so-soI both loved this book and hated it. I consume a lot of academic history and this did not scratch that itch. While it does contain some interesting narrative on the evolution of writing and books which is what I came for, it‘s clear that the author is a novelist by trade and not a historian. As others have noted, this reads more like a long form personal essay that happens to meander through the history of books among other topics. Beware.
I‘m reading this for #authoramonth but tried to read another book of hers a while ago. #sundayfunday
"You are not the sum of the things you do wrong
In the eyes of someone who does not understand you" ❤️
? Kae Tempest
?Statue in the Square
? Self Titled
?️ https://youtu.be/aTDOFaAcEyc?si=V1GW3C_ZrO9B9FLw
I pre-ordered Kae Tempest's new album, Self Titled, with an accompanying zine (so this counts as a book post, yeah? ?), which arrived today, and it is excellent! ✊??️⚧️?️?
#HaikuADay #HaikuHive
Today‘s haiku…better late than never. It was indeed a Monday. This one is inspired by @dabbe telling me not to forget to breathe out on yesterday‘s haiku.
A deep exhale out
Week begins, what lies ahead?
Guarded hope flickers.
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pickHammad, in a speech she delivered at Columbia, uses the concept of narrative shift in literature and applies it to our current place in history. 4⭐️
New products. I picked up TJ‘s new body sunscreen gel. They have a new mineral sunscreen too.
We had the absolute pleasure while visiting Wisconsin of stopping into two excellent bookstores. One was named for the tagged book and almost all of their inventory was #LGBTQIA books, and the other was another queer-owned shop my friends frequent. I even managed to pick up a cozy fantasy by a Wisconsin local author. #Bookstore
pickInteresting and thought-provoking essay by Ursula K. Le Guin which deserves a PICK but accompanied by a foreword by Donna Haraway that I didn't understand at all and would have been a BAIL if it hadn't been so short.
