Endless Bookshelf
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Buddhist vegetarian polyglot, author of Another green world (2025), The Private Life of Books (2020), A Conversation larger than the Universe (2018)
/ ‘the reader is the artist’ | Tom Phillips
https://endlessbookshelf.net
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/ ‘the reader is the artist’ | Tom Phillips
https://endlessbookshelf.net
https://temporary-culture.com
Pinned
The Elfland Prepositions
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
“elegant” — Michael Dirda
“outstanding” — Rich Horton
Special sale 1/3 off through the end of the year, for yourself or for a gift
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4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
“elegant” — Michael Dirda
“outstanding” — Rich Horton
Special sale 1/3 off through the end of the year, for yourself or for a gift
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Talking Heads
Tom Verlaine
Patti Smith
Wu Man
Momus
Talking Heads
Tom Verlaine
Patti Smith
Wu Man
Momus
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Neko Case
Winterpills
Yo La Tengo
Teenage Fanclub
The Magnetic Fields
Neko Case
Winterpills
Yo La Tengo
Teenage Fanclub
The Magnetic Fields
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times
Talking Heads
Tom Verlaine
Patti Smith
Wu Man
Momus
Talking Heads
Tom Verlaine
Patti Smith
Wu Man
Momus
read this
of pie and love
of pie and love
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
read this
of pie and love
of pie and love
HIKE
SNACK
READ
is the slogan on a wonderful Point Reyes Books tee shirt which I still treasure
SNACK
READ
is the slogan on a wonderful Point Reyes Books tee shirt which I still treasure
Point Reyes Books is among my very favorite bookstores in the world. Every time I go, I find books I have never seen in another shop. It’s lovey and distinctive and suited to its clientele. Totally worth a trip if you are anywhere near.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
HIKE
SNACK
READ
is the slogan on a wonderful Point Reyes Books tee shirt which I still treasure
SNACK
READ
is the slogan on a wonderful Point Reyes Books tee shirt which I still treasure
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Crépuscule with Nellie.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Crépuscule with Nellie.
the Trump régime in Washington continues to act against the interests of the people of the United States and against human rights in other countries
[FT editorial, 22-23 November 2025. Trump’s world view : cynical and self-interested]
[FT editorial, 22-23 November 2025. Trump’s world view : cynical and self-interested]
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
the Trump régime in Washington continues to act against the interests of the people of the United States and against human rights in other countries
[FT editorial, 22-23 November 2025. Trump’s world view : cynical and self-interested]
[FT editorial, 22-23 November 2025. Trump’s world view : cynical and self-interested]
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Reading The Wounded Generation reminded me of John Crowley’s Four Freedoms (2009), a gentle but not overly sentimental portrait of the World War II home front in America. I wrote about it for the Second Pass, but the site’s defunct so I’ll have to do some digging.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Reading The Wounded Generation reminded me of John Crowley’s Four Freedoms (2009), a gentle but not overly sentimental portrait of the World War II home front in America. I wrote about it for the Second Pass, but the site’s defunct so I’ll have to do some digging.
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John Crowley, Four Freedoms.
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 AM
John Crowley, Four Freedoms.
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This is the poster for the 1966 screening of Alphaville and La Jetée at which JG Ballard first saw two films he would often mention as SF favourites. He reviewed La Jetée in New Worlds shortly after. John Brunner (at the same screening) reviewed Alphaville in the following issue. He hated it.
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is the poster for the 1966 screening of Alphaville and La Jetée at which JG Ballard first saw two films he would often mention as SF favourites. He reviewed La Jetée in New Worlds shortly after. John Brunner (at the same screening) reviewed Alphaville in the following issue. He hated it.
The Elfland Prepositions
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
“elegant” — Michael Dirda
“outstanding” — Rich Horton
Special sale 1/3 off through the end of the year, for yourself or for a gift
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
“elegant” — Michael Dirda
“outstanding” — Rich Horton
Special sale 1/3 off through the end of the year, for yourself or for a gift
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The Elfland Prepositions
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
“elegant” — Michael Dirda
“outstanding” — Rich Horton
Special sale 1/3 off through the end of the year, for yourself or for a gift
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
“elegant” — Michael Dirda
“outstanding” — Rich Horton
Special sale 1/3 off through the end of the year, for yourself or for a gift
temporary-culture.com/product/the-...
The Elfland Prepositions
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
Special sale through the end of the year : buy a copy for a friend, too !
temporary-culture.com/the-elfland-...
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
Special sale through the end of the year : buy a copy for a friend, too !
temporary-culture.com/the-elfland-...
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Elfland Prepositions
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
Special sale through the end of the year : buy a copy for a friend, too !
temporary-culture.com/the-elfland-...
4 original stories by Henry Wessells.
Special sale through the end of the year : buy a copy for a friend, too !
temporary-culture.com/the-elfland-...
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Dear Senators Booker (@booker.senate.gov ) & Kim (@kim.senate.gov ),
Talk to your colleagues about the foreign emoluments clause, and take action.
