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Started a new job in a new city, and after leaving a new (to me) coffee shop I saw this little free library. That’s a good omen.
(Source: theguardian.com)
A bookhaul from C2E2! Another post is coming, because I visited the Amazon bookstore. It was…well, worth writing about.
Worthy, by Lisa Birnbaum.
One of my favorite recent reads, an adventure of perspective and identity. A character you won’t want to leave behind. Read it, for sure.
If I had known that it would take me 17 years to finish that collection, and three more years to publish it, perhaps I never would have even begun.
But ignorance can sometimes — not always, but sometimes — be as beneficial as knowledge. Ignorance is beneficial when we are aware of it.
"Went to after-words bookstore in Chicago yesterday with @pubsnotclubs. They had so many pretties there.
(via freckles-and-books)
Lincoln In the Bardo by George Saunders.
I honestly could spend an entire day in Literati and not become bored. From a recent trip to Ann Arbor, where I found many books and tea, along with some fairy doors and great food.
Went to Hyde Bros. bookstore in Fort Wayne.
New bookcases means more of my floor is visible!
From a weekend trip to Ann Arbor. It felt like there were more levels descending the parking garage than when we’d ascended. This led to the concept that we would descend forever (or a narratively appropriate stand-in for “forever”) when we would reach Hell. Only!
There would be something under Hell. A place even more horrific and spiritually corrosive, torture made flesh.
There would be another parking garage beneath Hell.
…progress comes only from people resisting and organizing…
…change never happens in a straight line but always has ups and downs…
誰かと一緒に時間を過ごしたからって、充実した日々を送ることと、寂しさを埋めることとはまた別のような気がします。
(via teachingliteracy)