Augustin Yu
@augustinyu.bsky.social
Augustin Yu is the pen name for a writer based in Philadelphia. Under his previous cognomen, he has published in Library Journal, Salarakas, and Bedfellows. He enjoys music, Alec Guinness's portrayal of George Smiley, Iron Chef, and Marco Pierre-White.
“Oú sont les neiges d’antan?”
March 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Oú sont les neiges d’antan?”
Random question: When did you learn how to study? And who taught you?
February 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Random question: When did you learn how to study? And who taught you?
I joined the Athenaeum the other day, and it’s been pretty
rad.
rad.
February 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I joined the Athenaeum the other day, and it’s been pretty
rad.
rad.
Reposted by Augustin Yu
February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
20/20
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20/20
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February 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
20/20
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20/20
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I’m having my long work lunch at UNO’s while watching the Eagles parade on the television next to the teenage couple on a date and reminiscing of six years ago in Toulouse at a hospital restaurant where I had a Valentine’s Day lunch with my friend’s mother before she passed away the following year.
February 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m having my long work lunch at UNO’s while watching the Eagles parade on the television next to the teenage couple on a date and reminiscing of six years ago in Toulouse at a hospital restaurant where I had a Valentine’s Day lunch with my friend’s mother before she passed away the following year.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
19/20
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge
19/20
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#20bookchallenge
February 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
19/20
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#20bookchallenge
19/20
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18/20
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18/20
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February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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18/20
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18/20
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Anyone use Obsidian?
February 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Anyone use Obsidian?
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
17/20
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#20bookchallenge
17/20
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February 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
17/20
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17/20
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
16/20
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16/20
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February 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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16/20
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16/20
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I’m glad the Eagles won!
February 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I’m glad the Eagles won!
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
15/20
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15/20
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February 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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15/20
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15/20
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14/20
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14/20
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February 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
14/20
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14/20
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I’m conducting my first Beethoven symphony in March. It’s a bit strange to me that I’ve conducted Bruckner’s 8th Symphony and Mahler’s First Symphony, before any Beethoven symphony.
February 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’m conducting my first Beethoven symphony in March. It’s a bit strange to me that I’ve conducted Bruckner’s 8th Symphony and Mahler’s First Symphony, before any Beethoven symphony.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
13/20
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13/20
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February 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
13/20
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13/20
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I have to own up to it: I’m quietly intensely like Larry David when I’m at an orchestra concert.
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I have to own up to it: I’m quietly intensely like Larry David when I’m at an orchestra concert.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
12/20
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#20bookchallenge
12/20
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February 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
12/20
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12/20
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I saw it once in a movie theater with a professor who thought my friend at the time was my girlfriend, and he was trying to date her, even though they were like 60 years apart. And on the train ride home, he asked me if she liked him.
Melancholia was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen and I will absolutely never watch it again
February 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I saw it once in a movie theater with a professor who thought my friend at the time was my girlfriend, and he was trying to date her, even though they were like 60 years apart. And on the train ride home, he asked me if she liked him.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
11/20
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#20bookchallenge
11/20
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February 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
11/20
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11/20
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I never thought I’d live in a world where bank branches only had car-based ATMs, but here we are.
February 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I never thought I’d live in a world where bank branches only had car-based ATMs, but here we are.
I didn’t realize until this morning that the US has gone from a quiet imperial power to a full-on out-and-out-non-apologetic imperial empire.
February 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I didn’t realize until this morning that the US has gone from a quiet imperial power to a full-on out-and-out-non-apologetic imperial empire.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
10/20
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#20bookchallenge
10/20
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February 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
10/20
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10/20
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Anyone knows which libraries offer the Financial Times?
February 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Anyone knows which libraries offer the Financial Times?