I value apolitical bookish spaces, magazines and communities online. Where people endeavor to prioritise the discussion of art and literature outside the context of geopolitics. When we talk about books, we can talk about what matters to us without venturing into geopolitical territories (like left, and right, and centre—and
In addition to the general hopes for my reading this year, which I wrote about yesterday, I have one specific and measurable 2025 goal as well. In response to the current political shift in the United States: I’m planning to read 21 Latin-American books (by Latin-American authors or set
In recent Januaries, Bill @ The Australian Legend has been hosting weeks dedicated to Australian women writers for so long that he finally invited the fellas to have a week too. My own interest in Australia was initially sparked in the fourth grade when I was assigned the Platypus
Midway through 2024, I enthused about Casey Plett’s On Community which includes a discussion of how Plett often feels the term is too slippery but it’s hard to find a suitable replacement. Sometimes I feel as though it means the opposite of what I want it to mean, or
It happened: it snowed. The small lakes are still mostly open water, but you can see where people have thrown bits of snow near the shorelines, to gauge how the freezing is progressing around their edges (i.e. not very far). The creeks seem frozen through, and the dog bowls
