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William Bronk

Defector continues to have a clearer vision of literary purpose and value than many prestigious prizes and revered magazines

The richest man in the world gutted USAID and bragged about “feeding [it] into the wood chipper.” Remember who is responsible for this suffering. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/b...

I still can't believe I just saw a 7'5 guy take a pull-up 30-foot game-tying three. This is what it must've been like to see a movie in color for the first time.

Basketball is levitating

I'm starting a new project. A detailed and personal summary of IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME. This is the first installment, regarding the first like 6 pages of Swann's Way. twofoldtwilight.substack.com/p/1-for-a-lo...

now that's it complete, a close to perfect top 10. Would bump 100 years and Moby Dick into it and drop Pride & Prejudice and Madame Bovery into 20-11, but otherwise...

Many joys in these lists, including pointing out flaws and having our own 100% correct opinions affirmed. Yes, I say, Remains of the Day should be 24. Wow, who could put Wolf Hall at 34??? Absurd, Magic Mountain only at 42 and Brothers K 28? www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...

More corrupt degradation of law and order

A new installment in the narrative: twofoldtwilight.substack.com/p/twofold-tw...

Changed the title of the ongoing fiction. Here's part 1 twofoldtwilight.substack.com/p/man-on-the...

watching one Robert Altman movie all way through without their phone would send these people into a full-on dissociative coma

Worth reading even if you're not a DFW fan. All you need is to have siblings, or to imagine what that would have been like.

Its greatness includes bitter ironies regarding guilt and responsibility. No surprise that it quickly followed The Wrong Man.

just requested "A Private Man" from the library, almost entirely from this quote alone

This Heaney translation of a part from The Aeneid has stirred something in me for years..."Like a breeze between his hands, a dream on wings." www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

New part of the fiction narrative Twofold Twilight it out. This time, he goes into town, reads some Lahiri, and checks out some Philip Roth twofoldtwilight.substack.com/p/twofold-tw...

Legitimately great poem in @thedriftmag.com Hadn't read Lynn before and now searching up many, many more poems www.thedriftmag.com/an-apology/

thereveal.film/in-review-mi... Mother Mary is 4 stars for me, it's 2.5 here, but I mostly agree with the review. It's Lowery's shakiest film, but also a great artistic statement. He is a fantasist and he likes to strip his stories bare, which is why his children's films pop so nicely.

just finished rereading Huck Finn, and then read this from Morrison. She pairs genius insights with beautiful writing like no one else. I lose myself in the sentences sometimes just from enjoying their sound neebefinalexam.weebly.com/uploads/2/8/...

Also, I keep waiting for NYRB Classics to get in on this concept. The NYRB Closet would be a smash hit.

"The colors offer precious flashes of charm in this novel’s harsh, stony setting." Always nice to read reviews that match clear insights with some mellifluous sentences of their own.

would never have thought of this combo, but I can see the vision now

Blue Heron is a cross between The Souvenir duology, Aftersun, The Cathedral, and Summer 1993, while also creating something absolutely new. Totally brilliant!

the more I write, the more I care about the time spent writing and less I care about the actual outcome. I feel bad for people who only care about producing as much as possible and who probably don't even read the words they attach their name to.

Mad Men The Leftovers The Americans Halt & Catch Fire Breaking Bad Better Call Saul Bojack Horseman The Sopranos Avatar: The Last Airbender The Wire Schitt's Creek Seinfeld Parks & Rec Friday Night Lights Succession

My first part in an ongoing story... twofoldtwilight.substack.com/p/man-on-the...