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Franz Kafka’s Anxious Letters to His Fiancée, Read Aloud by Richard Ayoade
Kafka:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
Felice Bauer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice_Bauer
Books by Kafka at PG:
Franz Kafka’s Anxious Letters to His Fiancée, Read Aloud by Richard Ayoade
Kafka:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka
Felice Bauer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice_Bauer
Books by Kafka at PG:
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab - 5/10
All summer I had been waiting to read this but held off to save it for my holiday. Well, I finally had that holiday and, unfortunately, ended up really disappointed.
Maybe my expectations for this were too high and I'm being unfair, but this just didn't do anything for me.
The structure was complicated and detracted from the story and the ending felt incredibly rushed and pointless. In the rush, the character who we come to know and follow through most of the story is suddenly cast aside as soon as moral conflict arises.
A shame.
This took many, many revisions. Far more than I normally do.
not the chariot, or the escaping fire of our port
https://subspacewagon.systems/not-the-chariot-or-the-escaping-fire-of-our-port/
With the Guppe groups now gone, please feel free to follow the fedigroups.social poetry group.
#SharingIsCaring#Poetry#PoemADay#PoetryLover#Poem#TodaysPoem#WritingCommunity#PoetryCommunity#PoetryCafe #literature #art #amwriting#WritersOfMastodon
This took many, many revisions. Far more than I normally do.
not the chariot, or the escaping fire of our port
https://subspacewagon.systems/not-the-chariot-or-the-escaping-fire-of-our-port/
With the Guppe groups now gone, please feel free to follow the fedigroups.social poetry group.
#SharingIsCaring#Poetry#PoemADay#PoetryLover#Poem#TodaysPoem#WritingCommunity#PoetryCommunity#PoetryCafe #literature #art #amwriting#WritersOfMastodon
" Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the ‘purely financial decision’ to close Meanjin has raised eyebrows." (Catriona Menzies-Pike - Crickey News)
The Literary Australia icon had but two part-time staff whose remuneration would be crumbs to the highly paid Chancelor and Vice. So the Q is, what financial imperative would make MEAJIN a liability to foreclose? Then there's the whole question of Meanjin's contribution to the literary sector and academia. Yep, agreed, something is fishy to this whole saga.
#MeanJin#Writing#WritingCommunity#Literature#Arts
Read more:
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/meanjin-closure-financial-reasons-melbourne-university-press/
Edited Link (it may be hours before the articles is released from subscriber paywal, be patient)
" Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the ‘purely financial decision’ to close Meanjin has raised eyebrows." (Catriona Menzies-Pike - Crickey News)
The Literary Australia icon had but two part-time staff whose remuneration would be crumbs to the highly paid Chancelor and Vice. So the Q is, what financial imperative would make MEAJIN a liability to foreclose? Then there's the whole question of Meanjin's contribution to the literary sector and academia. Yep, agreed, something is fishy to this whole saga.
#MeanJin#Writing#WritingCommunity#Literature#Arts
Read more:
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/08/meanjin-closure-financial-reasons-melbourne-university-press/
Edited Link (it may be hours before the articles is released from subscriber paywal, be patient)
Friends: Is there a name for stories built around a character turning up at multiple historical events, like "Forrest Gump" and "Little Big Man"? It's a form of roman á clef, but more specific. #literature #film
Friends: Is there a name for stories built around a character turning up at multiple historical events, like "Forrest Gump" and "Little Big Man"? It's a form of roman á clef, but more specific. #literature #film
It’s been 12 years since an English translation of novelist Natsuo Kirino’s work was published, and “Swallows,” a novel centered on a poor, disillusioned woman who becomes a surrogate, is well worth the wait. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/05/books/natsuo-kirino-swallows-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #natsuokirino #lisahoffmankuroda #translation #literature #books
Excited to announce https://writes.casa/
This is an anonymous, minimalist writing platform!
With:
#SmolWeb #Writing #Fediverse #Literature #Anonymous #Privacy
Excited to announce https://writes.casa/
This is an anonymous, minimalist writing platform!
With:
#SmolWeb #Writing #Fediverse #Literature #Anonymous #Privacy
Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth
The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced mathematics to the naked mole-rat
By Richard Grant
Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth
The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced mathematics to the naked mole-rat
By Richard Grant
“What we need are people who are prepared to be unpopular. Who are prepared to put themselves in danger. Who are prepared to tell the truth. Brave journalists can do that, and they have. Brave lawyers can do that, and they have. And artists — beautiful, brilliant, brave writers, poets, musicians, painters and filmmakers can do that.
That beauty is on our side.
All of it.”
“What we need are people who are prepared to be unpopular. Who are prepared to put themselves in danger. Who are prepared to tell the truth. Brave journalists can do that, and they have. Brave lawyers can do that, and they have. And artists — beautiful, brilliant, brave writers, poets, musicians, painters and filmmakers can do that.
That beauty is on our side.
All of it.”
This week’s archive article is a considerably sillier one, with Jubal diving into the world of Shakespeare, mashing famous plays up with famous modern films, and then seeing what the resulting plots might look like…
You can read “Shakespeare: The Expanded Film Universe” here:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?msg=116720
Do give us a boost if you know anyone else who might enjoy this! :)
This week’s archive article is a considerably sillier one, with Jubal diving into the world of Shakespeare, mashing famous plays up with famous modern films, and then seeing what the resulting plots might look like…
You can read “Shakespeare: The Expanded Film Universe” here:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?msg=116720
Do give us a boost if you know anyone else who might enjoy this! :)
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