I'm not a big literature person, but I really enjoy reading and sharing my half formed thoughts! Big fan of sound, anarchism, good horny writing and hope
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35% complete! rulapeep has read 7 of 20 books.
Zoomed through in an extractive way but was still c inchresting
Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, …
Some of these were really very beautiful. Many followed the same contours, which created a wonderful atmosphere but also was a bit repetitive at times. Kind of like if Ocean Vuong was a white gay.
Describes the successful slave revolt of 1791 in Haiti, which eventually resulted in the establishment …
Still fire on the page after almost 100 years.
Fun and acab
Lol I mean some of this is great and has some cool Marxist reflections on the creative process however I simply don’t agree with Mx Cardew at moments, in the sense that he doesn’t actually go hard enough! The reasons he identified stockhausen as imperialist aren’t actually that interesting, however the base level is interesting. Like disappointing but also useful for me Research wise?
Language Note: English, translated from the French. Description: 207 p. ; 21 cm. Other Titles: …
Honestly incredible, one of the best books I’ve read. Fascinating story about Guadeloupéen society and full of thick descriptions. Excited to read more Condé!
*This enchanting tale of a cursed mythical creature and the lonely fisherman who falls in …
Really lovely and beautiful and also hot (?!) a wonderful folk tale with lots of history and depth and very nice descriptions
Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's …
Honestly this genuinely still slaps, and is even more sage / prescient now, doing the work Baudrillard did two decades earlier !
Novel.
Overall a beautifully written book which is an incredible historical document and tender personal tale. We learn so much about the realities of being in exile within your own homeland and the pain of isolation. If I had any criticism, which is a weird one, it’s how straight the book is. As in, the women aren’t really people more ideas, and a slight over fetishisation of traditional womanhood (which in a way makes sense, he’s a horny guy stuck inside for over 10 years). Anyway, some paragraphs I had to highlight because of how wonderfully they were written, and I’m so glad I read this booo. Also the cover is one of the best designed I’ve ever seen.
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world — and what …
I always find his books super fascinating and engrossing. I listened to both of them as an audiobook and didn’t regret it, although having some of the facts written down would be rly helpful sometimes. General takeaway is that leaderless organising doesn’t work, which I’m not sure I entirely agree with, although on this specific context the argument makes sense. I think it would be interesting to put this in dialogue with, say, direct action by David Graeber. I think purely historically I’d give this a 5/5 - I learned so so much and would read it again.
Honestly a very good quick read, wonderfully simple descriptive writing, main takeaways are that Europeans are annoying and heterosexuals need to get a grip. Wished the ending had been more satisfactory in some way
This was good. I should tell my mums to read it. Voila
"In late 1991 and early 1992, Joe Sacco spent two months with Palestinians in the …
At first I was annoyed by Sacco’s depiction of himself as a clueless American, and then I realised watching his journey was part of the incredible nature of this book
Absolutely blown away by this incredible book. Genuinely one of the best written things I’ve ever read. Heartbreaking and hilarious, a great dissection of American contradiction and the mess of revolutionary war. So wonderful.
Truly truly informative, particularly about the 1956 massacre. Much more historical and in depth than Palestine, just really good thorough work
