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Pretty good quarter century
June 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Never been more relevant, sixty years on.
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
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April 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Midnight in Paris might have been more interesting if the protagonist had been Ethan Hawke and the writers in 1930s Paris had been Henry Miller, Jean Rhys and Joseph Roth.
February 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I don’t think I’ve read a more moving story than Clara, by the great Roberto Bolano.

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Clara, Roberto Bolaño | The Short Story Project
She had big breasts, slim legs and blue eyes. That’s how I like to remember her. I don’t know why I fell madly in love with her, but I did, and for a start, I
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February 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A dozen underrated movies with great atmospherics.

Scattered Clouds
Bonjour Tristesse
The Consequences of Love
Ruby in Paradise
Sundown
A Tale of Winter
Melancholia
Mississippi Mermaid
Margin Call
Asako I and II
Hard Eight
Only You
January 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As soon as MAGA won the election, the ‘i’ in Trumpist went from Isolationism to Imperialism. For context, Daniel Immerwahr’s excellent How to Hide An Empire is highly recommended.
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How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
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January 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A dozen favorite movies made by or set in Japan …

Ikiru (1952)
Ugetsu (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Scattered Clouds (1967)
Double Suicide (1969)
Tampopo (1985)
Our Little Sister (2015)
Asako I & II (2018)
Drive My Car (2021)
Perfect Days (2023)
December 9, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Not my own bookshelf but one out the front of Waterstones on Gower St. Lots of good Penguins.
November 18, 2024 at 1:14 AM