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From the Harvard Bookstore Warehouse Sale.
2 books on Arabic poetry, a verse translation of Bhagavad-Gita, 2 books on Rousseau, and 1 on Heidegger.
2 books on Arabic poetry, a verse translation of Bhagavad-Gita, 2 books on Rousseau, and 1 on Heidegger.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 AM
From the Harvard Bookstore Warehouse Sale.
2 books on Arabic poetry, a verse translation of Bhagavad-Gita, 2 books on Rousseau, and 1 on Heidegger.
2 books on Arabic poetry, a verse translation of Bhagavad-Gita, 2 books on Rousseau, and 1 on Heidegger.
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Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
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Madhavi Mukherjee’s subtlety drives Ray’s 1964 masterpiece Charulata
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Madhavi Mukherjee’s subtlety drives Ray’s 1964 masterpiece Charulata
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Charulata 1964 Satyajit Ray (directing, screenplay, music) off Tagore story. Mukherjee, Chatterjee & cast extraordinary. Ray characters always written as if each a star of a whole film. Masterpiece
January 17, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Charulata 1964 Satyajit Ray (directing, screenplay, music) off Tagore story. Mukherjee, Chatterjee & cast extraordinary. Ray characters always written as if each a star of a whole film. Masterpiece
The Criterion Closet videos are little gems. Not for the films chosen. They are mostly all conventional choices. Ozu, Fellini and so on. But there is something oddly revealing about the various personalities. I guess if the camera just stares at you for 4 to 5 minutes, dissimulation is harder.
Me at anyone’s house looking at their dvd collection
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM
The Criterion Closet videos are little gems. Not for the films chosen. They are mostly all conventional choices. Ozu, Fellini and so on. But there is something oddly revealing about the various personalities. I guess if the camera just stares at you for 4 to 5 minutes, dissimulation is harder.
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***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on April 28th on Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social as part of their #Ecllipse series: #KinuyoTanaka Directs (1953-1962)!
Kinuyo Tanaka was already one of Japan’s greatest actors—celebrated for her collaborations with auteurs such as Kenji Mizoguchi,
Coming on April 28th on Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social as part of their #Ecllipse series: #KinuyoTanaka Directs (1953-1962)!
Kinuyo Tanaka was already one of Japan’s greatest actors—celebrated for her collaborations with auteurs such as Kenji Mizoguchi,
January 16, 2026 at 5:50 PM
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on April 28th on Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social as part of their #Ecllipse series: #KinuyoTanaka Directs (1953-1962)!
Kinuyo Tanaka was already one of Japan’s greatest actors—celebrated for her collaborations with auteurs such as Kenji Mizoguchi,
Coming on April 28th on Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social as part of their #Ecllipse series: #KinuyoTanaka Directs (1953-1962)!
Kinuyo Tanaka was already one of Japan’s greatest actors—celebrated for her collaborations with auteurs such as Kenji Mizoguchi,
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My audience with head-spinning multi-hyphenate Alejandro Jodorowsky: actor, director, shaman, comic-book writer, psychotherapist, poet (over Zoom, but still)
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
‘Soon I will die. And I will go with a great orgasm’: the last rites of Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Chilean film-maker’s psychedelic work earned him the title ‘king of the midnight movie’, and a fan in John Lennon. Now the 96-year-old is ready for the end – but first there is more living to do
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
My audience with head-spinning multi-hyphenate Alejandro Jodorowsky: actor, director, shaman, comic-book writer, psychotherapist, poet (over Zoom, but still)
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Bánffy is enjoyable. But if I were drafting authors from the end of Austro-Hungarian empire to its aftermath for my team, I can't think of anyone that I would place behind MB. Joseph Roth, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Gregor von Rezzori, Hugo von Hofmannsthal - all are more thrilling imo.
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Bánffy is enjoyable. But if I were drafting authors from the end of Austro-Hungarian empire to its aftermath for my team, I can't think of anyone that I would place behind MB. Joseph Roth, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Gregor von Rezzori, Hugo von Hofmannsthal - all are more thrilling imo.
Also the first book completed in 2026. A powerful book on the unspeakable horror of the Palestinian experience. I will try her other two books as well that appear to have been translated.
First book bought in 2026. I had looked for it a couple of years ago and it was hard to find. Could not resist when I saw it in a bookstore today.
