Open to words, forever–
It is rare for me that I don’t enjoy a book but for some reason, SISTERS by Lily Tuck got under my skin. I think that might be the point. I don’t know where I heard about or saw this book, but I was driven to read something on a plane ride back from Boulder,
Hey y’all – the year is wrapping up and I find myself intrigued by people’s roundups of reading and such. This is the best one I’ve seen yet: https://shiraerlichman.substack.com/p/my-top-6-novels-of-2024 To boot, I have the Virginia Woolf novel on my shelf and am inspired to dig into it thanks to @shiraerlichman What are you reading?
Been a minute since I was on aeon.co — If you know me, you know I’m an anarchist (anarcho-syndicalist to be precise). This article is a warm and fuzzy explanation of modern day anarchism you may enjoy: https://aeon.co/essays/what-san-francisco-carpooling-tells-us-about-anarchism
I got a lot out of watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyd0ve1B8E4
So these three went back to the library today — The Cat in the Hat was read about 12 or 15 times, Bewilderment was never read beyond the first page, and Slonim Woods 9 got a skim. Slonim Woods 9 is a memoir that relates to the Hulu series Stolen Youth – Inside the Cult
My first book during summer reading! Miranda July’s All Fours is a wild ride — she is a provocative and racy writer who I mucho enjoy. The story is pretty hilarious — the protagonist, a semi-famous writer/artist, is meant to drive across country– LA to NYC– for work. However, she only makes it about 30
Kicking off summer reading with Fran Lebowitz talking about great writing at The Morgan Library in NYC. A delicious five minutes — I hope you enjoy. Of course, my implicit bias about letter writing continues 😉 Fran Lebowitz on the Process of Great Writing
From the most recent edition of New Yorker magazine, this article inspires me fully to keep throwing those lines on a page… The poet Diane Seuss and I began a recent conversation by talking about the burdens of companionship—or, at least, how those burdens are manifested through affection for a pet. Seuss lost her dog Bear during
I was recommended this book by a teenager and am glad I dove in. It’s a gentle read with lots to learn about Oakland, crime, punishment, LGBTQIA+ and everything in between those two domains. A coupla teenagers aboard the 57 bus in Oakland– going to a fro their lives — one lights the other’s skirt
This article struck me: https://sojo.net/articles/adhd-showed-me-i-wasnt-spiritual-failure I hope you all are doing ok out there ❤
Seasonal Reading 