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Part Two of books I’ve read this year that I highly recommend—especially, especially if you want to fall into an even bigger pit of despair just for the heck of it.
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Part Two of books I’ve read this year that I highly recommend—especially, especially if you want to fall into an even bigger pit of despair just for the heck of it.
Books I’ve read this year that I highly recommend—especially if you want to fall into a big pit of despair just for the heck of it.
December 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Books I’ve read this year that I highly recommend—especially if you want to fall into a big pit of despair just for the heck of it.
Mom and Pishi the Cat.
December 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mom and Pishi the Cat.
This entire chapter in Ohler’s Blitzed reminded me so much of Iran today. The poorer we get and the more isolated, the more drugs and hedonism take the place of everything else. The dance of death.
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This entire chapter in Ohler’s Blitzed reminded me so much of Iran today. The poorer we get and the more isolated, the more drugs and hedonism take the place of everything else. The dance of death.
The Iranian flank of it, for those who give a damn.
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Iranian flank of it, for those who give a damn.
All the art and literature that inspired you being half-CIA psy-op is the most dejecting goddamn realization in the world. We were better off not knowing anything.
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
All the art and literature that inspired you being half-CIA psy-op is the most dejecting goddamn realization in the world. We were better off not knowing anything.
In 1930, Dos Passos began deconstructing the very idea of capitalist America from the bottom-up. A difficult, sometimes downright tiring, but utterly brilliant masterpiece.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In 1930, Dos Passos began deconstructing the very idea of capitalist America from the bottom-up. A difficult, sometimes downright tiring, but utterly brilliant masterpiece.
Joseph Brodsky, from AGNI (Issue 43, 1996).
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Joseph Brodsky, from AGNI (Issue 43, 1996).
John Dos Passos, from New Masses (1927).
October 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
John Dos Passos, from New Masses (1927).
Betty White; the treasure she is.
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Betty White; the treasure she is.
John Berryman, from His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1968).
September 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
John Berryman, from His Toy, His Dream, His Rest (1968).
Thomas Pynchon knew.
September 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Thomas Pynchon knew.
The best book I’ve read this year. Structurally, it sets the standard every historian should aspire to. Out of his glut of detail, Caro doesn’t just recount Robert Moses’s rise and fall; he shows what power is and, more importantly, why it grips people.
September 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The best book I’ve read this year. Structurally, it sets the standard every historian should aspire to. Out of his glut of detail, Caro doesn’t just recount Robert Moses’s rise and fall; he shows what power is and, more importantly, why it grips people.
Nick Flynn, from Some Ether (2000).
September 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Nick Flynn, from Some Ether (2000).
