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ra is 50% done with Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
why is everything prison in a way. there really are prisons everywhere for those with eyes to see
Sep 26, 2025 08:52PM Add a comment
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

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ra is on page 578 of 706 of The Magic Mountain
just when you think there can't be any more insufferable characters here comes some guy ....
Sep 18, 2025 09:43AM Add a comment
The Magic Mountain

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ra is on page 338 of 706 of The Magic Mountain
sometimes i'll read a passage in here that's so excellent i feel like hans castorp (so moved that i develop a fever)
Sep 09, 2025 02:53AM Add a comment
The Magic Mountain

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ra is on page 219 of 706 of The Magic Mountain
the whole scene with the xray photography...this book is so awesome should we throw a party should we call david cronenberg
Sep 06, 2025 09:08PM Add a comment
The Magic Mountain

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ra is on page 11 of 706 of The Magic Mountain
packing two hundred cigars for a three week trip is legitimately crazy
Sep 01, 2025 12:57PM Add a comment
The Magic Mountain

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ra is on page 68 of 273 of Last Words: The Final Journals
started reading this on the plane to my cousin's wedding so this is my weekend read. whatever man this may as well happen
Aug 06, 2025 11:12PM Add a comment
Last Words: The Final Journals

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ra is 34% done with Perfection
reading this on my break just screeched the phrase "ON SLACK?" in disbelief to my empty room. what are we doing
Aug 05, 2025 08:43PM Add a comment
Perfection

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ra is on page 36 of 186 of The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
been annotating the fuck out of this but i keep having vietnam-style flashbacks to my undergrad thesis supervisor bc this came out the year i took my affect theory seminar with him
Jul 30, 2025 07:04AM Add a comment
The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present

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ra is 10% done with The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero (Directors' Cuts)
this book is overdue as hell at my library but i'm learning so much ...kind of crazy how literally everything ever is just affect theory
Jul 17, 2025 09:26AM Add a comment
The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero (Directors' Cuts)

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ra is 47% done with Down Below
— “She begged me to cease punishing myself and to look for another lover. I think she was mistaken when she said I was torturing myself. I think that she interpreted me fragmentarily, which is worse than not to interpret at all.”
Jul 10, 2025 10:51AM Add a comment
Down Below

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ra is 38% done with The Heart Is Strange: New Selected Poems
i think i am slightly too stupid for this but that's okay because it's all the more tremendous
Jun 16, 2025 08:59AM Add a comment
The Heart Is Strange: New Selected Poems

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ra is 80% done with Do Everything in the Dark
god-shaped hole mentioned and yes in those exact words. man after my own heart!
Jun 12, 2025 02:17AM Add a comment
Do Everything in the Dark

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ra is 30% done with Do Everything in the Dark
he just whacked singapore a little bit and i stood up so fast i got dizzy. Life could be a dream
Jun 04, 2025 06:37PM Add a comment
Do Everything in the Dark

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ra is on page 22 of 284 of Searching for Lee Wen: A Life in 135 Parts
supposed to be on reading deprivation this week but unfortunately i have a job to do
May 27, 2025 12:02AM Add a comment
Searching for Lee Wen: A Life in 135 Parts

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ra is 28% done with Wise Blood
started reading this on my way to the lady gaga concert which is crazy bc in 2019 i was writing 5000 words on flannery o'connor and listening to paparazzi on loop as my sanity frayed
May 19, 2025 09:39AM Add a comment
Wise Blood

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ra is on page 34 of 282 of Mother Night
should we throw a party should we call giorgio agamben
May 11, 2025 07:51PM Add a comment
Mother Night

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ra is 34% done with Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment
cronenberg mentioned ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥
Apr 25, 2025 07:29PM Add a comment
Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment

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ra is 65% done with The Death of the Heart
this book is so incredibly scary i feel like im defusing a bomb but it's going to go off in my face and kill me anyway
Apr 22, 2025 09:59PM Add a comment
The Death of the Heart

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ra is 32% done with The Death of the Heart
really good as expected but as always the eternal question is what the hell is wrong with english people
Apr 17, 2025 03:49AM Add a comment
The Death of the Heart

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ra is on page 347 of 580 of The Adolescent (Vintage Classics)
i can't say i really understand the intricacies of everything that's happening rn but arkady is the most 19 year old to ever exist. Love him
Apr 11, 2025 10:00AM Add a comment
The Adolescent (Vintage Classics)

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ra is 30% done with The Seven Who Were Hanged
feel like i'm about to die really good book
Apr 07, 2025 05:37AM Add a comment
The Seven Who Were Hanged

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ra is on page 79 of 178 of Bartleby & Co.
so fierce...i've been flopping quite terribly on the literacy front but i think i'm kind of back and it's all thanks to the fact that this book is a bit crazy
Apr 03, 2025 08:07AM Add a comment
Bartleby & Co.

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ra is 60% done with The Stones of Florence
everyone needs to read this book if only for chapter five holy shit
Mar 25, 2025 10:58PM Add a comment
The Stones of Florence

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