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[?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
@CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

"Restos de Almas Rotas, Capítulo 20": Sobrevivieron a la muerte, al miedo y a sus propios demonios. Pero fue una simple disculpa la que comenzó a sanar las heridas más profundas.
fictograma.com/d/3072-restos-d

    [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
    @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

    Aquella noche no temí a la oscuridad, sino a las voces que surgían de los libros abiertos. Desde entonces, nunca vuelvo a una biblioteca sin mirar atrás.
    fictograma.com/d/3074-la-vida-

      [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
      @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

      "Zoom Espía": Entre paranoia, fe y desesperación, una mujer libra una batalla imposible contra una presencia que lo ve todo. El enemigo más aterrador conoce cada rincón de su mente.
      fictograma.com/d/3075-zoom-esp

        [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
        @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

        Ocho minutos y veinte segundos separan la luz del abismo. Mientras la noche juzga mis sueños, solo puedo esperar que el Sol encuentre el camino de regreso.
        fictograma.com/d/3076-de-sueno

          [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
          @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

          La luna, espejo del firmamento, descendió con cautela hacia la quietud del azul lago. Deslumbrada por la serenidad de sus propias luces, se sumergió en el abrazo acuoso...
          fictograma.com/d/3077-la-luna-

            [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
            @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

            He estado llorando por mi dolor, mi diente de león

            Cautivo de un mundo cruel y poco sincero

            Lágrimas de flores medio dormidas...
            fictograma.com/d/3078-los-dien

              [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
              @scotlit@mastodon.scot

              “I want my writing to be this oasis, this thing that’s just for me”

              Douglas Stuart talks about his new novel, JOHN OF JOHN. He discusses the book’s origins, the communities & landscapes that shape his characters, & why he continues to write about the kind of people mainstream British fiction so often overlooks

              @bookstodon

              youtube.com/watch?v=IOP12bOLRow

                [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                Empty Set by Verónica Gerber Bicecci

                For my brother, Ale, the other half of the empty set

                Alt...For my brother, Ale, the other half of the empty set

                  [?]Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD » 🌐
                  @TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social

                  Dude tried to start a conversation with me about how the Grey Men in Michael Ende's Momo are "unjustly hated" because saving time is actually a really good thing.
                  And then he immedieately moved on to trying to convince me about the miracles of AI.

                  I have nothing to add.

                    [?]Walt » 🌐
                    @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                    Died this day: 06/01/1966 (b. 03/24/1924)
                    Peter Bryan George was a Welsh author, most famous for the 1958 Cold War thriller novel Red Alert, the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove, winner of the 1965 Hugo for Best Dramatic Production.

                    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ge


                    @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                    astralcomputing.com

                    Art by Tomi Ungerer

                    This minimalist movie poster for Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," featuring cover art by Tomi Ungerer, is a stylized graphic illustration set against a plain white background. At the top, light blue silhouettes of B-52 bombers are arranged in a V-formation, radiating from the center toward the upper corners. The centered text begins with "Stanley Kubrick's" in a small black font, followed by "Peter Sellers • George C. Scott" in small red font. The main title, "Dr. Strangelove," is rendered in a large, bold, red, sans-serif font. Below it, the subtitle "Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb" is stacked vertically in black, sans-serif font. Near the bottom, the phrase "the hot-line suspense comedy" appears in lowercase black, sans-serif font. In the lower foreground, two black silhouettes of men in suits are seen from the back, framing the bottom corners, both holding red telephone receivers to their ears. Between them, a portion of a globe is visible, featuring a graphic design of the U.S. flag merging into a red field with a white symbol. Fine black print at the bottom lists additional cast: "Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens and introducing Tracy Reed." It credits the screenplay to "Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern," notes the film is "Based on the book 'Red Alert' by Peter George," and concludes with "Produced & Directed by Stanley Kubrick - Columbia Pictures Release."

