16
Mar
Dogeaters
Jessica Hagedorn · ★★★★
A fascinating collage of voices which sum to create an impression of Philippine life in the 50s and
1 min read
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16
Mar
Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias
Marguerite Young · ★★★★
Question - what is the nature of experience - what dream among dreams is reality?
Two utopian communities
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16
Mar
Modern Poetry
Diane Seuss · ★★★★★
This is the first book of poetry I've read by Diane Seuss and I am floored.
1 min read
16
Mar
The Great Fires
Jack Gilbert · ★★★★★
...It is not about the spirit.
The spirit dances, comes and goes. But the soul
is nailed to
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16
Mar
The Brush: Poems
Eliana Hernández-Pachón · ★★★★
La Mata, or The Bush, or The Brush, as translated by Robin Myers (who has provided a sturdy
1 min read
16
Mar
Sand
Wolfgang Herrndorf · ★★★
It didn't help that the big, famously inscrutable twist was for some fluke of insight, not
1 min read
16
Mar
Silent Hill
2006 · ★★★
Better than I remembered, which isn't saying as much as it sounds like. The Dark Time sequences
1 min read
16
Mar
Shaolin Soccer
2001 · ★★★★
My son wanted to see this again, which I take as further proof I'm parenting well. The
16
Mar
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2025 · ★★★★
I stayed with this movie for so many reasons (Sam Rockwell, the improvisational satire on a top scrapping of
26
Jan
A Question About Closeness After Isolation
After COVID, many of us returned to familiar structures in search of stability. This essay follows one question about what tight groups teach us—about belonging, pressure, and who we become together after disruption.
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