David Wright
@curiousbooks.bsky.social
Seattle librarian, storyteller, union thug & book reviewer (LJ's Classic Returns); narrator & publisher of intriguing overlooked gems as Curious Books.
Get a free audiobook when we launch, at https://mailchi.mp/708a1d7a08af/curious-books-quarterly
Get a free audiobook when we launch, at https://mailchi.mp/708a1d7a08af/curious-books-quarterly
What a filthy Presidentiad!
Are those really Congressmen?
Is that the President?
With gathering murk, with muttering thunder...
We will surely awake.
#WaltWhitman #HandsOff #Resist
Are those really Congressmen?
Is that the President?
With gathering murk, with muttering thunder...
We will surely awake.
#WaltWhitman #HandsOff #Resist
April 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What a filthy Presidentiad!
Are those really Congressmen?
Is that the President?
With gathering murk, with muttering thunder...
We will surely awake.
#WaltWhitman #HandsOff #Resist
Are those really Congressmen?
Is that the President?
With gathering murk, with muttering thunder...
We will surely awake.
#WaltWhitman #HandsOff #Resist
April 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Destructive Character: A Cover
Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) · Episode
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February 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Reposted by David Wright
This is not a time to panic and catastrophize. It's a time to fight for the rule of law -- and the fight is already notching victories.
jaymichaelson.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
jaymichaelson.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
The Fight for the Rule of Law is On
Don't be deceived by carnival hucksterism. The Trump Train is already derailing.
jaymichaelson.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is not a time to panic and catastrophize. It's a time to fight for the rule of law -- and the fight is already notching victories.
jaymichaelson.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
jaymichaelson.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
Collect ‘em all!
February 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Collect ‘em all!
We are whomever our habits reveal us to be. As witness to my own fundamental unseriousness, the only habit I've kept to without fail in 2025 is to start the day by reading a few pages of #FinnegansWake aloud, to the cat. #FridayReads #JamesJoyce
January 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We are whomever our habits reveal us to be. As witness to my own fundamental unseriousness, the only habit I've kept to without fail in 2025 is to start the day by reading a few pages of #FinnegansWake aloud, to the cat. #FridayReads #JamesJoyce
No, of course they’re not “the best,” but these six #audiobooks are really really good… www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
6 best audiobooks of 2024
Our writer shares six of the best audiobook performances of the year, including the narration of "James," "Creation Lake," "Martyr!" and more.
www.seattletimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 4:10 PM
No, of course they’re not “the best,” but these six #audiobooks are really really good… www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
#FridayReads GAME WITHOUT RULES, by Michael Gilbert. A clever marriage of the cold unease of Le Carré and the cozy charm of Christie, these highly addictive tales of intrigue should pair well w/ Thanksgiving leftovers. #bookreview www.libraryjournal.com/review/game-...
November 29, 2024 at 4:12 PM
#FridayReads GAME WITHOUT RULES, by Michael Gilbert. A clever marriage of the cold unease of Le Carré and the cozy charm of Christie, these highly addictive tales of intrigue should pair well w/ Thanksgiving leftovers. #bookreview www.libraryjournal.com/review/game-...
#FridayReads WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Joseph Roth’s psychological insight and complex moral vision are distilled in this pitiable, poetic tragedy, which proceeds with the grim logic and economy of a fairy tale. www.libraryjournal.com/review/weigh...
November 23, 2024 at 12:22 AM
#FridayReads WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Joseph Roth’s psychological insight and complex moral vision are distilled in this pitiable, poetic tragedy, which proceeds with the grim logic and economy of a fairy tale. www.libraryjournal.com/review/weigh...
At the start of last night’s bomb cyclone, we had two Mitt Romney heads on the porch. This morning, one had fled the scene.
Imagine, if you will, venturing out into sheeting rain and 50 mph wind gusts, and seeing the head of Mitt Romney tumbling down the street.
Imagine, if you will, venturing out into sheeting rain and 50 mph wind gusts, and seeing the head of Mitt Romney tumbling down the street.
