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took a class on it and have been obsessed ever since! a phenomenal era + region for lit makes a banging canon. lispector, borges, bolaño, paz, cortazar, fuentes, carpentier, neruda, i could go on and on but it’s really a stacked list. i would never be an academic bc that shit sounds hard but to talk about these authors all day…maybe i would be more ok with no health insurance (but fr adjuncts i respect you a lot 🙏🙏🙏). if your local bookstore has a latin american section i highly recommend perusing
Feb 1, 2024
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For fans of: prose, history, poetry, beauty, humanity. Not for fans of: Spain.
Jan 23, 2024
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Only 40 or so pages in but my god, his writing is divine. I can see why García Márquez thought he was the best Latin American author. Every page is both delicious and unsettling.
Mar 1, 2025
Only a few can write fiction with this calmness and grace in their language. Every word feels like a spell by Cortazar getting you into his world. I’m still not sure which one was my favorite but Letter to a Lady in Paris is just crazy
Feb 21, 2024
Top Recs from @mdoinurmom
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if you think you’re the smartest person in your friend group you’re weird and annoying. the best friendships come out of mutual awe and respectability. be friends with people who make you want to know more things.
Jan 29, 2024
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i will never be in a situationship in the same way i will never be in the land of oz--it's just not real. i think using the word doesn't let you self-reflect in a way that is truly helpful. i was telling my friend about the awkwardness of seeing an exhook up in a relationship bc i thought we had mutual feelings and she said "oh your exsituationship" and i thought (for the first time) no, we had clear boundaries i just got my hopes up. my point is that instead of using situationship as a catch-all for not quite dating or wtv failed prospect, take it as a moment to reflect on what exactly went wrong. idk if this is profound or not
Jan 30, 2025
i’m averaging 14,000 steps a day for the past year, why? i walk everywhere. at one point i was averaging 16,000 (this is my flex). you get to explore a city and now when people ask me for directions i can actually tell them bc i’ve gotten really good at knowing where i am. if it takes less than an hour for me to walk from a to b, i will walk. if i have enough time i’ll walk 2+ hours just to see someone. just put on a good playlist/pod and go go go!!
Jan 29, 2024