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Todd T

Joined 1 year, 4 months ago

Bitter old punk and/or wage slave weaned on Jarry, Breton & Tzara. Queer, anti-capitalist, working on emptiness & not self with 3 misbehaving dogs.

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Todd T finished reading My Work is Not Yet Done by Thomas Ligotti

Thomas Ligotti: My Work is Not Yet Done (2011)

My first Ligotti! The short story immediately following the novella is one of the best I’ve read, invigorating and, I dunno, arcane?

Todd T finished reading Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh: Lapvona (2022, Penguin Publishing Group)

A fateful year in the life of a thirteen-year-old shepherd's son living in Lapvona, a …

Felt a little diluted relative to her short stories, but maybe I always feel that way if I’ve discovered an author via their short form work. Her prose is direct & unadorned & pretty magnificent. It’s funnier than I imagined 🥹

Todd T rated Jackal, Jackal: 5 stars

No cover — Tobi Ogundiran: Jackal, Jackal (2023, Undertow Publications)

Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran

Todd T rated Lone Women: 5 stars

Victor LaValle: Lone Women (2023, Random House Publishing Group)

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Blue skies, empty land—and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, …

Todd T rated Black Sheep: 2 stars

Rachel Harrison: Black Sheep (EBook, 2023, Penguin Publishing Group)

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

Todd T rated Pain Eater: 4 stars

Pain Eater by Kyle Muntz

Todd T reviewed Hooked! by Paul Hawken

Review of 'Hooked!' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

It's a very strong collection of essays. There were two, maybe, that I found less illuminating than the rest, but each revealed something valuable. It deserves a reprint.