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Erik
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Letters from Paradise
'Everything everyone else talks about is so frivolous and superficial. They can't understand me'
(while those the author implicitly feels above the entire time are, ironically, portrayed as much happier and more well-adjusted)
— 31 minutes ago
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'Everything everyone else talks about is so frivolous and superficial. They can't understand me'
(while those the author implicitly feels above the entire time are, ironically, portrayed as much happier and more well-adjusted)
Madison
is on page 99 of 238
I’m reading this on my phone bc I can’t check it out on my kindle but I feel elevated and smart so far
— 51 minutes ago
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Erik
is 70% done
Visiting Hawaii? Let's discuss the most morose topic (Pearl Harbor) the entire time and somehow turn an island vacation into an exercise in depression
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Erik
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-Sentence-level craft is very good
-A bit too neurotic / depressive / introspective in ways that don't resonate with me, or feel pseudo intellectual, but hearing a well-written voice like that is interesting in a sort of observational way
-Topical non-fic was better so far (eg title essay was quite good)
— 2 hours, 35 min ago
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-A bit too neurotic / depressive / introspective in ways that don't resonate with me, or feel pseudo intellectual, but hearing a well-written voice like that is interesting in a sort of observational way
-Topical non-fic was better so far (eg title essay was quite good)
Adam Kleiman
is on page 140 of 238
Some of the essays are fire, others are meh. Just read the titular piece and it was fire.
— 3 hours, 29 min ago
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Rebecca
is 20% done
was too tempting to pass up when i saw this at the local bookstore, and i love it already, joan didion’s prose is ADDICTIVELY good
— 9 hours, 24 min ago
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