Rememberist
@rememberist.bsky.social
Owner/bookseller at Berkeley Books of Paris (2005-2019). Veteran of St. Mark's Bookshop and Posman's in NYC, and Serendipity Books in Berkeley.
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That ghastly whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That ghastly whiteness it is which imparts such an abhorrent mildness, even more loathsome than terrific, to the dumb gloating
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24hrs in London last Saturday.
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
24hrs in London last Saturday.
Sometimes, on the way to my bookshop, I'd walk down rue Jacob and stand before her old house. I imagined my way into le Temple de l'Amitié. One day, an elderly customer told me his family lived next door to it when he was a boy. He beamed with the memory of the glamorous women of rue Jacob.
#BOTD 1876
Natalie Clifford Barney: American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together French and international writers. Influenced other authors through her salon and writing, often thematically tied to her lesbianism and feminism.
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Natalie Clifford Barney: American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together French and international writers. Influenced other authors through her salon and writing, often thematically tied to her lesbianism and feminism.
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Natalie Clifford Barney, Queen of the Paris Lesbians - HeadStuff
In the early 20th century, Paris was one of the few places where "lesbian culture" flourished. And at the heart of that scene was Natalie Clifford Barney.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sometimes, on the way to my bookshop, I'd walk down rue Jacob and stand before her old house. I imagined my way into le Temple de l'Amitié. One day, an elderly customer told me his family lived next door to it when he was a boy. He beamed with the memory of the glamorous women of rue Jacob.
New Halloween costume just dropped in France...
🎃 Voleurs du Louvre : pour Halloween, un déguisement couronné de succès
💎 Si vous êtes invité·e·s à une soirée costumée ce week-end, vous risquez de croiser quelques personnes revêtues de gilets jaunes et de cagoules, tenant à la main ou arborant autour du cou de faux bijoux
💎 Si vous êtes invité·e·s à une soirée costumée ce week-end, vous risquez de croiser quelques personnes revêtues de gilets jaunes et de cagoules, tenant à la main ou arborant autour du cou de faux bijoux
Voleurs du Louvre : pour Halloween, un déguisement couronné de succès
www.liberation.fr
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New Halloween costume just dropped in France...
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If you are still awake, take a moment you look up at the moon. Currently untroubled by living humans. Still a place of ghosts, gods and 20th century wreckage.
October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you are still awake, take a moment you look up at the moon. Currently untroubled by living humans. Still a place of ghosts, gods and 20th century wreckage.
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Books have always mattered. Only the imagination can challenge the fatalist mindset of capitalist realism. Only the impossible has the power to battle what power wants us to accept as the given. (I’m probably not making sense but yes books matter so much and always)
We can’t fix this world but we can put more books in it. To a lot of people that doesn’t matter but often it’s the things that people think don’t matter that are the most meaningful. I don’t know.
September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Books have always mattered. Only the imagination can challenge the fatalist mindset of capitalist realism. Only the impossible has the power to battle what power wants us to accept as the given. (I’m probably not making sense but yes books matter so much and always)
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Joe Brainard’s ‘I Remember’ (1970-1975) is a small book that is immense inside, not least because of the way it—generously, wittily, companionably—opens up the reader to their own worlds of memory and feeling. There’s no such thing as an everybody book, but this is one. @dauntbookspub.bsky.social.
July 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Joe Brainard’s ‘I Remember’ (1970-1975) is a small book that is immense inside, not least because of the way it—generously, wittily, companionably—opens up the reader to their own worlds of memory and feeling. There’s no such thing as an everybody book, but this is one. @dauntbookspub.bsky.social.
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It's no wonder that criticism is getting gutted at outlets right now, because understanding how to process art on more than a surface level is antithetical to the monolithic "my way is the right way" edict of our current fascist regime. There's no room for interpretation or nuance. And that sucks.
September 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It's no wonder that criticism is getting gutted at outlets right now, because understanding how to process art on more than a surface level is antithetical to the monolithic "my way is the right way" edict of our current fascist regime. There's no room for interpretation or nuance. And that sucks.
