December movies

Wie "oh das neue Buch von Wodin ist interessant" dann im Buchschnitt aussieht

Das neue Buch von Natascha Wodin ist interessant

Wie kann man sich nur so zum Gespött machen.

i was especially struck by these paragraphs, which rang very true to me. libs who grew up around conservatives aren't embarrassed to be liberals--or confused about what conservatives want. there's a certain kind of elite media man, on the other hand--

those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media my latest for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2042...

How did I not know of the word FANTODS before now?

Sad to hear of Joanna Trollope's passing. I have a lot of thoughts about her works. Maybe I should find a place to write them down. www.instagram.com/p/DSM4tDzinh...

I feel like maybe I just don't "get" Denis Johnson?

Sad about Stoppard's passing I spent this morning rereading his best play: www.instagram.com/p/DRrZ_LGCmC... #tomstoppard

Heute klauen wir hier

If you have a Nazi tattoo that you only remove when expedient for your career, you are a Nazi.

Springsteen: how the literalism in current biopics reflects critical reading habits in contemporary cultural journalism. In this essay I will

Hé, ça vous dit, un petit #concours ? On vous offre un exemplaire poche de La Bedondaine des Tanukis ! Les règles sont simples : nous suivre sur Bluesky et re-partager ce post. Vous avez jusqu'au 20 pour tenter votre chance !

in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism

Alle Schwachen und Wehrlosen, so muss man konstatieren, kommen eher früher als später ins Visier dieser grossen Koalition der Grausamkeit

Disappointed #bookerprize

This is the best obituary for James Watson I've read this week.

September/October movies

i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution

Wer einen spannenden Artikel zum Phänomen Dimes Square lesen möchte:

In Bonn Kunst für @beritmiriam.bsky.social

Flying back home yesterday, reading the only book I bought, Sapiro's updated essay on separating the author from their work. Sapiro's most famous works deal with the morality and responsibility of authorship, focusing especially on French writers. www.instagram.com/p/DQU1Z6DCn4... #booksky

Because other books had priority, I'm only now getting to read RF Kuang's new book: Katabasis. www.instagram.com/p/DQE_IVRiiw...

“Are you Haitian?”

Bin entsetzt wie gut meine Freunde und Bekannten schreiben. Beispiel 7000: @comeonbaehr.bsky.social

For no particular reason (*cough* #nobelprizeineconomics) I recommend looking up (usually neo Marxist) critiques of Joseph Schumpeter's theory of imperialism.

"Halo: Guns, Clones and Indigeneity" - in this essay I will...

For no particular reason (*cough* #nobelprizeineconomics) I recommend looking up (usually neo Marxist) critiques of Joseph Schumpeter's theory of imperialism.

Congratulations to László Krasznahorkai. A frequently great, sometimes excellent novelist who is absolutely deserving of the award. His most recent translated novel isn't his best but that's par for the course for Nobel winners. In his best writing he deals with fears and terrors embedded in history

I really deeply hope Christian Kracht doesn't win the #NobelPrize today. Not because he is a bad writer. Because what anglophone critics consider playful engagement with German history reads very different to Germans where he's become one of the new neo-Nazi Intelligentsia's favorite novelists.

So www.instagram.com/share/p/BAMC... #thomaspynchon #shadowticket

"When trouble comes to town, it usually takes the North Shore Line." Let's fucking gooooooo

Sometimes people have such appalling aesthetic opinions you feel like maybe you should stage an intervention. I mean of course taste is subjective but DEAR lord.

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

Books I bought on my holiday in France. Very happy about the Hebert in particular. www.instagram.com/share/p/BAgF...

For anyone talking about how the American right believes in honoring deaths: the memorial that marks the spot where Emmett Till's body was found had to be replaced with bulletproof steel, because white people kept shooting it. *Bulletproof* www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/u...

August movies

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Einerseits: Urlaub vorbei. Doof. Andererseits: Buch von @beritmiriam.bsky.social im Briefkasten gefunden

HEUTE! Erscheint der Roman "Unter weitem Himmel" von Berit Glanz, ein Roman über Geschichte und Technik, Island, Fischfang, Genetik und einen hunderte Jahre alten Hai. Greift zu und lest!

I laughed

Why are they Naruto running in Weapons

Wer immer noch gerne die Geschichte von der progressiven jungen Generation erzählt - in den USA ist die junge Generation - die Männer!- absolut auf Trump Linie. Und auch in Deutschland sieht es nicht gut aus. Die Daten aus den USA:

Ich freue mich sehr darauf: Am 29.08. erscheint der neue Roman "Unter weitem Himmel" von Berit Glanz. www.piper.de/buecher/unte...