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To those who have read James and dug it - I urge you to keep reading more Percival Everett! He’s written lots of other great books. I’ve gotten through 7 or 8 so far (which is barely scratching the surface . . . he’s written like 30 novels). The guy is a really polymath: paintings, poetry, woodworking, etc. The Trees, Erasure, and So Much Blue rank among my favorite of his novels.
Mar 10, 2025
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I recently read Vertigo and now I’m reading Rings of Saturn. They are part travelogue, part memoir and part history book. I find he is really easy to read because he speaks universal truths but with really unique and beautiful language and it feels like you are wandering around thinking about life with him. A big theme is decay. There is a part in Rings of Saturn where he talks about how the memory and expanse of a place turns into a single tiny spot in your mind and I can’t stop thinking about that.
Jan 7, 2025
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I’ve read most of his books twice since, yeah, total misanthrope and I’m sure we’d have nothing to talk about other than birds. But the man knows how to tell a story, and wow he does a number on dysfunctional families. It’s not great but Purity was quite fun at parts and for a deep cut, his second novel Strong Motion was very entertaining to me since it takes place in 90s Somerville where I used to live (not in the 90s).
Mar 2, 2024
Immense, labyrinthine, horny. No one does prose and story like the boy TP. Give yourself to the rhythm.
Feb 23, 2024
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Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Suss, John Carpenter
Mar 10, 2025
In hindsight, it was probably Ratatouille that started my Francophile ways. Now I’ve reached the level of nerdom that this 1941 copy of The Escoffier Cook Book brings me the same joy as Truffaut or Tati.
Mar 12, 2025