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In 1945, it was not inevitable that a global superpower emerging victorious from World War II would come to identify …
In 1945, it was not inevitable that a global superpower emerging victorious from World War …
I stopped using Bookwyrm in favor of a spreadsheet shared among friends, but wanted to come here and share that Americans should absolutely read this book.
This captivating memoir is a "startling testimony to the glories and sorrows of raising and …
pigs, vegetable farming, blurbs by lydia davis and eula biss, in my local book store, how could I not
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, …
I devoured this, partly because I loved it and partly because I couldn't stop thinking about it. it kind of fucked me up for a bit, honestly. I want more books about periomenopause, and also women writing about aging and desireability, choosing a life
I really enjoyed garth greenwell's past work, so I was excited when this came out. I was just kind of annoyed by most of it, though. It's much closer to my own experience than his past writing (takes place in a hospital in iowa in early days of the pandemic), and I think that that closeness gives me a different perspective on his perspective. it felt too close in time and experience, it was somewhere I didn't really want to be, and it didn't feel like it revealed much to me. also I think I'm just viewing his work in a different light since he came out in support of hachette in the internet archive suit, and having something close experientially puts a point on that difference of our political perspectives. because I feel like I'm being very vague - I think this mostly felt annoyingly liberal, and that was …
I really enjoyed garth greenwell's past work, so I was excited when this came out. I was just kind of annoyed by most of it, though. It's much closer to my own experience than his past writing (takes place in a hospital in iowa in early days of the pandemic), and I think that that closeness gives me a different perspective on his perspective. it felt too close in time and experience, it was somewhere I didn't really want to be, and it didn't feel like it revealed much to me. also I think I'm just viewing his work in a different light since he came out in support of hachette in the internet archive suit, and having something close experientially puts a point on that difference of our political perspectives. because I feel like I'm being very vague - I think this mostly felt annoyingly liberal, and that was irritating mainly because the book felt so close to memoir.
really enjoyed what belongs to you, cleanness, and greenwell's editing of kink. got frustrated when he came out against the internet archive's lending library along with alexander chee (the details of which are now inaccessible to me because the conversation happened on X). anyway, let's see how this goes!
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, …
this was much sexier than expected
When Samuel Zemurray arrived in America in 1891, he was tall, gangly, and penniless. When …
recommended by Tim Hwang in today’s Scope of Work newsletter
The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, …
oops stayed up reading this way too late
A fierce and moving memoir on returning to Palestine, the meaning of exile and homeland, …
I needed to take my time with this
all ready for elisabeth’s event next week :)
Content warning discussion of part of plot, but not very revealing
I picked this up in London as a travel memoir about the American West, where I live but not exactly (it focuses on Missoula, Montana - a different sort of West than California, but wrapped up in many of the same relations to water, manifest destiny, native genocide, etc).
what I got was a story of a woman, an older mother who carries that title with a relatable and interesting to me ambivalence, leading her own way through new experiences, curiosity, and relations. I really loved it, with the exception of her heading to a gathering of "ecosexuals", which was actually physically painful for me to read.
the best parts are her experience of Montana—the trappers, the space, the hoopers and rewilders, the people seeking right relation, the contradictions, her open curiosity about it all—and the relatable feeling of never quite knowing where to be. and, unfortunately, her brief assessment of San Francisco is accurate, as much as I hate to admit it
here is an obituary she wrote of one of the people featured in her experience and the book, Finisia Medrano: dark-mountain.net/finisia-medrano-and-the-return/. I think it gives a sense for the writing as a whole
The body of the seafarer is a fulcrum upon which global systems of power, longstanding …
this is my introduction to leleh khalili's scholarship and, more or less, to seafaring as a topic. it was an enjoyable one—the booklet is 100 quick pages, a really lovely physical object with images mostly taken of her own studies and travels. it introduces a lot of different topics relating to modern international trade that I had never thought about—how laws, wages, and working conditions are dictated on vessels crossing international waters; international labor solidarity within one boat (or lack thereof); etc.
the book centers all of this around discussions of corporeality and bodily experience, in ways that often left me feeling sad about all of the embodied knowledge and experiences technological advancement has taken from us. I don't think this feeling is nostalgic, exactly, but I'm investigating it. anyway, khalili ends up suggesting it is the alienation of capitalism, which is probably right but not wholly adequate for me …
this is my introduction to leleh khalili's scholarship and, more or less, to seafaring as a topic. it was an enjoyable one—the booklet is 100 quick pages, a really lovely physical object with images mostly taken of her own studies and travels. it introduces a lot of different topics relating to modern international trade that I had never thought about—how laws, wages, and working conditions are dictated on vessels crossing international waters; international labor solidarity within one boat (or lack thereof); etc.
the book centers all of this around discussions of corporeality and bodily experience, in ways that often left me feeling sad about all of the embodied knowledge and experiences technological advancement has taken from us. I don't think this feeling is nostalgic, exactly, but I'm investigating it. anyway, khalili ends up suggesting it is the alienation of capitalism, which is probably right but not wholly adequate for me as an explanation or signpost to more satisfying relations.
I think this is a great introduction to the topic and a gateway to khalili's other work, or just a nice standalone volume.
On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A …
parts of this book were referenced in The Corporeal Life of Seafaring, which I really enjoyed
The body of the seafarer is a fulcrum upon which global systems of power, longstanding …
honestly I picked this up at the London Review of Books store on my trip because it was about bodies, ships, and there was a cool picture of striking Filipino seafarers with a dog inside. did not disappoint