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Why the Humanities hurt ft. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
( a thought jotted down right after turning the final page of The Secret History—it’s about beauty, obsession, and why the humanities sometimes hurt more than they heal. For full context, I highly recommend reading the book.) In The Secret History, beauty is not benign—it is terrible, ravenous, and seductive. The characters are inhaled by…
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Penelope’s Vigil
Amidst a spool of golden yarn, she weaves by day Her threads take flight- Across the span of seas, the spread of sky And bound into his arms in a plea Streaked with a widow’s grief To return home. ……………. Eyes gouging the length of the horizon, She waits with bated breath A widow’s hand…
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Strange books for strange girls
There is nothing I like more than books that get under my skin, shake me to the core, and leave me thrilled and weak-kneed with unease. If you have a taste for rather unusual and chaotic literature, here are five glorious and slightly disquieting books for hot girl summer in no particular order; A man…
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July was a fleeting thing
a sunset the colour of a bruised mango / tall glass windows glazed yellow and flung wide open into the summer air, ripe and fat as an apricot ready to burst / strands of golden light soak me from head to toe with religious zeal and i feel like a saint / sheets pegged to…
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The blind owl by Sadegh Hedayat
Teeming with surrealistic imagery and potent symbolism, The blind owl by Sadegh Hedayat is considered an important piece of Iranian literature that packs a hefty punch. Its language is as lovely as a persian rug and just as unreal. The subject matter is murderous and darkly decadent, so much so that I found it to…
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Heyia!
I’m a self-confessed bookaholic, hoarder of pretty antiques and an avid hater of butterflies. Welcome to my little corner of the internet where I rant about books that I can’t stop thinking about (among other things) 🙂