Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 1

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Finished #LeavingtheAtochaStation
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I was destined to reproduce the bourgeois family…Or was…the lie… the identity of an addict…had the effort to prolong my adolescent experimentation indefinitely shaded imperceptibly into fearsome if mundane dependence, had mythomania become methomania?

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My work,said the second smoker,was much more reminiscent of another poet,whose name l'd never heard, who fled Franco and died in exile,a poet whose capacity to dwell among contradictions without any violent will to resolution formally modeled utopian possibility.

Some pairing these are making, the masculine violence study, which I didn’t expect, in Topeka and its scathing critique, which totally checks out, from Woolf. Both are brilliant btw. #booksky #virginiawoolf #benlerner

Roof reading #benlerner #booksky the Topeka school

SOME SUMMER BOOKS
Ben Lerner / Alexander Kluge:
The Snows of Venice
Schnee über Venedig

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#topekaschool So much to digest. What a writer though #benlerner. The Jane subplot was really engaging and alive. I was scared of what was going to become of Darren. Still thinking about this one a few days after finishing. #thanksobama

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A paperback copy of The Topeka School by Ben Lerner resting on a wooden surface. The cover features a dark stormy sky over a road, with a tornado or dust cloud forming in the distance. The book is labeled as a Pulitzer Prize finalist and one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year. A brown bookmark peeks out from the top of the book.

Currently making my way through The Topeka School by Ben Lerner. It’s a bit of a slog at times, but there’s something intriguing about its writing style, debate, and cultural critique. Not the easiest read, but I’m sticking with it.

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Not sure if it's a good idea to be reading 3 books at the same time but that's what's happening.

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