November 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
At the start of last night’s bomb cyclone, we had two Mitt Romney heads on the porch. This morning, one had fled the scene.
Imagine, if you will, venturing out into sheeting rain and 50 mph wind gusts, and seeing the head of Mitt Romney tumbling down the street.
Imagine, if you will, venturing out into sheeting rain and 50 mph wind gusts, and seeing the head of Mitt Romney tumbling down the street.
On Strike Against God, by #JoannaRuss
Vitriolic, vulnerable, polemical and devastatingly funny, Russ’s uncompromising tour de force bristles with trenchant truth-telling that will make it a life-changing encounter for many readers. www.libraryjournal.com/review/on-st...
#books #bookreview
Vitriolic, vulnerable, polemical and devastatingly funny, Russ’s uncompromising tour de force bristles with trenchant truth-telling that will make it a life-changing encounter for many readers. www.libraryjournal.com/review/on-st...
#books #bookreview
November 16, 2024 at 3:16 PM
On Strike Against God, by #JoannaRuss
Vitriolic, vulnerable, polemical and devastatingly funny, Russ’s uncompromising tour de force bristles with trenchant truth-telling that will make it a life-changing encounter for many readers. www.libraryjournal.com/review/on-st...
#books #bookreview
Vitriolic, vulnerable, polemical and devastatingly funny, Russ’s uncompromising tour de force bristles with trenchant truth-telling that will make it a life-changing encounter for many readers. www.libraryjournal.com/review/on-st...
#books #bookreview
If you've never had the good fortune to live your way through Dorothy Richardson's vast stream-of-existence novel of novels, there'll be a chance to do so with company in 2026, w/ a spiffy new ltd. edition. THRILLING news! My own Viragos are getting real pulpy. #PilgrimageTogether #FridayReads
#PilgrimageTogether returns in 2026!
I've just contracted with Dorothy Richardson's estate to publish a limited edition of her 2,000-page, 13 volume modernist masterpiece, Pilgrimage, in the US. It will be available as a set by September 2025.
I've just contracted with Dorothy Richardson's estate to publish a limited edition of her 2,000-page, 13 volume modernist masterpiece, Pilgrimage, in the US. It will be available as a set by September 2025.
November 15, 2024 at 6:28 PM
If you've never had the good fortune to live your way through Dorothy Richardson's vast stream-of-existence novel of novels, there'll be a chance to do so with company in 2026, w/ a spiffy new ltd. edition. THRILLING news! My own Viragos are getting real pulpy. #PilgrimageTogether #FridayReads
#FridayReads QUIET STREET (1930) by Mikhail Ossorgin.
“Strange how fearless the wolves had grown.”
“Strange how fearless the wolves had grown.”
November 15, 2024 at 5:43 PM
#FridayReads QUIET STREET (1930) by Mikhail Ossorgin.
“Strange how fearless the wolves had grown.”
“Strange how fearless the wolves had grown.”
"He laughed with whole-hearted gusto. The preposterous comedy of this gang of criminals branding everyone else as criminals was suddenly too much for him to take."
- Hans Fallada, Every Man Dies Alone
- Hans Fallada, Every Man Dies Alone
November 14, 2024 at 6:52 PM
"He laughed with whole-hearted gusto. The preposterous comedy of this gang of criminals branding everyone else as criminals was suddenly too much for him to take."
- Hans Fallada, Every Man Dies Alone
- Hans Fallada, Every Man Dies Alone
"It’s raining, and I suddenly feel the terrible weight of being an animal that doesn’t know what it is, dreaming its thought and emotion, withdrawn into a spatial region of being as into a hovel, satisfied by a little heat as by an eternal truth.”
― Fernando Pessoa
― Fernando Pessoa
November 13, 2024 at 7:27 PM
"It’s raining, and I suddenly feel the terrible weight of being an animal that doesn’t know what it is, dreaming its thought and emotion, withdrawn into a spatial region of being as into a hovel, satisfied by a little heat as by an eternal truth.”
― Fernando Pessoa
― Fernando Pessoa