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Category Archives: reviews
The best books I read in 2021
Lots of good books this year, with me thoroughly enjoying stuff I’ve read by Pynchon, Ishiguro, Petrushevskaya, Jhumpa Lahiri and Teju Cole, as well as several books from Steven Brust’s Taltos series and several more from Sjowall and Wahlöö’s Martin … Continue reading
The best movies I watched in 2021
This was the first full year where I had access to some kind of streaming service for all of it. As a result, I watched a lot of movies this year, but in a lot more mainstream fashion than previously. … Continue reading
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2021 in Review: Articles Part II
Here’s the second part of interesting articles for this year, where the fun stuff is. Art, Reviews and Cultural Criticism Here’s Why Liking Something I Don’t Like Makes You A Bad Person Damien Kronfeld at The Reductress has a … … Continue reading
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2021 in Review: Articles Part I
Here are some interesting things I read this year on the internet. It’s harder to make these lists as more of the stuff I read ends up being paywalled, so I can’t necessarily easily check back whether I still find … Continue reading
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2021 in Review: Quotes
Martin Buber believed that the foundation for human existence is relational. People can create between-zones of resonant meaning. In a letter to Ludwig Binswanger, the Swiss psychiatrist, he wrote, “Dialog in my sense implies the necessity of the unforeseen, and … Continue reading
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The best books I read in 2020
Given that there wasn’t much else to do, I read a lot of good books this year, but there was no single standout. I would have trouble picking a best book I read this year, and that means I also … Continue reading
The best movies I watched in 2020
A lot of a year late and a dollar short flavour to these picks, but you know, not that much came out in 2020 so what can I do? Parasite (기생충 2019, dir. Bong Joon-ho, trailer) I saw this movie … Continue reading
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2020 in Review: Articles Part 2
Edit: links should now be fixed such that wanting to read about immigration doesn’t forward you to a story about spies, etc. Thanks to the Yorkshire Ranter for the tip! All right, now for the more fun stuff. These are … Continue reading
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2020 in Review: Articles Part 1
There were really three stories that were universal this year, and so I wanted to compile a list of things I read on those topics where I felt like I was learning something new or interesting, before opening up to … Continue reading
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2020 in Review: Quotes Part 2
Continuing with quoting stuff… “я думаю, что если комик плохой, то после смерти, он попадает именно в кальянную, где он должен вечность рассказывать один и тот же матерьял который не работает” —Александр Долгополов, интервью у Дудя “Очень трудно спорить с … Continue reading
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