#NowReading2024 BODIES AND MOBILE MEDIA by Ingrid Richardson & Rowan Wilken via @politybooks imbibed at Higurashi Bakery #OguLibrary #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 DIGITAL LABOR by Kylie Jarrett via @politybooks imbibed at Hashimoto Coffee #Machiya #町屋 @bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
#NowReading2024 THE FARM by Joanne Ramos via @randomhouse care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Kobayashi Shoten #Minowa #三ノ輪
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#NowReading2024 YES TO THE CITY: MILLENNIALS & THE FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING by Max Holleran via @princetonupress care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe de Crie #Machiya #町屋 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon @bookstodon
#NowReading2024 NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME by James Baldwin via Vintage Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Rokuhara Coffee #Ogu #尾久#Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner via Picador care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Noma Books #OkuboChiba #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 ATLAS OF AI by Kate Crawford via Yale University Press care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Mr Hippo Coffee #Motohasunuma #ChatGPT #GenerativeAI #LLM #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 FREEDOM'S DOMINION: A SAGA OF WHITE RESISTANCE TO FEDERAL POWER by Jefferson Cowie via Basic Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Magnolia Cafe #Nakazuka #仲塚 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 INTERSECTIONALITY by Patricia Hill Collins & Sirma Bilge via @politybooks imbibed at Key's Coffee #Senjuohashi #千住大橋 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 THE RIO DE JANEIRO READER: HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS Edited by Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, & Paulo Knauss via @dukepress care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at belle foret #KitaSenju #北千住
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#NowReading2024 IF I HAD YOUR FACE by Frances Cha via Penguin Books care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe the World #Okubo Chiba #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 DISABILITY INTIMACY: ESSAYS ON LOVE, CARE, & DESIRE Edited by Alice Wong imbibed at Cafe Bonnard #Ueno #上野 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 HOW ABLEISM FUELS RACISM: DISMANTLING THE HIERARCHY OF BODIES IN THE CHURCH by Lamar Hardwick via Brazos Press care of my friend Alice Wong imbibed at Cafe The World #OkuboChiba #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 FEMINIST QUEER CRIP by Alison Kafer via Indiana University Press imbibed at La Ai Mama Kitchen #Okubo Chiba #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 THE SUMMER BOOK by Tove Jansson via Sort Of Books via Penguin Books care of Adachi Public Library imbibed at ひとやすみ (Pause It) #Motohasunuma #本蓮沼
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#NowReading2024 IN THEIR OWN WORDS: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO 1865-1916 Edited by Milton Meltzer via Thomas Y Crowell Company Apollo Editions imbibed at Macchinesti Coffee #Kinshicho #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 AMERICA'S RACIAL KARMA: AN INVITATION TO HEAL by Larry Beal, PhD via Parallax Press imbibed at Cafe Milano
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#NowReading2024 BLACK FATIGUE: HOW RACISM ERODES THE MIND, BODY, & SPIRIT by Mary-Frances Winters via Berrett-Koehler Publishers imbibed at Camblem #Ichikawa #市川 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 TWISTED: THE TANGLED HISTORY OF BLACK HAIR CULTURE by Emma Dabiri via Harper Perennial imbibed at Chili Coffee #Machiya #町屋 #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
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#NowReading2024 LIBRARY: AN UNQUIET HISTORY by Matthew Battles via W W Norton care of Arakawa Library System imbibed at HigashiOgu Coffee Tei #HigashiOgu #東尾久
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#NowReading2024 SIGN HERE! HANDWRITING IN THE AGE OF NEW MEDIA Edited by Sonja Neef, José van Dijck, & Eric Ketelaar via Amsterdam University Press brewed with Blackhole Coffee Roastery
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#NowReReading2024 THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by Mark Twain via Penguin Books care of Arakawa Public Library System imbibed at Mizoreya #Okubo #大久保
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#NowReading2024 JAMES by Percival Everett via Doubleday imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住
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#NowReading2024 DESIGN MEETS DISABILITY by Graham Pullin via @mitpress imbibed at Yaesu Coffee #KitaSenju #北千住
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#NowReading2024 DISABILITY, CULTURE, AND DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF JAPANESE CHILDREN AT SCHOOL by Misa Kayama & Wendy L Haight via Oxford University Press imbibed at Mikado Coffee #Nihonbashi #日本橋
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#NowReading2024 THE ANATOMY OF LONELINESS: SUICIDE, SOCIAL CONNECTION, & THE SEARCH FOR RELATIONAL MEANING IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN by Chikako Ozawa-De Silva via @ucpress imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家 #BookSky
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RECOLLECTIONS OF MY NONEXISTENCE by Rebecca Solnit via @penguinbooks imbibed at Campanule #Machiya #町家 @bookstodon #Bookstodon #BookMastodon
#NowReading2024 SEX, DRUGS, AND COCOA PUFFS by Chuck Klosterman via @scribnerbooks imbibed at Key's Coffee #Senjuohashi #千住大橋
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#NowReading2024 WE ARE NEVER MEETING IN REAL LIFE by Samantha Irby via Faber & Faber imbibed at Up To You Coffee #Kappabashi
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#JustReRead2024 THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe via Anchor Books imbibed at Mills Coffee #Senju #千住
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#NowReading2024 AFRICA UNITED: HOW FOOTBALL EXPLAINS AFRICA by Steve Bloomfield via Canongate Books imbibed at Ogawa Coffee Laboratory #ShimoKitazawa #下北沢
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#NowReading2024 FRAMING FINANCE: THE BOUNDARIES OF MARKETS AND MODERN CAPITALISM by Alex Preda via University of Chicago Press brewed with Bookends Coffee