[FT headline : Trump family and Saudi partner unveil Maldives resort plan on eve of MBS visit]
Respectfully,
H. Wessells, Upper Montclair, NJ
Talk to your colleagues about the foreign emoluments clause, and take action.
[FT headline : Trump family and Saudi partner unveil Maldives resort plan on eve of MBS visit]
Respectfully,
H. Wessells, Upper Montclair, NJ
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Dear Senators Booker (@booker.senate.gov ) & Kim (@kim.senate.gov ),
Talk to your colleagues about the foreign emoluments clause, and take action.
[FT headline : Trump family and Saudi partner unveil Maldives resort plan on eve of MBS visit]
Respectfully,
H. Wessells, Upper Montclair, NJ
Talk to your colleagues about the foreign emoluments clause, and take action.
[FT headline : Trump family and Saudi partner unveil Maldives resort plan on eve of MBS visit]
Respectfully,
H. Wessells, Upper Montclair, NJ
“If you are to do anything that is really glorious, and for which men will for ever wonder at you, you will do it as a duck quacks — because it is your nature to quack — when it rains.” — John Ruskin, to J. J. Laing, 1854, in Letters on Art & Literature, ed. T. J. Wise, 1894.
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“If you are to do anything that is really glorious, and for which men will for ever wonder at you, you will do it as a duck quacks — because it is your nature to quack — when it rains.” — John Ruskin, to J. J. Laing, 1854, in Letters on Art & Literature, ed. T. J. Wise, 1894.
new neighbors
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
new neighbors
in memoriam : Selma Miriam (1935-2025)
co-founder of Bloodroot in Bridgeport
[only belatedly learned of her death]
endlessbookshelf.net/archive0317....
co-founder of Bloodroot in Bridgeport
[only belatedly learned of her death]
endlessbookshelf.net/archive0317....
The Endless Bookshelf : simply messing about in books by Henry Wessells : Archive : November - December 2017
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November 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
in memoriam : Selma Miriam (1935-2025)
co-founder of Bloodroot in Bridgeport
[only belatedly learned of her death]
endlessbookshelf.net/archive0317....
co-founder of Bloodroot in Bridgeport
[only belatedly learned of her death]
endlessbookshelf.net/archive0317....
no I am not really asking for answers
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
no I am not really asking for answers
beyond the technical exercise (and then why read the product ?), what would be the point of LLM-generated novels or poems ?
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
beyond the technical exercise (and then why read the product ?), what would be the point of LLM-generated novels or poems ?
The Crimson Bears by Tom La Farge is now open for pre-orders, buy this book (you won't regret it)
The Crimson Bears by Tom La Farge
/ forthcoming from Tough Poets
/ this is NEWS !
www.toughpoets.com/la_farge_cri...
/ forthcoming from Tough Poets
/ this is NEWS !
www.toughpoets.com/la_farge_cri...
Tough Poets Press : The Crimson Bears
Tough Poets Press, publisher of new and rediscovered unconventional and neglected literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
www.toughpoets.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Crimson Bears by Tom La Farge is now open for pre-orders, buy this book (you won't regret it)
I bought a book today at my local book shop
— Patti Smith. Bread of Angels
— Patti Smith. Bread of Angels
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I bought a book today at my local book shop
— Patti Smith. Bread of Angels
— Patti Smith. Bread of Angels
detail of a binding design of repeated crossed leafy branches and dots
/ file under : things on the desk
/ file under : things on the desk
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
detail of a binding design of repeated crossed leafy branches and dots
/ file under : things on the desk
/ file under : things on the desk
read this :
“the other legacy of Dick Cheney: fiasco. The wars he wanted did not showcase American power. They put on display American weakness, avarice, futility and manic resource extraction” — Spencer Ackerman on Dick Cheney
“the other legacy of Dick Cheney: fiasco. The wars he wanted did not showcase American power. They put on display American weakness, avarice, futility and manic resource extraction” — Spencer Ackerman on Dick Cheney
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
read this :
“the other legacy of Dick Cheney: fiasco. The wars he wanted did not showcase American power. They put on display American weakness, avarice, futility and manic resource extraction” — Spencer Ackerman on Dick Cheney
“the other legacy of Dick Cheney: fiasco. The wars he wanted did not showcase American power. They put on display American weakness, avarice, futility and manic resource extraction” — Spencer Ackerman on Dick Cheney
happy Hallowe'en !
November 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
happy Hallowe'en !
Lincolnstein by Paul Witcover is an important book, a concise and nimble treatment of the Matter of America, with resonances from works by Mary Shelley and Samuel Clemens
Great to know it will be available in USA
/ I read it in early 2022
endlessbookshelf.net/2022/01/24/l...
Great to know it will be available in USA
/ I read it in early 2022
endlessbookshelf.net/2022/01/24/l...
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Lincolnstein by Paul Witcover is an important book, a concise and nimble treatment of the Matter of America, with resonances from works by Mary Shelley and Samuel Clemens
Great to know it will be available in USA
/ I read it in early 2022
endlessbookshelf.net/2022/01/24/l...
Great to know it will be available in USA
/ I read it in early 2022
endlessbookshelf.net/2022/01/24/l...