#Rebecca Makkai

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And was friendship that different in the end from love? You took the possibility of sex out of it, and it was all about the moment anyway. Being here, right now, in someone’s life. Making room for someone in yours.

Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

eurydice, sarah ruhl // francis forever, mitski // hamlet, william shakespeare // the worm king's lullaby, richard siken // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // walking home, marie howe // amy & roger's epic detour, morgan matson // the epic of gilgamesh // from june to december - summer villanelle, wendy cope // eurydice, sarah ruhl

outhouse, rachel mckibbens // hamlet, william shakespeare // the great believers, rebecca makkai // a little life, hanya yanagihara // introduction to quantum theory, franny choi // concerning the book that is the body of the beloved, gregory orr // the song of achilles, madeline miller // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // les miserables, victor hugo // eurydice, sarah ruhl

the epic of gilgamesh // eurydice, sarah ruhl // in the name of love, katie maria // the great believers, rebecca makkai // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // the time traveller's wife, audrey niffenegger // hamlet, william shakespeare // on the death of summer and baptismal promises, w.r. // amy & roger's epic detour, morgan matson // road to hell (reprise), anaïs mitchell

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I had big plans for my weekend, but I think I just want to read.

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Hi, can you do a web weave on the loss of a lover who you grieve for everyday for your life and wishes to seek their love everyday?

Thank you so much and I love you blog!!

i hope you're doing okay <33

L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz / Ocean Vuong in an interview by Tonya Mosley / Martha Gellhorn from a letter to Hortense Flexner and Wyncie King Selected Letters of Martha Gellhorn / pinterest / Rebecca Makkai The Great Believers / Anne Carson Glass, Irony and God / One Day (2011) dir. Lone Scherfig / pinterest

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what i'm reading rn - sarah

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“The Plaza.” by Rebecca Makkai. Bonus points if you can figure out what famous literary work this short story satirizes before the end.

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i don’t know why i thought it would be a good idea to read a book about the aids epidemic and a book about the rwandan genocide concurrently but boy am i depressed

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How beautiful, the doomed love! How gorgeous and ambient, the ways we abandon each other! The lovely wars we die in, the poetry of disease!

Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers

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Lake Michigan, impossibly blue, the morning light bouncing toward the city. Lake Michigan frozen in sheets you could walk on but wouldn't dare. Lake Michigan, gray out a high-rise window, indistinguishable from the sky. Bread, hot from the oven. Or even stale in the restaurant basket, rescued by salty butter. The Cubs winning the pennant someday. The Cubs winning the Series. The Cubs continuing to lose. His favorite song, not yet written. His favorite movie, not yet made. The depth of an oil brushstroke. Chagall's blue windows. Picasso's blue man and his guitar. Dr. Cheng said, "I'm going to write down everything I say to you, so you can read it again later."

— The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai

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Currently reading

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hi! Love, love, love your web weaves sm!

Can you do one on trying to convince yourself that your ex is a douchebag, but you can't? If you're still taking requests ofc!

Stay safe <3

hi !! i interpreted this as like longing but also failing to let go. i hope that's close to what you meant lol. i hope you're doing well <33

and everything i did i thought "you should be here"

Car Seat Headrest I Want You to Know That I'm Awake/I Hope That You're Asleep / pinterest / @/dustyfan (tiktok) / pinterest / Vita Sackville-West / Bon Iver A song for a lover of long time ago / pinterest / Rebecca Makkai The Great Believers