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#NowReading2024 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig via Canongate imbibed at Yonemoto Coffee #Tsukiji #築地
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#NowReading2024 QUEER VOICES FROM JAPAN: FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVES FROM JAPAN'S SEXUAL MINORITIES Edited by Mark McLelland & Katsuhiko Suganuma & James Welker via Lexington Books imbibed at Cafe & Bar Mt Fuji #Tsukuji #塚地
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#NowReading2024 BORN STANDING UP by Steve Martin via Scribner Books imbibed at Hana no Yado #Nikko Tochigi
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#NowReading2024 GO HOME! Edited by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan via Feminist Press imbibed at Hosomy Factory #Azumabashi #吾妻橋
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#NowReading2024 WORDS MATTER: CONVERSATION'S WITH ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS Edited by King-Kok Cheung via University of Hawai'i Press imbibed at Chii Coffee #Machiya #町家
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#NowReading2024 THE BEDWETTER: STORIES OF COURAGE, REDEMPTION, & PEE by Sarah Silverman via itbooks via @harpercollinsfr imbibed at Amanesaryo #Sendagi #千住
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#NowReading2024 LET'S TALK: HOW ENGLISH CONVERSATION WORKS by David Crystal via Oxford University Press imbibed at Miyano-yu #Nezu #根津 #BookSky 💙 📚 #Linguistics
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@albnelson @bookstodon Both the book and shaved ice indeed are ;)
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#NowReading2024 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION by Rod Ellis via Oxford University Press imbibed at Coffee Person coffee truck #Marunouchi #丸の内 #Lingstodon #Linguistics
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#NowReading2024 TROUBLE AT WORK by Ralph Fevre, Duncan Lewis, Amanda Robinson, & Trevor Jones via Bloomsbury brewed with Coffee Boy Coffee from Yamaguchi
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#NowReading2024 OF SOUND MIND: HOW OUR BRAIN CONSTRUCTS A MEANINGFUL SONIC WORLD by Nina Kraus via MIT Press imbibed at Ogiso Cafe #Ogi #扇大
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#NowReReading2024 N.P. by Banana Yoshimoto via Faber & Faber imbibed at Kojima Coffee care of Arakawa Public Library #Okachimachi #御徒町
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#NowReReading2024 ASLEEP by Banana Yoshimoto via Grove Press care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Kuma Coffee #Narasino
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#NowReReading2024 SPEAKING PITTSBURGHESE: THE STORY OF A DIALECT by Barbara Johnstone via Oxford University Press imbibed at Doutor #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReReading2024 HOW TO SPEAK MIDWESTERN by Edward McClelland via Belt Publishing imbibed at Hitoyasumi (Pause It) #本蓮沼 #Motohasunuma #Midwest
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#NowReading2024 BEYONCÉ IN THE WORLD: MAKING MEANING WITH QUEEN BEY IN TROUBLED TIMES Edited by Christina Baade & Kristen McGee via Wesleyan University Press imbibed at Yama-no-oto (Sound of the Mountain) #Horifune #堀船
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#NowReading2024 WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY by Michiko AOYAMA translated by Alison Watts via Doubleday care of Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Cafe Keyton #KitaSenju #北千住
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#NowReReading2024 OISHINBO: JAPANESE CUISINE by writer Tetsuya KARIYA & artist Akira HANASAKI via VIZ Media imbibed at #Manga #GraphicNovel
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#NowReading2024 HAPPENING by Annie Ernaux translated by Tanya Leslie via Seven Stories Press care of the Arakawa Public Library imbibed at Servo Coffee #Ichigaya #市ヶ谷
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#NowReading2024 MOVING THE CENTRE: THE STRUGGLE FOR CULTURAL FREEDOMS by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o via James Currey/Heinemann imbibed at Caffe Liscio #Otemachi #大手町
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#NowReading2024 ESSAYISM: ON FORM, FEELING, AND NONFICTION by Brian Dillon via The New York Review of Books imbibed at Key's Cafe #Senjuohashi #千住大橋
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#NowReading2024 THE FORTUNE MAN by Nadifa Mohamed via @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social thanks to Arakawa #PublicLibrary imbibed at Flying Scotsman Cafe #Ueno #上野
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#NowReading2024 ELITE CAPTURE: HOW THE POWERFUL TOOK OVER IDENTITY POLITICS (AND EVERYTHING ELSE) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò via via Haymarket Books brewed with Base Camp Coffee
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#NowReading2024 THE RACIAL GLASS CEILING: SUBORDINATION IN AMERICAN LAW & CULTURE by Roy L Brooks via @yalebooks.bsky.social imbibed at Slow Jet Coffee #Senju #千住
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#NowReading2024 THIS MOURNABLE BODY by Tsitsi Dangarembga via Faber & Faber thanks to Arakawa #PublicLibrary imbibed at Kaede Life Coffee #KitaSenju #北千住
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Great book. I discovered Ernaux last year and read many of her Books in a few months.
@Arnocgt @bookstodon After winning the Nobel, her books are more widely promoted, having read 4 myself and delighted to have come across her work
@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon Nice! I think these early stories from her are her bests.
@alx @bookstodon I'm rereading all I can find at the various libraries around me to revist them
@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon Yep, I come back to her kind of cyclically. Some of my favourite are 'Goodbye Tsugumi', 'Asleep', and one never translated in English (to my knowledge) 'L'ultima amante di Hachiko'
@alx @bookstodon ASLEEP is the other one I checked out this week from one of my local libraries
@ModernDayBartleby @bookstodon I have a special soft spot for Asleep as I've read and re-read it through a moment in life were I had troubles sleeping, but it's been like 15 years now since I read it last. Waiting for your impressions.