January 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Also the first book completed in 2026. A powerful book on the unspeakable horror of the Palestinian experience. I will try her other two books as well that appear to have been translated.
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Please check out my Reading Notes post on Dream of a Common Movement, a collection of Urvashi Vaid's writings. I suspect there are many of us who need this book, and Vaid’s vision, now & for other possible futures beyond authoritarianism. @dukepress.bsky.social
www.lisadiedrich.org/reading-note...
www.lisadiedrich.org/reading-note...
Urvashi Vaid’s vision of the ongoingness of politics — Lisa Diedrich
For me, Duke University Press’s publication of the selected writings of Urvashi Vaid in a volume titled The Dream of a Common Movement has come at just the right time. I suspect there are many of us...
www.lisadiedrich.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Please check out my Reading Notes post on Dream of a Common Movement, a collection of Urvashi Vaid's writings. I suspect there are many of us who need this book, and Vaid’s vision, now & for other possible futures beyond authoritarianism. @dukepress.bsky.social
www.lisadiedrich.org/reading-note...
www.lisadiedrich.org/reading-note...
Enjoying reading this. Frankétienne is regarded as the father of Haitian literature. There are passages here that seem like Rimbaud's poetry & even more charged, if that were possible. It is very good at capturing the wretchedness of life in poor societies & the struggle for transcending it.
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Enjoying reading this. Frankétienne is regarded as the father of Haitian literature. There are passages here that seem like Rimbaud's poetry & even more charged, if that were possible. It is very good at capturing the wretchedness of life in poor societies & the struggle for transcending it.
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1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
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In our latest issue, Laura McMahon explores an increasingly distinct tendency in Black feminist experimental film and video to turn to dance as a way of reimagining colonial histories, archives, and afterlives.
Open access now! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
Open access now! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
In our latest issue, Laura McMahon explores an increasingly distinct tendency in Black feminist experimental film and video to turn to dance as a way of reimagining colonial histories, archives, and afterlives.
Open access now! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
Open access now! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
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By Prof. Christina Sharpe @hystericalblkns.bsky.social and Prof. Rinaldo Walcott
hyperallergic.com/the-south-af...
hyperallergic.com/the-south-af...
The South African Pavilion Is Betraying Its Own History
The same government that has held Israel accountable for its genocide in Gaza must revoke its culture minister’s decision to axe the Venice Biennale performance.
hyperallergic.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
By Prof. Christina Sharpe @hystericalblkns.bsky.social and Prof. Rinaldo Walcott
hyperallergic.com/the-south-af...
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These are the other two books by Queneau that I have. The point of this post is not to extol RQ, who is great, but to sing the praises of Barbara Wright, the translator. I noticed her work for the first time when I was reading Pinget and noticed the unexpected (to me) musicality of the work. Worth
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 AM
These are the other two books by Queneau that I have. The point of this post is not to extol RQ, who is great, but to sing the praises of Barbara Wright, the translator. I noticed her work for the first time when I was reading Pinget and noticed the unexpected (to me) musicality of the work. Worth
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As I've recently gained quite a few new followers, I would like to say to you all a sincere thank you for following, and check out my book, Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit, from @sunypress.bsky.social.
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
Killing Children in British Fiction
sunypress.edu
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As I've recently gained quite a few new followers, I would like to say to you all a sincere thank you for following, and check out my book, Killing Children in British Fiction: Thatcherism to Brexit, from @sunypress.bsky.social.
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
sunypress.edu/Books/K/Kill...
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From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
January 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
From the linked article:
Ranging across German Idealism, Hindu philosophy, Victorian realism, weird fiction, and contemporary literary criticism, the Q & A explores how novels, thought experiments, and speculative narratives function as “fictional prosthetics” for grappling with the Absolute.
Ranging across German Idealism, Hindu philosophy, Victorian realism, weird fiction, and contemporary literary criticism, the Q & A explores how novels, thought experiments, and speculative narratives function as “fictional prosthetics” for grappling with the Absolute.
What happens when philosophy hits its limits—and turns to fiction? In this #OneToOne Author Q&A, ABSOLUTE FICTION author Justin Prystash explores forgotten philosophies, global traditions, and strange literary forms that blur argument and imagination.