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Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June’s long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
-Adam Zagajewski
Resharing a favorite.
[trans. Clare Cavanagh, published in TheNewYorker’s Sept 2001 special issue]
#everynightapoem
Remember June’s long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
-Adam Zagajewski
Resharing a favorite.
[trans. Clare Cavanagh, published in TheNewYorker’s Sept 2001 special issue]
#everynightapoem
September 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Try to praise the mutilated world.
Remember June’s long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
-Adam Zagajewski
Resharing a favorite.
[trans. Clare Cavanagh, published in TheNewYorker’s Sept 2001 special issue]
#everynightapoem
Remember June’s long days,
and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew.
-Adam Zagajewski
Resharing a favorite.
[trans. Clare Cavanagh, published in TheNewYorker’s Sept 2001 special issue]
#everynightapoem
Of the many pleasures I find in used books, this one is a doozy. My copy was previously owned by a French-speaking person, so the margins are filled with translations of English words into French. I can't imagine a better book for a French reader to learn the word twinkle.
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Of the many pleasures I find in used books, this one is a doozy. My copy was previously owned by a French-speaking person, so the margins are filled with translations of English words into French. I can't imagine a better book for a French reader to learn the word twinkle.
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There she is! A proof of No Friend, hanging out at the wonderful @book-ish.bsky.social in Wales! 🙌📚 I’m so touched by all the support from indies. That’s why we made a special edition just for them, with sheeptastic spredges and endpapers, signed by me…
🐏 👉 www.book-ish.co.uk/product/nata...
🐏 👉 www.book-ish.co.uk/product/nata...
August 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There she is! A proof of No Friend, hanging out at the wonderful @book-ish.bsky.social in Wales! 🙌📚 I’m so touched by all the support from indies. That’s why we made a special edition just for them, with sheeptastic spredges and endpapers, signed by me…
🐏 👉 www.book-ish.co.uk/product/nata...
🐏 👉 www.book-ish.co.uk/product/nata...
Now listening to the soothing sounds of the 1957 Baseball All-Star Game. The starting lineups are wall-to-wall legends: Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial.
Once again, @archive.org hits it out of the park.
Once again, @archive.org hits it out of the park.
Classic Baseball Radio Broadcasts MLB : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
everything in here is 1973 and previous which falls into the public domain of mlb radio broadcasts as far as i knowthese are all one file per game, properly...
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July 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Now listening to the soothing sounds of the 1957 Baseball All-Star Game. The starting lineups are wall-to-wall legends: Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial.
Once again, @archive.org hits it out of the park.
Once again, @archive.org hits it out of the park.
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Will I ever tire of looking at dust jacket art on vintage mystery fiction? Absolutely not
July 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Will I ever tire of looking at dust jacket art on vintage mystery fiction? Absolutely not
The view from the back door this morning. My cat is chilling in front of the car, and two not-my-cats are taking it easy after a heatwave. #caturday
July 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The view from the back door this morning. My cat is chilling in front of the car, and two not-my-cats are taking it easy after a heatwave. #caturday
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Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.
June 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Never forget that #SesameStreet once did a sketch based on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, which involved a Swedish fisherman counting seals until he found the seventh one.
I moved some books around today, and finally figured out what to put in the tiny alcove in the kitchen. Its intended purpose is a religious statue, but I put Saint Royko there instead.
June 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I moved some books around today, and finally figured out what to put in the tiny alcove in the kitchen. Its intended purpose is a religious statue, but I put Saint Royko there instead.
It doesn't matter how long I've lived in France or how well I know the language. I cannot help but laugh at seeing "le New Jersey" in print.
June 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It doesn't matter how long I've lived in France or how well I know the language. I cannot help but laugh at seeing "le New Jersey" in print.
Post a banger that's not in English.
youtu.be/OPVtricblNM?...
youtu.be/OPVtricblNM?...
