What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one’s nose, taking shortcuts. … more →
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eleonoraonline wrote 4 days ago: I’m currently reading a popular science book called The never-ending days of being dead, by Ma … more →
adairjones wrote 6 days ago: The Road The ‘road’ in literature is a theme, a symbol, an organising principle. It can be said … more →
Moira Clunie wrote 2 weeks ago: , Originally uploaded by downtownbrown by Italo Calvino is general travel reading – it … more →
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mystrygirl87 wrote 3 weeks ago: I remember a book from my childhood where seven blind mice stumble across an elephant, but because e … more →
David Chaitt wrote 1 month ago: I lent my friend Jo my copy of Invisible Cities LAST MAY and finally got it back a week ago. After … more →
brittbrouse wrote 1 month ago: Hermit in Paris: Autobiographical Writings Author: Italo Calvino Notes: Just purchased today at Jose … more →
Eduarda Sousa wrote 1 month ago: Há uns tempos escrevia eu no twitter que já sou lisboa. 9 meses por cá e ainda não consegui explora … more →
urbesque wrote 1 month ago: posted by caroline picard I’ve been thinking of the second person narrative of late, and … more →
Stephanie wrote 1 month ago: Always an interesting exercise, how I cringe and laugh and sober up all within a reading of an old j … more →
joshspilker wrote 2 months ago: An occasional series to review books that are several years old and Deckfight has never read before … more →
joanna wrote 2 months ago: Darwinian fitness. It's them or me. “Go to the ant, you sluggard: observe her ways and become w … more →
Reinaert de V. wrote 2 months ago: Foto : Thomas Dwyer Wendell: It’s a mess, ain’t it, sheriff? Ed Tom Bell: If it ain … more →
Reinaert de V. wrote 2 months ago: Foto : Thomas Dwyer Wendell: It’s a mess, ain’t it, sheriff? Ed Tom Bell: If it ain … more →
adairjones wrote 2 months ago: In the earliest known work of literary fiction, The Epic of Gilgamesh (2700 BC), jeweled trees f … more →
N wrote 2 months ago: An intense, spiritual, and graceful novel, Invisible Cities is a small book in its physicality but a … more →
allaboutjeff wrote 2 months ago: At one time, according to Sir George H. Darwin, the Moon was very close to the Earth. Then the tides … more →
Morgan Harper wrote 2 months ago: I haven’t read any books. In a while…Aren’t I a 3rd-year English/Literature stude … more →