The best books and films of 2022, some description thereof, as well as a few of the worst.
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Reading Ulysses’ “Oxen of the Sun” (to oneself, aloud, and just in general)
On the experience, specifically pain, of reading as instanced with reference to the modernist masterpiece "Ulysses" by Irish writer James Joyce.
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- 2022-05-23
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
August 2020: Read, Viewed
During the hot days of August my tremendous appetite to read was momentarily sated by more Tolstoy (eternally), James Baldwin, and even a little G.K. Chesterton.
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- 2020-09-12
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Read Viewed Consumed 2020-07
The books and films that I read and viewed during the month of July 2020, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Brief Encounter, and others.
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- 2020-08-02
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Read Viewed Consumed 2020-06
George Floyd was killed | among twenty snowy mountains | the only moving thing was the eye of the blackbird | what I read was this
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- 2020-07-05
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Read Viewed Consumed 2020-04
ONE MAN testifies to his unquenchable virility by spending late hours in bed reading and watching movies.
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- 2020-05-09
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Consumption, March 2020
Amidst the struggles of the era of COVID, one man kept consuming films and books … valiantly.
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- 2020-04-08
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Reading the News? 3 Reasons to Stop
Civic responsibility entails reading the news regularly, to keep abreast of the world’s turnings. But does this practice actually improve us as persons?
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- 2020-01-05
- Faves On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions