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I’m an academic so i find really good inspiration in good nonfiction

Sophie Lewis, Christina Sharpe, Clair Wills, Brian Dillon, Lola Olufemi, Elizabeth Hardwick, Francesca Wade, Annie Ernaux, Carmen Maria Machado, Darryl Pinckney, Leslie Jamison, Françoise Vergés………reading good stuff that even isn’t related to what i do just inspires me to be a better writer and a more careful conscientious thinker. recently finished Jason Okundaye’s Revolutionary Acts which is a superb, beautifully written oral history.

@emermaid

Mar 24, 2024

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writers

Joan Didion. Camila Sosa Villada. Mona Awad. Ottessa Moshfegh. Yukio Mishima. Mary Gaitskill. Books I'm currently reading and liking so far: A Little Life-Hanya Yanagihara. Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu. Hunger-Martín Caparrós. Books I've read in the past and liked: Mist-Miguel de Unamuno. Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada. Bunny-Mona Awad. Death In Her Hands-Ottessa Moshfegh. My Year of Rest and Relaxation-Ottessa Moshfegh. Animal-Lisa Taddeo. This Is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill. Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs. Cultish-Amanda Montell. So You've Been Publicly Shamed-Jon Ronson. Rosario Tijeras-Jorge Franco. Educated-Tara Westover. Maus-Art Spiegelman.

@mariamaria

Sep 24, 2024

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Love a good short book

seconding the rec of Angela Davis’ ‘Are prisons obsolete?’ Also: Ejaculate responsibly - Gabrielle Blair Night - Elie wiesel on tyranny - Timothy Snyder A small place - Jamaica Kincaid The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house - Audre lorde Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast - Oscar Wilde Recognizing the stranger - Isabella hammad

@danielalala

Feb 21, 2025

Top Recs from @its_just_kate

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Get off social media

at least casually. don’t delete the accounts but don’t have the apps on your phone either. rediscover your love of reading thru the magic of recognizing titles strangers are holding on the subway. become a subway reader. don’t use sound as an escape from your thoughts/feelings/surroundings. grocery shopping without headphones is actually kind of beautiful! pick up a new hobby or two or three. one of them should be something you’re not good at, and at least one should be no- or low-cost. never. stop. learning. the library, the parks and rec department, and nearby museums offer great materials already but also usually have free lectures or courses. go outside more. like, a lot more. (took this much less literally, so apologies if it’s not what you’re looking for lol — as a narcoleptic I have no tips on how to Not Sleep since Sleep is basically my job)

@its_just_kate

Sep 30, 2024

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2025 is the year of being hot and causing chaos

destined in the stars

@its_just_kate

Jan 1, 2025

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Reading multiple books at once

keeps it funky, keeps it fresh! a book for outside, a book for downstairs, a book for bed, a book for the subway, a book for the bathtub…..

@its_just_kate

Nov 30, 2024