๐‘ญ๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’š๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’…๐’”: "๐‘ต๐’–๐’“๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’š ๐‘น๐’‰๐’š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ 5-๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“-๐‘ถ๐’๐’…๐’”" -

"London Bridge" and "Ring Around the Rosie" had their day, too.

https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/nursery-rhyme-for-5-year-olds/

#poetry #nurseryrhyme #originalpoetry #archaeology #culturecriticism

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ต๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’”: ๐‘ณ๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’–๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’• 2: ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” -

Is this Omelas story really about that suffering child? Or is it more about how we wall its suffering out, then invite it back in? The second of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-2-architectures-of-happiness/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #ursulakleguin #theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas #dilemma #psychology #rationalization #culturecriticism #socialcomplicity

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐‘ฐ'๐’Ž ๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ: "๐‘ณ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’•๐’‰" ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐‘น๐’–๐’”๐’‰๐’…๐’Š๐’† -

Rushdie is always critically thoughtful, ironically perceptive, even as he pokes at our secret wounds. I've had this on my list since it came out!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #salmanrushdie #languagesoftruth #essays #nonfiction #culturecriticism

๐‘ญ๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘พ๐’‚๐’š๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’…๐’”: (๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’๐’๐’—๐’† ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ), ๐’‚๐’ ๐’–๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ.

A bit of a hybrid form. Poetry? Prose? Well, that would require the act of decision-making . . .

https://buff.ly/4hMuGzX

#hybridpoetry #prosepoem #resolve #politicalaction #will #culturecriticism

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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: "๐—” ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†" ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜ -

Vonnegut's sardonic charm and open-handed critical wit are turned all the way up in this brief collection of short essays and observations, personal curiosities and writing advice. Worth the stay!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #kurtvonnegut #amanwithoutacountry #essays #observations #culturecriticism #memoir #writingadvice #potpourri

https://buff.ly/3TSmmFo

Review: "A Man Without a Country" by Kurt Vonnegut -

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๐Ÿฏ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„: โ€œ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ณ -

Essays sometimes carry the blind spots of an academic white male, though the questions he raises, especially around experience, obsessions, and war are worthy of cultural spotlight. See his magazine n+1 for more timely thinking.

https://buff.ly/45eRUtK

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #3words #markgreif #againsteverything #essays #culturecriticism #criticism

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