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I can feel the longing of a future self waiting impatiently to take me to the other side of things.
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On Lit-Bros and the Literary Canon (opens the original)
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Every other year a famous newspaper or magazine posts a list of recommended reading, usually claiming a so-called ‘canon of literature’ which most – if not all of the time – consists of male authors with a handful of female authors sprinkled in. It’s a pretty reliable phenomenon that then creates a bit of havoc, counter-lists are published, famous authors are quoted and then we forget all about it until the next one comes around. I rarely pay attention to these culture wars, but they do amuse me
what's on my summer reading list (opens the original)
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summers are for lying in a hammock and reading in the shade, self-made lemonade and grilled peaches on toasted sourdough bread slathered with ricotta and a whole lot of: doing nothing. i’ve been reading a lot this year, most of it to prepare for my writing classes and the sunday essay club, but in summer we’re reading for pleasure, to imagine and transport ourselves somewhere else, not to escape completely but to get a break from whatever fresh hell is cooking in our feed. <a class="image-link i
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