                    Alt...This minimalist movie poster for Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," featuring cover art by Tomi Ungerer, is a stylized graphic illustration set against a plain white background. At the top, light blue silhouettes of B-52 bombers are arranged in a V-formation, radiating from the center toward the upper corners. The centered text begins with "Stanley Kubrick's" in a small black font, followed by "Peter Sellers • George C. Scott" in small red font. The main title, "Dr. Strangelove," is rendered in a large, bold, red, sans-serif font. Below it, the subtitle "Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb" is stacked vertically in black, sans-serif font. Near the bottom, the phrase "the hot-line suspense comedy" appears in lowercase black, sans-serif font. In the lower foreground, two black silhouettes of men in suits are seen from the back, framing the bottom corners, both holding red telephone receivers to their ears. Between them, a portion of a globe is visible, featuring a graphic design of the U.S. flag merging into a red field with a white symbol. Fine black print at the bottom lists additional cast: "Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens and introducing Tracy Reed." It credits the screenplay to "Stanley Kubrick, Peter George & Terry Southern," notes the film is "Based on the book 'Red Alert' by Peter George," and concludes with "Produced & Directed by Stanley Kubrick - Columbia Pictures Release."

                      [?]Walt » 🌐
                      @astralcomputing@bookstodon.com

                      Weird Tales vol 09 number 01 (January 1927) - featured story: DROME by John Martin Leahy.



                      @books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefiction

                      astralcomputing.com

                      Cover art by LeRie.

                      Weird Tales vol 09 number 01 (January 1927) - featured story: DROME by John Martin Leahy. Cover art by LeRie. The tagline reads The Unique Magazine. The cover price is 25 cents. An artist signature in the bottom right corner reads LeRie. The illustration depicts a large, brown, ape-like creature with white fur around its snout and eyes, positioned at the top left and extending downward across the center. The creature has thick, dark brown fur, large paws with light-colored claws, and visible teeth. Below the creature, a person with fair skin, dark hair, and dark eyes is positioned horizontally across the frame, facing toward the right. The person wears a dark green long-sleeved garment and a dark green head covering. Their right arm is bent with the hand near their chest, and their left arm extends downward toward the bottom right corner, wearing a light brown cuff. The background consists of large, white and light gray shapes that resemble ice or snow, with patches of light blue and dark gray shadows. A large white shape occupies the upper right portion of the background. The person is oriented diagonally across the lower half of the image. The bottom left corner contains the text January, 1927. The entire scene is set against a solid black border that surrounds the central illustration and the top masthead area. The colors used are primarily brown, dark green, white, gray, and black.

                      Alt...Weird Tales vol 09 number 01 (January 1927) - featured story: DROME by John Martin Leahy. Cover art by LeRie. The tagline reads The Unique Magazine. The cover price is 25 cents. An artist signature in the bottom right corner reads LeRie. The illustration depicts a large, brown, ape-like creature with white fur around its snout and eyes, positioned at the top left and extending downward across the center. The creature has thick, dark brown fur, large paws with light-colored claws, and visible teeth. Below the creature, a person with fair skin, dark hair, and dark eyes is positioned horizontally across the frame, facing toward the right. The person wears a dark green long-sleeved garment and a dark green head covering. Their right arm is bent with the hand near their chest, and their left arm extends downward toward the bottom right corner, wearing a light brown cuff. The background consists of large, white and light gray shapes that resemble ice or snow, with patches of light blue and dark gray shadows. A large white shape occupies the upper right portion of the background. The person is oriented diagonally across the lower half of the image. The bottom left corner contains the text January, 1927. The entire scene is set against a solid black border that surrounds the central illustration and the top masthead area. The colors used are primarily brown, dark green, white, gray, and black.

                        [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                        @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                        One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

                        To Vik Lovell who told me dragons did not exist, then led me to their lairs

                        Alt...To Vik Lovell who told me dragons did not exist, then led me to their lairs

                          [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                          @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                          Looking for Joy in Late Medieval Scotland
                          3 June, University of Edinburgh & online – free

                          Dr Kate Ash-Irisarri’s work-in-progress talk will investigate the representation & textual performance of joy, mirth, delight, solace, & wonder in late medieval Scottish literature

                          @litstudies

                          iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-kate-as

                            [?]Jean-Louis Bouzou » 🌐
                            @jlbouzou@mastodon.social

                            Unconditional love is a sieve, a filter that transforms a lump of feelings and emotions into a smooth, savory emotional cream...