#ReadUP tinyurl.com/jft998jb
#ReadUP tinyurl.com/jft998jb
January 12, 2026 at 10:37 PM
From the linked article:
Ranging across German Idealism, Hindu philosophy, Victorian realism, weird fiction, and contemporary literary criticism, the Q & A explores how novels, thought experiments, and speculative narratives function as “fictional prosthetics” for grappling with the Absolute.
Ranging across German Idealism, Hindu philosophy, Victorian realism, weird fiction, and contemporary literary criticism, the Q & A explores how novels, thought experiments, and speculative narratives function as “fictional prosthetics” for grappling with the Absolute.
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What happens when philosophy hits its limits—and turns to fiction? In this #OneToOne Author Q&A, ABSOLUTE FICTION author Justin Prystash explores forgotten philosophies, global traditions, and strange literary forms that blur argument and imagination.
#ReadUP tinyurl.com/jft998jb
#ReadUP tinyurl.com/jft998jb
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
What happens when philosophy hits its limits—and turns to fiction? In this #OneToOne Author Q&A, ABSOLUTE FICTION author Justin Prystash explores forgotten philosophies, global traditions, and strange literary forms that blur argument and imagination.
#ReadUP tinyurl.com/jft998jb
#ReadUP tinyurl.com/jft998jb
Same goes for another Bengali auteur, Ritwik Ghatak, a few of whose films are on Criterion. I cannot watch them for fear of being tremendously saddened.
First watch: Apur Sansar (aka The World of Apu, 1959). The final instalment of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy, adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s autobiographical novels, and a stunning conclusion to a saga that seems to come full circle. The final half an hour or so just broke me. 1/
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Same goes for another Bengali auteur, Ritwik Ghatak, a few of whose films are on Criterion. I cannot watch them for fear of being tremendously saddened.
Read in the FT that both Maduro and Rodriguez are long time disciples of Indian spiritual guru Sai Baba. What a strange world!
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Read in the FT that both Maduro and Rodriguez are long time disciples of Indian spiritual guru Sai Baba. What a strange world!
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A modern stove in a🇺🇦apartment is a brick+something made of cast iron.Then,it radiates heat without boiling anything
About 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv are still without heating after attack.Electricity is supplied for a couple of hours.
It’s -11 right now,it will get much colder
📷O.Moroz
About 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv are still without heating after attack.Electricity is supplied for a couple of hours.
It’s -11 right now,it will get much colder
📷O.Moroz
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM
A modern stove in a🇺🇦apartment is a brick+something made of cast iron.Then,it radiates heat without boiling anything
About 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv are still without heating after attack.Electricity is supplied for a couple of hours.
It’s -11 right now,it will get much colder
📷O.Moroz
About 1,000 residential buildings in Kyiv are still without heating after attack.Electricity is supplied for a couple of hours.
It’s -11 right now,it will get much colder
📷O.Moroz
Rough translation : a lively satire about the ideological blindness that can sometimes grip spirits apparently the most enlightened.
Also these intellectuals from Tel Quel complained about the lack of visible sexuality in Mao's China. Lol!
Also these intellectuals from Tel Quel complained about the lack of visible sexuality in Mao's China. Lol!
Published next week — Jean Berthier’s new novel about the visit by Barthes, Kristeva, Sollers and others to Mao’s China in 1974:
rentreelitteraire.interforum.fr/livre/voyage...
rentreelitteraire.interforum.fr/livre/voyage...
Voyage tranquille au pays des horreurs
rentreelitteraire.interforum.fr
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Rough translation : a lively satire about the ideological blindness that can sometimes grip spirits apparently the most enlightened.
Also these intellectuals from Tel Quel complained about the lack of visible sexuality in Mao's China. Lol!
Also these intellectuals from Tel Quel complained about the lack of visible sexuality in Mao's China. Lol!
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four gems picked up from toronto’s used bookstore re-reading — i had been looking for this particular edition of Heidegger’s essays for the last two years !!
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
four gems picked up from toronto’s used bookstore re-reading — i had been looking for this particular edition of Heidegger’s essays for the last two years !!
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Three children lost their mother.
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Three children lost their mother.
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”
A community lost a friend.
The world lost a poet.
All are diminished.
From 1 of her poems:
now i can’t believe—
that the bible and qur’an and bhagavad gita are sliding long hairs behind my ear like mom used to & exhaling from their mouths “make room for wonder”