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Brutal. Honest. Unflinching. Ugly.
You canāt look away, but there is love beneath it all.
Youāll either read this in a scorching mad dash or slow it down for more of a controlled burn, either way you will come away changed.
You canāt look away, but there is love beneath it all.
Youāll either read this in a scorching mad dash or slow it down for more of a controlled burn, either way you will come away changed.
Nov 15, 2024
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šThis book says āA Memoir in Verseā on its cover but it DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU DONāT āGETā POETRY OR HATE IT EVEN. This book will change your mind. This is the funniest most fucked up book you will ever be lucky enough to read. Seriously do yourself a favor and get it because I canāt describe seeing a sunset while having an orgasm anymore than I can describe this book.
May 9, 2024
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štry and wish as i might to dislodge the opening sentence from the corner of permanency of my brain, it won't shift. because it's just that good. so delicious and juicy and evocative and rhythmic that every time i peel open the well-loved, well-worn, well-aged copy of the book, i am unable to stop reading at just that first line.
'It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.'
at once it's hot and sticky and bad things are in the air and it's all whimsical and meandering and at lost. i am there on the sidewalk, melting into the cement, unsure of it all.
'It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.'
at once it's hot and sticky and bad things are in the air and it's all whimsical and meandering and at lost. i am there on the sidewalk, melting into the cement, unsure of it all.
Feb 17, 2025
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I love photo books and have spent hundreds of hours staring at them since learning they existed at the bard college library about a decade ago.
But Iām not sure Iāve ever been so emotionally affected by anyone elseās work. His new book āFailingā completely floored me and his first book āA Period of Juvenile Prosperityā is almost as good too.
Dark shit tho be prepared
But Iām not sure Iāve ever been so emotionally affected by anyone elseās work. His new book āFailingā completely floored me and his first book āA Period of Juvenile Prosperityā is almost as good too.
Dark shit tho be prepared
@uncle_hesh
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Surprised no oneās mentioned it yet, especially because I think Cash was tapped for a rec list, but this one floored me when it came out about a year ago.
Funny. Short. Unpredictable. And if you need more convincing, it has blurbs from the likes of Tao Lin, Chelsea Hodson and Garielle Lutz.
Enough said. Start Reading.
Funny. Short. Unpredictable. And if you need more convincing, it has blurbs from the likes of Tao Lin, Chelsea Hodson and Garielle Lutz.
Enough said. Start Reading.
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Shout out to Blackbird Spyplane for putting me on to this guy in their most recent newsletter.
Donāt know much about him other than that he recently performed on the Jimmy Kimmel show so he must be on the rise.
Listened to him on the way to and from work and letās just say I WAS VIBING.
Donāt know much about him other than that he recently performed on the Jimmy Kimmel show so he must be on the rise.
Listened to him on the way to and from work and letās just say I WAS VIBING.
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Karina Longworthās podcast is usually pretty hit or miss for me, but her season on Polly Platt, the legendary production designer, hit on every level a podcast can function on.
Informative. Revelatory. And ultimately heartbreaking, in this season finale episode where Platt, (the connecting thread between filmmakers like Peter Bogdanovich, James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson) falls into the dustbin of film history.
Itās the only podcast episode thatās brought me to tears and maybe itāll do the same for you, if thatās what youāre looking for.
Informative. Revelatory. And ultimately heartbreaking, in this season finale episode where Platt, (the connecting thread between filmmakers like Peter Bogdanovich, James L. Brooks, Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson) falls into the dustbin of film history.
Itās the only podcast episode thatās brought me to tears and maybe itāll do the same for you, if thatās what youāre looking for.