                              [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                              @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                              There were never strawberries
                              like the ones we had
                              that sultry afternoon
                              sitting on the step
                              of the open french window…

                              —Edwin Morgan, “Strawberries”🍓
                              published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)

                              A poem for Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

                              carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer

                              Strawberries Edwin Morgan There were never strawberries like the ones we had that sultry afternoon sitting on the step of the open french window facing each other your knees held in mine the blue plates in our laps the strawberries glistening in the hot sunlight we dipped them in sugar looking at each other not hurrying the feast for one to come the empty plates laid on the stone together with the two forks crossed and I bent towards you sweet in that air in my arms abandoned like a child from your eager mouth the taste of strawberries in my memory lean back again let me love you let the sun beat on our forgetfulness one hour of all the heat intense and summer lightning on the Kilpatrick hills let the storm wash the plates

                              Alt...Strawberries Edwin Morgan There were never strawberries like the ones we had that sultry afternoon sitting on the step of the open french window facing each other your knees held in mine the blue plates in our laps the strawberries glistening in the hot sunlight we dipped them in sugar looking at each other not hurrying the feast for one to come the empty plates laid on the stone together with the two forks crossed and I bent towards you sweet in that air in my arms abandoned like a child from your eager mouth the taste of strawberries in my memory lean back again let me love you let the sun beat on our forgetfulness one hour of all the heat intense and summer lightning on the Kilpatrick hills let the storm wash the plates

                                [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                Power From Things Not Declared

                                Poet, novelist & translator Christopher Whyte in conversation with Michael Shaw, reflecting on queerness, Glasgow & poetry with Edwin Morgan as a central figure

                                🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

                                edwinmorgantrust.com/2020/10/2

                                  [?]brosnung » 🌐
                                  @Brosnung@mastodon.world

                                  meet a clever lady

                                  open.substack.com/pub/brosnung

                                    [?]Waywords Studio » 🌐
                                    @WaywordsStudio@mastodon.social

                                    𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

                                    A real grab-bag of titles this month. And yes, I am far behind on my Stephen King and SG Jones reading!

                                      [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                      @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                      “The Scots language has many ways old and new to describe LGBT+ experience… queer Scots-speakers can play with the words they’re given to find a language for what was once unsayable”

                                      UNCO: a queer Scots lexicon
                                      by Harry Josephine Giles & Malin Lewis
                                      🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

                                      harryjosephine.com/portfolio/u

                                        [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                        @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                        “Whit’s the Scots fer trans?”

                                        UNCO: a queer Scots lexicon – a poetry & music collaboration between the writer Harry Josephine Giles & the musician Malin Lewis – can be downloaded as a free PDF from Harry Josephine Giles’s website

                                        harryjosephine.com/wp-content/

                                        FOREWIRD Whit's the Scots fer trans? Hid's a quaisten at maks mair quaistens. In a wey, hid's no that complicated. Trans means across, an the common Scots fer that is twart or thort. But trans isno jeust hids political meanan: hid's a history. A term fae the early zoth century sexologists (transsexual) mad intae a term fae the gos activists (transgender) mad intae the subjeck o a twenty first century culture war: trans. Ivry wird is a history, an a translation or neologism canno capture thon. But thir anither wey tae see the sam thing. Thort is gotten a bunch o meaneens at trans isno. Aakward, rebellious, tap-thrawn. Thinkan deep aboot someen. Speedan through the hoosewark. Gangan at richt angles tae whit's been deun afore. Asquint, awry, agley. Tae oppose, tae frustrate. Tae thwart. A'll tak that. A'll gledly tak aa that intae mesel. Tae mak a new wird, tae uiss a owld wird in a new wey, is tae appen ap the possibilities fer a life. Ootwither is a translation o non-binary at a curn o fock is alreidy uissan, but hid's hids awn wird an aa: a modren notion reutid in Scots language an tradition, describan the buddy at's ootwith whitiver notion thoo fancies, at's witheran whitiver structures waant a chaenge. Unco is aye been a wird fer the ordinary sense o queer in Scots, but whit happens whan we tak it fer wirsels, fer a political meaneen? Fer me, […]

