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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒚𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆: 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔, 𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏"
We've turned the basement into a casino!
A man who turns to fortune-telling to assuage his conscience. A society that chooses its victims through a lottery. Today it's the dark philosophy of "The Lottery in Babylon" and "The Fortune-Teller."
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/tyranny-of-chance-assis-borges/
#podcast #literature #books #jorgeluisborges #machadodeassis #thefortuneteller
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗮𝘆 -
One (probably final) round with this tale as my spring shelf cleaning continues. It's probably been 30+ years since I've read it, so maybe something new will rise up from its waters.
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #reading #ernesthemingway #theoldmanandthesea #fishtale #novel #americannovel #classic
𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 - 𝑨 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓" 𝒃𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒂𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒎 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔, 1884
A secret affair driven by anonymous threats pushes a committed skeptic toward a dingy attic and a deck of cards. How easily will we trade our reason for a comfortable prophecy?
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/waypoint-the-fortune-teller/
#podcast #literature #books #deassis #machadodeassis #acartomante #thefortuneteller #reading #brazil
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸 𝗗𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘀 -
Premiere collection of poetry by a local Michigander poet, twisting his poetry at the intersections of Arab-American identity and disability, promises a stark and revealing intimacy!
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #reading #tarikdobbs #nazarboy #arabamericanliterature #disabilityliterature #poetry #concretepoetry #experimentalpoetry
𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: “𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒊𝒅𝒆” 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 -
". . . but the edges have eroded, bluntered and edgeless. Warfarin-thin. A swiftwater rush, . . . "
https://waywordsstudio.com/fiction/esmond-blood-and-tide/
#poetry #poetrycommunity #originalpoetry #writingcommunity #prosepoetry #flashfiction #shortreads #experimentalprose #fiction
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀 -
I'm sure the reason that I've held off on this novel has nothing whatsoever to do with its unreliable narrator whose aging memory contorts his sense of self!
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #julianbarnes #thesenseofanending #manbookerprize #aging #memory #hubris
𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐬 - 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝑾𝒆 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅
The "Hideous Bargain" is no longer just about one child’s pain . . .
Why not flatten our messy humanity into a spreadsheet of "mathematically infallible happiness?" Unsettle the sterile peace of the OneState and the rigid hierarchy of Flatland to ask: Is your imagination a gift, or a disease the state is currently curing?
𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -
Kind of a "spring cleaning" month of various titles that have lived too long on my shelves!
#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #ernesthemingway #theoldmanandthesea #trumancapote #breakfastattiffanys #julianbarnes #thesenseofanending #tarikdobbs #nazarboy #colummccann #letthegreatworldspin #deebrown #burymyheartatwoundedknee #stephengrahamjones #earthdivers #killcolumbus #nnediokorafor #deathoftheauthor
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱" 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 -
It's taken me too long to get to acclaimed and Michigan-based Ojibwe author Boulley, and I know I'm reading her stuff out of order, but I was told it was allowed! 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 will be next!
#books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #angelineboulley #ya #warriorgirluneathed #indigenousliterature #ojibweliterature
