source: Beauman, Ned. (2022). Venomous Lumpsucker. Soho Press.
via: my partner’s recommendation.
literature
- A prosthesis over a healthy limb (10 June 2026) (2022). AI as a crutch that cripples.
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- Quite frankly, I don't remember (12 June 2026) (1960). A discussion of immortality at a noisy bar.*
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source: Borges, J. L. (1960). “Diálogo sobre un diálogo.” El hacedor. Buenos Aires: Emecé. English: “A Dialogue About a Dialogue,” trans. Andrew Hurley, in Collected Fictions. New York: Viking, 1998.
- On the day when he drank the poison (8 September 2026) (360 B.C.E.). Deliciously succinct exposition
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source: Plato. (c. 360 B.C.E.). Phaedo. Trans. Benjamin Jowett. Internet Classics Archive.via: seeing Phaedo in someone’s hand at PDX Coffee Club in Hillsdale, and remembering how much I loved the opening line.
- A gem backed with foil (10 June 2026) (2004). The narrative foil's beautiful etymology is a gem.*
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source: Wikipedia. “Foil (narrative).” Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- In too much of a hurry to look (20 August 2026) (1961). The city of Reality fades to invisible because nobody looks at it.
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source: Juster, Norton. (1961). The Phantom Tollbooth. Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Epstein & Carroll; distributed by Random House. Chapter 9, “It’s All in How You Look at Things”.via: reading with Indigo, from the chapter books shelf of readingstori.es.