                                        Alt...FOREWIRD Whit's the Scots fer trans? Hid's a quaisten at maks mair quaistens. In a wey, hid's no that complicated. Trans means across, an the common Scots fer that is twart or thort. But trans isno jeust hids political meanan: hid's a history. A term fae the early zoth century sexologists (transsexual) mad intae a term fae the gos activists (transgender) mad intae the subjeck o a twenty first century culture war: trans. Ivry wird is a history, an a translation or neologism canno capture thon. But thir anither wey tae see the sam thing. Thort is gotten a bunch o meaneens at trans isno. Aakward, rebellious, tap-thrawn. Thinkan deep aboot someen. Speedan through the hoosewark. Gangan at richt angles tae whit's been deun afore. Asquint, awry, agley. Tae oppose, tae frustrate. Tae thwart. A'll tak that. A'll gledly tak aa that intae mesel. Tae mak a new wird, tae uiss a owld wird in a new wey, is tae appen ap the possibilities fer a life. Ootwither is a translation o non-binary at a curn o fock is alreidy uissan, but hid's hids awn wird an aa: a modren notion reutid in Scots language an tradition, describan the buddy at's ootwith whitiver notion thoo fancies, at's witheran whitiver structures waant a chaenge. Unco is aye been a wird fer the ordinary sense o queer in Scots, but whit happens whan we tak it fer wirsels, fer a political meaneen? Fer me, […]

                                        […] hid pits some magic tae the politics. Hid gars me think on the island o heather-blether, jeust ower the horizon, whar the selkies tak wis, whar thir a grand life awey fae the ordinary warld. Thir anither set o wirds tae think on: the wirds ithers uiss tae ettle at keepan wis doun. Queer wis een o thaim in English at's weel on hids gate tae lossan hids sting. Whan thoo gangs intae the dictionaries tae airt oot a Scots LGBT lexicon, thon's whit thoo'll find. The language o judgement an mockery. Mebbes thon should stay i the stourie pages. But A'll tell thee, whan 1 tak een o this wirds tae mesel, whan 1 cry mesel a buftie, hid's gotten a edge o meaneen tae hid at the English wirds canno haald. Whan I think mesel a yalla yoldrin, I think mesel a glisk o gowd takkan the lift. This peedie project isno a set o definitive translations. Hid's no a attempt tae say, 'This is the ae richt Scots wey tae describe thee sexuality or genner. Mebbes thir need o that: 1 canno say, an hid's a wark fer anither buddy on anither day. This is a wee daander throu wirds owld an new, spaekan aboot whit they micht mean tae me, an offeran thaim tae thee, thinkan at mebbe thay'll mean someen tae thee an aa. If thoo waants thaim, uiss thaim. If thoo disno waant thaim, lat thaim gang. If thoo waants someen ither, mak hid an tell thee fock aboot hid. Thoo're a livvan buddy. Hid's a livvan tongue. Mak hid unco. —HJG, Embra 2024

