Tag Archives: Books

resistance and liberation

Posted on March 18, 2024 by istsfor manity

Best Thing I Read This Morning Modern racism feeds off self-interest and individualism. Prejudice is an argument that explains why some live in comfort and others do not. Mass consumerism is an empty, soulless utopia of more, more, and more, … Continue reading →

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stack of tsundoku

Posted on February 17, 2024 by istsfor manity

tsundoku haiku stack of tsundokutowers leaning out of timeso much potential What I’m Reading: Any chance they get, my dreams unfurl in their allotted small space. They are origami, they are Japanese pod hotels. They fit it all in. — … Continue reading →

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watched it spiral

Posted on February 1, 2024 by istsfor manity

January Reads in the Rearview (My micro-reviews also appear at goodreads.com) Noam Chomsky / Requiem for the American Dream Did not see the documentary this book is based on / companion to—but any Chomsky is essential Chomsky. Spot on dissection … Continue reading →

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the fairies hide

Posted on November 12, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “now the parts in our hair and our soles wither and the fairies lie half-charred at the stake” — Hans Arp / “The Swallow’s Testicle” “According to Albrecht, those suffering solastalgia feel a … Continue reading →

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terror of ecocide

Posted on January 29, 2023 by istsfor manity

The Best Stuff I Read This Week “The human eyelid is not teartight (happily for the human eye).” — Samuel Beckett / Murphy “Mom makes a list of chores for my brother and I to avoid being slappedOr asked to … Continue reading →

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