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"And Then There Were (N-One)" is available to read here (NOTE: Submitter has added TWs for murder and discussions of drug addiction and natural disasters. Read at your own risk.)
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fromdarzaitoleeza · 1 year ago
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{Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star/ Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel/ removed the French one / u.k / words by @not-sewell /old Spanish sayings/ paintings by ker Xavier roussel/ "Man sitting on a Log", 1893, by Karoly Ferenczy/Pavel benkov/ salman toor}
{Add if you know something in your language too}
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dark-romantics · 2 years ago
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welcometogrouchland · 1 year ago
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I understand that literature nerd Jason Todd is kind of overblown in fanon compared to it's actual presence in canon (a few issues during his pre (and post?)crisis Robin tenure that highlight it) BUT consider that I think it's hilarious if the unhinged gun toting criminal has strong opinions on poetry
#ramblings of a lunatic#dc comics#Jason Todd#batfamily#it's just a fun quirk! it's a fun lil detail and I simply cannot slight ppl for enjoying and incorporating it into works#like obviously jason isn't the only one. I'm a big believer in the batfam having over lapping interests they refuse to bond over#i know dick canonically used the robin hood stories (which are pretty flowery in their language far as i can tell) as inspo for Robin#and i know babs was a librarian and even tho her area of nerddom is characterized as more computery she probably knows quite a lot-#-about literature as well#duke is a hobbyist writer i believe? i saw a fan mention that- which if so is great and I hope he's also a nerd#(i mean he is canonically. i remember him being a puzzle nerd in his introduction. but i mean specifically a lit nerd)#damian called Shakespeare boring but also took acting classes so i think he's more of a theatre kid.#Tim's a dropout and i don't think he's ever shown distinct interest in english lit and i can't remember for Steph?#I'm ngl my brain hyperfocused on musician Steph i forget some of her other interests I'm sorry (minus softball and gymnastics!)#and then Cass had her whole (non linear but it's whatevs) arc about literacy and learning to read#went from struggling to read in batgirl 00 to memorizing Shakespeare in 'tec and is now an avid read in batgirls!#she's shown reading edgar allen poe but we don't know if it's his short stories or his poems#point to all of the above being: i know Jason's not the only lit nerd in the batfam#but also i do need him to be writing poetry in his spare time and reading and reviewing it#jason at the next dead robins society meeting: evening folks today I'll be assigning all of us poems based on laika the space dog#damian and steph who have been kidnapped and brought to jasons warehouse to hangout: LET US GO BITCH#speaking of^ random poem i think jason would like: space dog by alan shapiro#wake up one morning in an unfamiliar more mature body with a profound sense of abandonment. the last four lines. mmm tasty
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jvledrn · 5 months ago
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In English we say "I love you so much that it hurts" but in the language of poetry we say:
A conflagration burns within my chest,
A love so vast, it cannot be expressed.
Yet in its fervor, agony resides,
A bittersweet torment, where passion abides.
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theartofperishingslowly · 7 months ago
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Pt 2. Of Things my English teacher has said in class:
"Don't just study literature for happiness, but also have some passion and usage: be a hedonistic utilitarian before everything else."
I would've started clapping if the class wasn't so serious.
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rayhan-is-better · 27 days ago
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Don't call me funny or smart. Call me the love of your life so I can be complete.
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elemwire · 8 days ago
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Let The Words Come
Let the words come,
From the heart,
Not the mind,
And see the sounds of trumpets,
Hear the colors of a rainbow,
Feel the heat of ice,
Or the chill of coal,
An endless rigamarole,
Let the words come,
From the heart,
More and more.
-Sebastian Devassy Cherian
@elemwire
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nedlittle · 23 days ago
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it's that time of the year again! i read a whopping 135 books in 2024 and have collected the worst of the worst for your entertainment ft. homophobia, taylor swift, girlboss baba yaga, and mary shelley's nipples. i hope you enjoy these reviews to make up for the suffering i endured to write them.
a lethal lady by nekesa afia ⭐
A Lethal Lady exists in a series of nondescript beige rooms because there is no effort put into making them anything else. Your reader should not have to imagine scenery themselves because you cannot be bothered to craft any description apart from vague adjectives, which do nothing if they exist without context!
the good women of fudi by liu hong ⭐
It's like Liu Hong sat down and Googled "gay books" and read the first one that came up, then Googled "lesbian books" and did the exact same thing. And then she thought, What if I did that but worse?
the witch and the tsar by oleysa salnikova gilmore ⭐
We can't even have hags anymore. Because of woke. At least Marya Morevna is bisexual.
mary and the birth of frankenstein by anne eekhout (tr. laura watkinson) ⭐
If I were sent back to 1816, I could identify Mary Shelley by her nipples alone. I could pick her nipples out of a police lineup. Her nipples are going to haunt me for the rest of my life. Her nipples are more myself than my own.
a fatal crossing by tom hindle ⭐.25
The timeline spans five days but feels like five years. The chapters are relatively short, but the action is so repetitive that it becomes cyclical, dragging on like Hector's corpse around the walls of Troy.
five wives by joan thomas ⭐.25
The Governor General's Award is not a serious award, lmao. We have approximately five recognizable Canadian writers, so much of our publishing is just slop, so we have to reward everyone who can string two sentences together.
dear sylvia, love jane by erin hall ⭐.5
It's like oh wow queer found family! community! a spunky underdog protagonist! And then a woman is murdered off-page by her husband who is then iced on-page by the mob. And then we go back to found family.
late bloomer by mazey eddings ⭐.75
You could scroll gay Twitter for 30 minutes and have the same experience as reading this book.
the formidable miss cassidy by meihan boey ⭐⭐
The characters and dialogue were too twee for my tastes, and Miss Cassidy herself is Mary Poppins if she were a whimsigoth Tumblr witch.
maude horton's glorious revenge by lizzie pook ⭐⭐
The whole book lends itself to being read with only half of one's brain engaged; neither engaging nor forgettable, it's the sort of thing that vanishes entirely from your psyche the moment after you mark it as read.
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we-r-loonies · 9 months ago
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there must be a weird domino effect between discovering fanfiction at 10 years old, and getting HIGHHH grades in english.
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"To Build a Fire" is available to read here
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fromdarzaitoleeza · 2 years ago
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Something in myself rejects me Perhaps I am someone else.
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If it was a piece of paper, I would tear it. If it was bottle, I would break it. If it was a wall, I would tear it down,- but it is my heart.
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I can't forget you, not because I have a strong memory, but because I have a heart that never denies those who settled in it once.
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Are we what we do with time, or are we what time does with us?
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writerintheworld · 6 months ago
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“Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.”
Ashton Kutcher
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logophilist1982 · 6 months ago
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I may think of you softly from time to time. But I'll cut off my hand before I ever reach you again.
-Arthur miller ( the crucible )
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syerafeim · 6 months ago
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Lang Leav, Lost Things from Love and Misadveture
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katabay · 1 year ago
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last year I got really obsessed with jeon woochi, like that was the only thing on my brain 24/7 for three weeks straight and I still have not fully recovered from that
bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost ⭐ cara.app
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