                                        Alt...[…] hid pits some magic tae the politics. Hid gars me think on the island o heather-blether, jeust ower the horizon, whar the selkies tak wis, whar thir a grand life awey fae the ordinary warld. Thir anither set o wirds tae think on: the wirds ithers uiss tae ettle at keepan wis doun. Queer wis een o thaim in English at's weel on hids gate tae lossan hids sting. Whan thoo gangs intae the dictionaries tae airt oot a Scots LGBT lexicon, thon's whit thoo'll find. The language o judgement an mockery. Mebbes thon should stay i the stourie pages. But A'll tell thee, whan 1 tak een o this wirds tae mesel, whan 1 cry mesel a buftie, hid's gotten a edge o meaneen tae hid at the English wirds canno haald. Whan I think mesel a yalla yoldrin, I think mesel a glisk o gowd takkan the lift. This peedie project isno a set o definitive translations. Hid's no a attempt tae say, 'This is the ae richt Scots wey tae describe thee sexuality or genner. Mebbes thir need o that: 1 canno say, an hid's a wark fer anither buddy on anither day. This is a wee daander throu wirds owld an new, spaekan aboot whit they micht mean tae me, an offeran thaim tae thee, thinkan at mebbe thay'll mean someen tae thee an aa. If thoo waants thaim, uiss thaim. If thoo disno waant thaim, lat thaim gang. If thoo waants someen ither, mak hid an tell thee fock aboot hid. Thoo're a livvan buddy. Hid's a livvan tongue. Mak hid unco. —HJG, Embra 2024

                                          [?]Assoc for Scottish Literature » 🌐
                                          @scotlit@mastodon.scot

                                          Tenderness is mandatory.
                                          Careless lurches may draw blood,
                                          enthusiasms leave abrasions,
                                          excessive ardour has been known
                                          to snap off spinal plates…

                                          —“The Mating of Dinosaurs”, by William Oliphant (1920–2004)
                                          published in THE MATING OF DINOSAURS (Taranis Books, 1992)

                                          Happy Dinosaur Day to all who celebrate 🦖🦕

                                          The Mating of Dinosaurs William Oliphant Tenderness is mandatory. Careless lurches may draw blood, enthusiasms leave abrasions, excessive ardour has been known to snap off spinal plates. There is the constant burden of the force of gravity that pulls against the need for viable eggs. The wear and tear on genitalia, like spoil of grind of glacier, is lost in some future fossil count. The adaptationists suggest that gentleness emerges here, and some will come to call it love.

                                          Alt...The Mating of Dinosaurs William Oliphant Tenderness is mandatory. Careless lurches may draw blood, enthusiasms leave abrasions, excessive ardour has been known to snap off spinal plates. There is the constant burden of the force of gravity that pulls against the need for viable eggs. The wear and tear on genitalia, like spoil of grind of glacier, is lost in some future fossil count. The adaptationists suggest that gentleness emerges here, and some will come to call it love.

                                            [?]Bob the Traveler » 🤖 🌐
                                            @bobthetraveler@mastodon.world

                                            Charles Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal" was published OTD in 1857 toilet-guru.com/france-1750s.h

                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                              @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                              BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch.

                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              --
                                              @histodons

                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLOWEN. A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                [?](Roughly) Daily » 🌐
                                                @roughlydaily@roughlydaily.com

                                                “A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up”*…

                                                From the 1964 textbook Examine Your English

                                                Russell Samora has been fooling around with figures of speech; with his colleagues at The Pudding, he’s fielded a fascinating analysis of of that comparative workhorse, the simile…

                                                Similes are all around us. But, if you haven’t considered this figure of speech since grade school, here’s a refresher: similes compare a shared quality of two things, often using “like” or “as.”

                                                I pulled every simile in the form “as ___ as ___” from tens of thousands of fiction books for the top 500 most common adjectives… I thought it would be a trivial exercise, but the more I poked around, the more questions I had…

                                                Samora explains how similes are structured and how they are used (and with what relative frequency) in literature. He examines some of the most common– and several special cases (“The Ironic Ones”). And he explains his methodology and sources… all in the context of a lovely interactive data visualization.

                                                It’s as cool as hell: “Comparisons as Predictable as the Sunrise,” from @pudding.cool.

                                                * James Geary

                                                ###

                                                As we agree with Steve Martin that “a day without sunshine is like, you know, night,” we might recall that it was on this date in 1789 that Richard Kirwan published his essay in support of the phlogiston theory (the belief, that dates to alchemical times, in the existence of a fire-like element (dubbed “phlogiston”) contained within combustible bodies and released during burning. Kirwan was among the last of its advocates.

