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Simon’s 2025 Year in Books
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Poem: A Diseased Mind
Imagine the state
where you vote for the guy
that is only concerned
with feathering his nest,
with causing unrest; with thinking
about himself — not thinking about you.
A diseased mind — I mean the voter,
as much as the guy. And yes, of course
I mean Trump. That’s true.
But also I mean Luxon too.
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| I’m more a Beatles fan than a Bond fan, but what it is, really, is I’m a huge John Higgs fan. And will one day hopefully be able to announce I’ve read everything by him. And this book was certainly instantly interesting. Higgs’ Polymathic brain and b ...more | |
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| If at first this seems slighter, stick with it. There’s depth. There’s a lot of subtle stuff about aging, and the passage of time. And there’s a lot in here about family - there always is of course. But not just actual family, the family you choose t ...more | |
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| Ben Lerner is a brilliant writer across so many forms — and I loved this sonnet sequence; brilliant poetry. | |
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| A really good summary of the whole TCM franchise, with special care and attention to the first film — the only one that matters. A very good (quick) read. | |
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“Time heals all wounds; some broken hearts -- and most cases of writer's block.”
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“you told me once
about how they used
to build whole city states
out of poems
how everything you see here
is made out of
the bones of dreams
how having a stiff
drink with lorca meant
you had to write
everything down right away
lately the words just
won’t come”
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about how they used
to build whole city states
out of poems
how everything you see here
is made out of
the bones of dreams
how having a stiff
drink with lorca meant
you had to write
everything down right away
lately the words just
won’t come”
―
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