid of water."
Carla looked at him. "Ha. In case you forgot, I was around to invent swimming in a previous life. Let's go. Be nice and I might save you if you start drowning."
The two walked off.
"Aren't they adorable?" Mary-Beth asked, pretending to look desperate.
"What's that previous life stuff your daughter talked about," Corey asked.
"She's doing a paper on reincarnation," Bill explained, "and now everything's blamed on past lives."
Past midnight right now. Time for a little reading before I sleep. That chapter looks so interesting: "How The Bad Reader Reads" from C.S. Lewis book: "An Experiment in Criticism". On the round! #reading#NowReading#Philosophy#Essay#CSLewis