because heās the king of the hill. obviously. and will make you feel everything.
Other recs:
The World Accoridng to Garp by John Irving is one of the most fucked up and disturbing books Iāve ever read. feel like I almost canāt in good conscience recommend it. But you will feel ill!
The bluest eye. Also super fucked up and sad.
OH! Boy snow bird by Helen oheyemi. Unbelievably good, language is stunning, trippy but heartbreaking.
ok thatās the list.
Mar 12, 2024
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this book will hurt you. read if you want to feel anguish! If you want to yearn š„²
Feb 13, 2024
Lyrical and tender, this is a short book but youāll want to read it slowly simply because every page is packed with something devastating or gorgeous...or both
āFor I amāor I wasāone of those people who pride themselves on their willpower, on their ability to make a decision and carry it through. This virtue, like most virtues, is ambiĀguity itself. People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception. Their deciĀsions are not really decisions at allāa real decision makes one humble, one knows that it is at the mercy of more things than can be namedābut elaborate systems of evasion, of illusion, designed to make themselves and the world appear to be what they and the world are not.ā
Jul 8, 2024
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One of my all time favorite books and I would sell my kidneys to read it for the first time.
āDo you think anything else under heaven really matters? And how long, at the best, can it last? since you are both men and still have everywhere to go? Only five minutes, I assure you, only five minutes, and most of that, hĆ©las! in the dark. And if you think of them as dirty, then they will be dirtyāthey will be dirty because you will be giving nothing, you will be despising your flesh and his. But you can make your time together anything but dirty; you can give each other something which will make both of you betterāforeverāif you will not be ashamed, if you will only not play it safe.ā He paused, watching me, and then looked down to his cognac. āYou play it safe long enough,ā he said, in a different tone, āand youāll end up trapped in your own dirty body, forever and forever and foreverālike me.ā
I cried for 2 days straight after reading this.. TWO DAYS!!
My favorite excerpt from the entire book. James Baldwin is a genius and may his heavenly soul rest in peace.
May 12, 2025
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I work three jobs and am getting my BA part time. I have hobbies, friends, and an active social appetite. Iām also subject to the 24 hour day. Sometimes that doesnāt really feel doable.
in the middle of winter, you can get an Airbnb in Burlington Vermont for $30 a night. itās a small room, a bed, a window. Shared kitchen, both spare and kitschy (a notable achievement I feel). though I canāt afford to leave all that often, this is how I do it. I go for 5ish days, I sleep a lot, I eat well enough, I read and write a lot because I feel like I can really unload. it is so quiet, and if you wanted to go somewhere at night you could, but youāll find you rarely want to. When I got off the train in Burlington it was snowing and the snow stuck to everything, even the asphalt and I just started laughing maniacally in an empty parking lot.
Jun 18, 2024
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they just put out their first print issue and managed to wrangle some very fun writers (from hannah baer to ed park, some deisgn by pippa garner) into writing some very interesting essays and stories. super charmed by the fact that it is printed on a kind of very thick newsprint? a unique tactile experience.
its like eight bucks and they'll ship it to your lovely little home, wherever it may be.
also this is a great question thank you for asking it.
Feb 21, 2024
Unsure to do with that bag of carrots sitting in your fridge? This is the coolest and most surprising answer. sure to excite guests, this one probably takes two run throughs with recipe assurance and then can be cooked from memory. itās sort of impossible to fuck up too bad because at the end you add 2+ cups of parmesan and a quantity of butter that makes higher powers take notice. it makes me feel like a chef, it makes my friends feel fed and happy, it makes fantastic leftovers, and in general brings a haze of good cheer that settles upon the house for 2-3 days minimum.
the photo is not mine. courtesy of nyt cooking, as is the recipe.
May 10, 2024