                                                A well-regarded scientist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Kirwan met and corresponded with Black, Lavoisier, Priestley, and Cavendish. Indeed, while scientific history remembers him as a defender of an incorrect theory, his work probably spurred Priestley and Lavoisier, who respectively discovered and named the actual elemental agent of combustion, oxygen.

                                                But Kirwan is also remembered for a personal eccentricity (one of many) that led to some referring to him (all too poignantly) as “crazy as a bed bug”: he hated bugs (especially flies). Kirwan paid his servants a bounty for each one they killed.

                                                source

                                                Portrait of Richard Kirwan, a late 18th-century scientist, seated at a desk with an open book and writing materials.

                                                Alt...Portrait of Richard Kirwan, a late 18th-century scientist, seated at a desk with an open book and writing materials.

                                                  [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                  @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                                  The Folded Earth by Anuradha Roy

                                                  For my mother, with whom I climbed my first hill. And for Rukun and Biscoot, dedicated non-climbers.

                                                  Alt...For my mother, with whom I climbed my first hill. And for Rukun and Biscoot, dedicated non-climbers.

                                                    [?]Dead Poets Daily » 🌐
                                                    @deadpoetsdaily@mastodon.social

                                                    ‘Symbols’ by David Morton

                                                    deadpoetsdaily.com/p/david-mor

                                                      [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                      @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                      Victor Hugo’s Fight to Free France Through Literature

                                                      Today best known for his epic novel Les Miserables (1862), Victor Hugo (1802–1885) used literature to speak out about social issues and highlight injustice. His works helped to shape the soul of modern France.

                                                      by Lauren Jones

                                                      thecollector.com/victor-hugo-f

                                                      Les Misérables at PG:
                                                      gutenberg.org/ebooks/135

                                                      Colette sweeping. Victorian engraving by Émile Bayard from Les Misérables. A barefoot young girl in ragged clothes sweeps a wet stone floor with an oversized broom. The French text above reads "Confier, c'est quelquefois livrer" ("To entrust is sometimes to betray"). https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/135/pg135-images.html

                                                      Alt...Colette sweeping. Victorian engraving by Émile Bayard from Les Misérables. A barefoot young girl in ragged clothes sweeps a wet stone floor with an oversized broom. The French text above reads "Confier, c'est quelquefois livrer" ("To entrust is sometimes to betray"). https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/135/pg135-images.html

                                                        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                        @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                        Can Bad People Write Good Books?

                                                        Can we still appreciate great novels when we know their author behaved despicably?

                                                        By Gina Dalfonzo

                                                        plough.com/en/topics/culture/l

                                                        Little Dorit at PG:
                                                        gutenberg.org/ebooks/963

                                                        The nigt. Title: Little Dorrit Author: Charles Dickens The illustration depicts a dimly lit, opulent bedroom at night. The central focus is a figure collapsed or kneeling at the foot of a large canopied bed, slumped forward in a posture of grief, exhaustion, or despair. A classical nude statue on a pedestal to the left, set against what appears to be a framed painting or mirror showing a distant scene https://www.gutenberg.org/files/963/963-h/images/0582.jpg

                                                        Alt...The nigt. Title: Little Dorrit Author: Charles Dickens The illustration depicts a dimly lit, opulent bedroom at night. The central focus is a figure collapsed or kneeling at the foot of a large canopied bed, slumped forward in a posture of grief, exhaustion, or despair. A classical nude statue on a pedestal to the left, set against what appears to be a framed painting or mirror showing a distant scene https://www.gutenberg.org/files/963/963-h/images/0582.jpg

                                                          [?]Caesai » 🌐
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                                                          Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

                                                          Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

                                                          Alt...Martha C. Nussbaum, El conocimiento del amor: ensayos sobre filosofía y literatura.

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                                                          Sugar Blues by William Dufty

                                                          For Billie Holiday, whose death changed my life, and Gloria Swanson, whose life changed my death

                                                          Alt...For Billie Holiday, whose death changed my life, and Gloria Swanson, whose life changed my death

                                                            [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
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                                                            Nunca. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

                                                            [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
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                                                            Afterglow Afterglow. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

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