June 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Post a banger that's not in English.
youtu.be/OPVtricblNM?...
youtu.be/OPVtricblNM?...
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From Al Lowe:
Schickele Mix was a radio program hosted by Peter Schickele for 175+ episodes, combining diverse music into suites that demonstrated how different songs could unexpectedly share a similar musical technique or idea.
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Schickele Mix was a radio program hosted by Peter Schickele for 175+ episodes, combining diverse music into suites that demonstrated how different songs could unexpectedly share a similar musical technique or idea.
archive.org/details/Schi...
Schickele Mix : Peter Schickele : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
“Dedicated to the Proposition that All Musics are Created Equal” Schickele Mix was a radio program hosted by Peter Schickele (1935-2024) which explored...
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October 2, 2024 at 10:23 AM
From Al Lowe:
Schickele Mix was a radio program hosted by Peter Schickele for 175+ episodes, combining diverse music into suites that demonstrated how different songs could unexpectedly share a similar musical technique or idea.
archive.org/details/Schi...
Schickele Mix was a radio program hosted by Peter Schickele for 175+ episodes, combining diverse music into suites that demonstrated how different songs could unexpectedly share a similar musical technique or idea.
archive.org/details/Schi...
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Arrêtez tout ce que vous êtes en train de faire. Cette nouvelle image du JWST est hallucinante. Au centre, un amas de galaxies à 4,5 milliards d'années-lumière de nous. Sa masse est tellement énorme qu'il dévie la lumière des galaxies en arrière-plan. Cela forme ces arcs de cercles impressionnants!
![Image Description: A field of galaxies in space, dominated by an enormous, bright-white elliptical galaxy that is the core of a massive galaxy cluster. Many other elliptical galaxies can be seen around it. Also around it are short, curved, glowing red lines, which are images of distant background galaxies magnified and warped by gravitational lensing. A couple of foreground stars appear large and bright with long spikes around them.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pzps5hr7btplhc677zekfduj/bafkreifnnhbo5rbelo4k4olpcm2nw3odgyrtgv26ojcw3lttgthfunot7q@jpeg)
May 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Arrêtez tout ce que vous êtes en train de faire. Cette nouvelle image du JWST est hallucinante. Au centre, un amas de galaxies à 4,5 milliards d'années-lumière de nous. Sa masse est tellement énorme qu'il dévie la lumière des galaxies en arrière-plan. Cela forme ces arcs de cercles impressionnants!
As a Chicago-born person, I was baffled by this image of one hotdog surrounded by 17 wrong ones.
May 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
As a Chicago-born person, I was baffled by this image of one hotdog surrounded by 17 wrong ones.
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lil note for the "every available legal remedy" types, please note that my man has a sword. what is the sword for? it's for giving the fascists what they deserve. note also that he's got a bandolier. what is the bandolier for? it's for giving the fascists what they deserve.
Aris Velouchiotis, Leader of the Greek Anti-Fascist Partisan Greek People's Liberation Army Armed Resistance Unit, c. 1943
May 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
lil note for the "every available legal remedy" types, please note that my man has a sword. what is the sword for? it's for giving the fascists what they deserve. note also that he's got a bandolier. what is the bandolier for? it's for giving the fascists what they deserve.
One of many commemorations held this year marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, the liberation of concentration camps, and in remembrance of those who fought in the French Resistance. People read poems and letters dating from WWII while accompanied by the local orchestra.
May 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
One of many commemorations held this year marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, the liberation of concentration camps, and in remembrance of those who fought in the French Resistance. People read poems and letters dating from WWII while accompanied by the local orchestra.
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Going after libraries under the guise of “protecting children” will result in censorship of ALL library materials and services; vilification of librarians, resulting in us being targeted and attacked; and further defunding and even closure of libraries to “protect” the community. Fascism 101.
May 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Going after libraries under the guise of “protecting children” will result in censorship of ALL library materials and services; vilification of librarians, resulting in us being targeted and attacked; and further defunding and even closure of libraries to “protect” the community. Fascism 101.