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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 10h

13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝙃𝒐𝙪𝒔𝙚 𝙤𝒇 𝑮𝙝𝒐𝙨𝒕𝙨" (1907) 𝙈𝒐𝙫𝒊𝙚 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Segundo de Chomón

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #houseofghosts #silentfilm #SegundodeChomón #slapstick #horrorsky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 14h

13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑪𝙤𝒖𝙣𝒕 𝑴𝙖𝒈𝙣𝒖𝙨" 𝑺𝙝𝒐𝙧𝒕 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙧𝒚 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬 𝙗𝒚 𝑴. 𝙍. 𝑱𝙖𝒎𝙚𝒔 -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1904, United Kingdom

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #readreadread #shortstory #mrjames #countmagnus #gothichorror #horrorsky #booksky

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 15h

13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑩𝙡𝒂𝙘𝒌 𝑰𝙢𝒑" (1905) 𝑴𝙤𝒗𝙞𝒆 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬 -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Georges Méliès

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#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #silentfilm #silentshortfilm #GeorgesMéliès #theblackimp #lediablenoir #horrorsky

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 21h

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗣𝗧𝗦𝗗 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼 (𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲) 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗸𝗶 𝗡𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗮 -

Strange, infamous horror manga: fragments and slices, visual and sound clips of terror, of hair, of dark gods, of a growing presence across its many chapters. So, cool.

#books #bookreviews #graphicnovel#booksky #horrorsky

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 1d

13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝘿𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙡 𝙞𝒏 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝑪𝙤𝒏𝙫𝒆𝙣𝒕" (1899) 𝑴𝙤𝒗𝙞𝒆 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Director: Georges Méliès

#moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #GeorgesMéliès #silentfilm #silentshortfilm #devilintheconvent #LeDiableaucouvent #horrorsky

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! I've enjoyed the experience of seeing horror evolve with the times, decade to decade. But the classic stuff is just a different breed of dread...!

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 1d

13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑺𝙦𝒖𝙖𝒘" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝘽𝒓𝙖𝒎 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙠𝒆𝙧 -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1893, Ireland

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #shortstory #bramstoker #thesquaw #gothichorror #horrorsky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 1d

13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝙃𝒐𝙪𝒔𝙚 𝙤𝒇 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝑫𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒍" (1896) 𝑴𝙤𝒗𝙞𝒆 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
Georges Méliès, Director

#horrortok #moviereview #halloween #horror #horrormovie #13DaysOfHalloween #houseofthedevil #silentmovies #silentshortfilm #GeorgesMéliès #horrorsky

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 3d

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗕𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗼" 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗰𝗼 -

A fantasy-history of the 12th century when a language-gifted peasant boy stumbles through crusader history: what power the word in this place?

#books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #fantasyhistory #presterjohn #ThirdCrusade #booksky

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 5d

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 -

You basically have two choices when a god and his cult arrive on your doorstep. They chose . . . poorly.

#books #bookreviews #reading #Euripides #thebacchae #dionysis #thebes #drama #classicaldrama #greekdrama #booksky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 7d

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 -

History/memoir/reflection on indigenous history and experience is fresh, personal, direct, but not assaultive in its honesty.

#books #history #indianhistory #indigenoushistory #firstnations #memoir #nonfiction #booksky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 9d

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: "𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔" -

What is this podcast, anyway? I recommend you start here! (Oh, and we talk about--still talking about!--"The Road Not Taken")

waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/way...

#podcast #literature #books #teaching #elaeducation #elateachers #edusky #booksky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 9d

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝘂𝘅" 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 -

A new book of poetry by Teets, one I was honored to write an introduction to, and now I get to meet the final product! If you haven't found the transformative beat cynicism of his work, you can now.

#books #poetry #newpoetry #booksky #poetrysky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 12d

𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘁, "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺," 𝗖𝗵. 𝟭𝟭 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

Hannah Arendt: Full video, reading guide, and more on the website.

youtu.be/PXh8vVPfEbI

Reading Guides, one chapter every two weeks.
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#democracy #books #literacy #booksky #edusky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 14d

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 - "𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝘅 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗻 -

An angry population, weaponized rhetoric, revisions of history, consolidations of power--these are Richardson's topics from the beginning of the United States to now, and that long view might prove critical.

#books #booksky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 17d

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: "𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔" -

What is Robert Frost doing in the Spiderverse? You can't know unless you reach further than typical classroom reading!

New to 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘴? Start here!

waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/way...

#podcast #literature #books #booksky #edusky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 17d

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 - "𝗔 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 -

Slowly reading through the works of Verne mostly due to nostalgia, partly to re-figure them in terms of narrative power, the science novel in the age of Imperialism. This first published work dates to 1852.

#books #frenchliterature #booksky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 19d

TBR Pile: October 2025 Reads -

Titles of Italian heritage, democracy support, and horror.

#books #tbr #13DaysofHalloween #umbertoeco #baudolino #aijiang #linghun #thomasking #theinconvenientindian #booksky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 20d

#TruthandReconciliationDay #OrangeShirtDay #OrangeShirtDay2025 #nationaldayoftruthandreconciliation #turtleisland #truthandreconciliation #everychildmatters

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 21d

As for the pilot or lesson, that's still a little ways ahead. The notion of "friction" also resists a concept of quick "takeaways" or consumables. Nevertheless, for those who choose to assist in the book writing, there are places where we can experiment together!

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 21d

Hi, A. C.!

My guess is that the first friction to approach with learners is any form of resistance to the act of reading as educators have come to understand it. And the first consideration for these educators: proceed with the idea that the student is sincere and the concern valid. Then we talk!

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 21d

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 - "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝘇 -

This is my first read of poet Cruz, and I've chosen a book which explores despair and grief. Perhaps not a typical work of hers, but highly recommended, so . . .

#books #bookreviews #cynthiacruz #poetry #grief #loss #booksky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 22d

Hi, all!

Seeking your expertise on a book I am beginning, a philosophy to literacy development I call “frictional reading." More details and sign-up for opportunities link here. And thank you in advance!

Steve
waywordsstudio.com

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#booksky #writingsky #edusky

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Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 24d

Next 2 episodes will be how to use the podcast as a student (high school or college) and how to use it as a teacher, both with Frost and new takes on the poem!

Steve @ Waywords @waywordsstudio.bsky.social · 24d

I also connect it to Rene Magritte's painting The Treachery of Images.
As for listeners who would like it? For this episode, readers who are looking to extend their thinking on what they read, who want to read more widely and more deeply.

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