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This applies to popular works that are often recommended by others (for me: bell hooks’s work, Man’s Search for Meaning, Braiding Sweetgrass) but it also applies to the classics that people don’t necessarily recommend because they’re difficult— often assigned instead of recommended because they’re important— but their significance and perceived difficulty often overshadows the fact that yes, they’re actually really that fucking good. The works in this category that come to mind for me are Moby Dick and Le Samouraï. What are yours?
Oct 19, 2024
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A man on twitter once said “Moby Dick is the biggest indicator of intelligence. Most people can’t even get through the first chapter” or something like that. I turned into an avid cetologist (new word. Cetology is the study of whales?) reading this book. Not a bad sentence in the entire novel. the greatest story ever told. It’s so fucking sick. It is my bible. 2 separate times in my life I have read this book to a girl and gotten laid because of it. The last time was an actual 3 way. Shout out Herman Melville and my friend Curtis Eggleston for forcing me to read this.
Nov 4, 2021
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I don’t know why I would recommend it to be honest. The other two classics I would recommend from my heart would be The Catcher and the Rye or 100 Years of Solitude. Issue is that Rye is like the first “incelcore” book and I legit didn’t understand anything from Solitude but it was a ride. When I did read Catch-22 over the summer in high school, I just tried to get it done because I have a shitty brain that functions on porn and video games, but after I was done reading it, I tried living my life with the thought that everything was illogical, which worked for the most part, until I started to lose my mental health. so idk, it’s like a crack pipe, terrible for those who can’t control it, great for those who can.
Jun 13, 2024
Longtime lover of J.D. Salinger here, but this, his most famous book, which I read years ago, was never my favorite of his work.
But last week I checked it out from the library and found it to be an absolute delight. Funny, irreverent, acerbic, and sweet — a snapshot of the icy angst hiding beneath glossy 1950s America.
(Oh, and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is another essential read from the same sensibility.)
Sep 20, 2024
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Der Himmel uber Berlin. Slow cinema. Magical Realism. The actors that are cast as angels are entirely believable as angels. A beautiful yearning romance with not only a woman, but the human experience. Nick Cave is there. A New Year’s film, to me.
Sep 28, 2024
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surprised no one else has mentioned her! Florence Welch has the voice, looks, and passion of a pre-raphaelite siren luring you into the ocean to drown because that’s how much she loves you.
Dec 23, 2024
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if you don’t feel like a dancer, try martial arts! It gave me better balance, control, and flexibility, and the dojo I was at was very welcoming. I’m getting clumsy again after moving and I really need to start again!
Dec 23, 2024