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A talkie version of Lydia D or a brazenly tangential version off V. Wolfe? A series of monologues thinly veiled as asides. Hilarious actually. Embodied in the smirkiest way. I loved it but I was also worn out. But I’m there. I’m ready to read the next book.

Pending book club discussion, but my initial reaction: this book on affect/film is interesting, well written but I’m not its audience. Found most of the thinking difficult to make relevant or get excited about…

There is a disturbing paradox at work here. Her intelligence and attraction to the ineffable and transcendent is clear… but her privilege (and transparency about her privilege) makes her findings feel…false. The meandering feels neither rigorous nor surprising… it’s the uncanny valley. Not real enough, not unreal enough…

Currently reading. Can you help me unpack “Democracy in france in 1884”… p63. Henry James’s A Little Tour, a waiter, writing materials….???

Currently reading. Can you help me unpack “Democracy in france in 1884”… p63. Henry James’s A Little Tour, a waiter, writing materials….???