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A great novel that’s quick (if a little "difficult") to read. Brutal and cautionary, it feels like Sam is looking at an alternate path he *could* have taken, but where he zigged, his main character zagged and we are left with the real, funny Sam Tallent and the fictional, equally funny but twice as doomed Billy Ray Schafer
Jun 20, 2025
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I read it for a class and it connected with me to some degree. i think I liked it more because I had read it after reading “Ordinary Light” by Tracy K Smith, which sucked ass. The reason why it sucked ass is because every other line, Smith is either talking about God or going into the microfibers of details on a simple thing. She will write about how she got a boo-boo on her toe and how it re-shaped her life as a whole and then somehow relating back to God. Like, bitch please, when I got an injury when I was 8 I was wondering why i hadn’t broken my bone. Burroughs keeps the simple simple and uses pop-culture and media to describe things and it makes sense. When I see a friend make a piece of art, I wouldn’t say something of the lines, ”those lines strike and shine across the paper like birds in the horizon“ no bitch I would be saying, “hey its better than what Zun can draw and also if you want to make money, rule 34 is the place!” also Burroughs doesn’t shy away from showing the ugly sides of himself, he steals money and manipulates a 34 year old man to fuck his 13 year old self. Shits crazy and not close to my life, but it’s more relatable somehow.
Jun 13, 2024
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There's an honesty you can get out of a child's perspective that allows a writer to shine a light on what life is like if you ignore all the fluff that is fun to read here add to it a genuinely entertaining narrator giving a similar self-confidence and wit to colden hollfield and it's quite a treat
Oct 28, 2024
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An insane and unhinged take on the classic cross-country runaway story — the protagonists are more antiheroes than heroes, but you root for them all the way until the last page. The plot is refreshing, the journey you take with Teal and Cody is a blast, and the writing is exceptional. I loved the seemless transition of perspectives, often mid-chapter or even mid-sentence, as well as dream-like explorations of characters who weren’t actually with the leads. Teenager is one of the few books I’ve read that I consider a must read.
Jun 2, 2022
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A website with a collection of screengrabs from nearly every movie you could think of, and you can sort by film title, director, cinematographer, year, genre, country, etc. Great for visual references for lookbooks, or just to discover a new film you might be interested in seeing!
I've attached one of my favorite stills, a great moment from Chungking Express (Dir. Wong Kar-Wai, 1994).
Dec 30, 2024
At my local indie cinema for a projection of the new Nosferatu, infinitely grateful I have a place like this I can go to see new stuff and incredible programming!
Dec 25, 2024
Just going out and picking up any kind of used physical media (books, CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes) makes the archivist in me happy, like I’m preserving somebody else’s story/ enjoyment of something
My personal favorite thing is VHS tapes, I’ve got a decent collection (all thrifted) and they’re usually the cheapest things offered
Jan 3, 2025