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Jul 17, 2025
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The Machines Are Not the Problem
The 1960 Italian Novel That Foresaw the Real Problem with AI: Humans
Jun 7
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The Book Club
What it is, how to join, and the current book
Mar 15
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Laurus: Prolegomenon — Chapter 6
In which we meet Arseny and Christofer
Jun 4
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The Book Club - Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin
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May 28
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Very Carefully Educated To Be Idiots
Oct 3, 2025
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Fanfiction Ruins Everything
Dec 2, 2025
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Against the Artificial
Jan 6
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The Book Club
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Poetry
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Fallen
I was woken by a whisper of snow which defied the pearlescent sun and the warmth of the earlier week and touched the honeyed earth.
May 9
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There Is No Bloodless Dawn
A poem for the violence of Spring
Mar 9
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By Night I Loosed Clay Ghosts
Cross-legged on the hot wooden floor at the mouth of my fire I watch reds and oranges stain my paper-white clay.
Jan 11
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Forgetting
A poem for the fog
Oct 2, 2025
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Essays and Articles
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Our Present Condition
On the growing prevalence of present tense in fiction
May 25
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You Are What You Read
How fiction forms and changes your mind, and not always for the better
Mar 18
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The Futility of Kindness
A Japanese Film about the Criminal Mind Has A Profound, Uncomfortable Message
Feb 6
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Against the Artificial
A collection of resources about the dangers of AI
Jan 6
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Fanfiction Ruins Everything
A peek into the world of fan fiction and how its pomps and works have bled into mainstream storytelling...
Dec 2, 2025
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Book Reviews
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The Machines Are Not the Problem
The 1960 Italian Novel That Foresaw the Real Problem with AI: Humans
Jun 7
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The River Loves You
Malicroix by Henri Bosco, a gorgeous novel that might change you
May 17
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Read in 2026...
...so far. An ongoing list. Reviews to be linked
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The Great TBR Book List
Compiled 2026 - A Living List
May 5
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