Enjoy this brilliant essay by Greg Olear on "Heart of Darkness", by Joseph Conrad, and the beautifully nuanced reflex to the now.

I started reading with my defenses for Conrad on full, and I was surprised and happy that did not need them.

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/sunday-pages-heart-of-darkness-d73

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Sunday Pages: "Heart of Darkness"

A novel by Joseph Conrad

PREVAIL by Greg Olear

The sizzling debut EP from The NaNaz bristles and bursts with passion, energy and serious political intent!

FFO: The Slits; Poison Girls; The Pretenders; Blondie; Buffy Sainte-Marie; Courtney Love

#music #punk #punkfolk #newmusic #musicreview #WASPI #wales #women #SundayRead

https://npryan.com/2026/04/26/nanafesto-the-nanaz/

NANAFESTO: The NaNaz debut EP reviewed

The NaNaz—from Newport, Wales—formed as a result of Nana Punk; a punk music workshop held in 2024 and aimed at over 50s that sought to get participants actively involved in music for all the benefi…

N. P. Ryan

If you feel like America has forgotten the meaning of freedom, this week’s column puts words to it.

“Freedom is the distance between desire and discipline.”

#SundayRead The Practice of Freedom https://blueribbonteam.com/blog/2025/12/07/the-practice-of-freedom/

“Even snake straying about with suede shoes and tomcat sporting around town in brand-new bucta, that is to say, underpants, understand. As for me? I’m so obsessed with this place, I dream about it, I write about it as often as!”

https://neenamaiya.substack.com/p/everyone-wants-this-place

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why would they do that?
I have no idea
absolutely none
and I‘d prefer leave it there
catching that glare
a reason there must have been
not every love or every life
can turn out to be . . . ⬇️

#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #blame #nemesis #Perfect #fuseli #sunday #SundayReading #SundayRead #writing

https://npryan.com/2025/03/09/not-perfect-like-me/

not perfect like me

why would they do that? I have no idea absolutely none and I‘d prefer leave it there catching that glare a reason there must have been not every love or every life can turn out to be

N. P. Ryan
Here’s a #SundayRead that looks at the resurrection and detachment of the language and symbols of oppression from their historical roots. https://mastodon.social/@atomless/114123844340038625
𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗴 𝗶𝗺 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 🆕📒🥾🙌🏻 - https://ein.murnauer.blog/9iy Neu im Blog: Der Weg ist ein über 100 Kilometer langer Wanderweg, der in sechs Etappen von Bad Kohlgrub bis zum Kloster Ettal führt. #murnauer #murnau #murnauamstaffelsee #latestblogpost #wandern #meditation #sundayread
Meditationsweg im Blauen Land

Der Meditationsweg im Blauen Land erstreckt sich über gut 100 Kilometer und ist in sechs Etappen unterteilt, die sich individuell oder als Mehrtagestour erwandern lassen.

murnauer.blog

Erhellende Lektüren am Sonntag.
Schönes Lesen noch!

🖼️ Joseph-Désiré Court (1797-1865): Saint Clare (1838)

#readerslife #surlalecture #theartofreading #SundayRead #sundayart