Full Width [alt+shift+f] FOCUS MODE Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
Articles [alt+h] Reading List [alt+r] [alt+s]

Filter articles by

For You [alt+1] Recent [alt+2] Popular [alt+4]    Random [alt+3]

Change View

List [alt+w] Expand [alt+e]
Top Categories > literature
#all #programming #history #technology #startups #life #science #literature #creative #architecture #design #travel #comics #finance #AI #indiehacker #cartography Muted Categories [alt+←][alt+→]
The Marginalian
The Ecstasy of Eternity: Richard Jefferies on Time and Self-Transcendence This is the great paradox: that human life, lived between the time of starlings and the time of...
a year ago
49

The Ecstasy of Eternity: Richard Jefferies on Time and Self-Transcendence

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
This is the great paradox: that human life, lived between the time of starlings and the time of stars, is made meaningful entirely inside the self, but the self is a mirage of the mind, a figment of cohesion that makes the chaos and transience bearable. A few times a lifetime, if...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid — Journal...
✏️ Notes at 45 As I sit squarely in my mid-40s, I’ve gained valuable perspectives, learnings, and understandings....
over a year ago
15

✏️ Notes at 45

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
As I sit squarely in my mid-40s, I’ve gained valuable perspectives, learnings, and understandings. Here are some of them: People > things. In our current society, the deepening pit of materialism, capitalism, and an insatiable desire for more has become all-consuming. However,...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
sbensu
Breaking changes in JSON APIs A collection of common breaking changes to JSON APIs for you to keep in mind as you design.
over a year ago
23

Breaking changes in JSON APIs

from sbensu [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
A collection of common breaking changes to JSON APIs for you to keep in mind as you design.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
Lessons in the Diplomatic Arts Notes from a musical tour of South Africa The post Lessons in the Diplomatic Arts appeared first on...
2 months ago
46

Lessons in the Diplomatic Arts

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

2 months ago
Notes from a musical tour of South Africa The post Lessons in the Diplomatic Arts appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Josh Thompson
Cancel Your Cable. Seriously. No one likes to waste money, right? There are two things that are even worse to...
over a year ago
16

Cancel Your Cable. Seriously.

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
No one likes to waste money, right? There are two things that are even worse to waste. Time Energy Money can be earned, and if more is needed, you can spend less or earn more. Energy is what you need to bring ideas to fruition. Unlimited time with no energy gets you nowhere, as...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Josh Thompson
Paths In Which I Am Interested this is still in draft status this page serves as a placeholder for various paths I’m interested...
a year ago
30

Paths In Which I Am Interested

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
this is still in draft status this page serves as a placeholder for various paths I’m interested in. I hope to bring attention to “linear parks”, or a park that functions more in size and shape to a street, crossing blocks of distance, but maintaining park vibes throughout. Path...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Wuthering...
What I Read in May 2025 – “There’s the store that’s shaped like a duck,” Franca said. First, my poor email subscribers missed some of the installments of my newsletter about Anthony...
3 months ago
31

What I Read in May 2025 – “There’s the store that’s shaped like a duck,” Franca said.

from Wuthering Expectations [alt+shift+b] in literature

3 months ago
First, my poor email subscribers missed some of the installments of my newsletter about Anthony Powell.  If this keeps happening I will have to think of something or even do something.  Here they are: A skippable piece of throat-clearing about the roman fleuve. What I think...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Elysian
This Chinese philosopher reformed politics in one generation Mòzǐ replaced his corrupt government with a humanist one.
8 months ago
68

This Chinese philosopher reformed politics in one generation

from The Elysian [alt+shift+b] in literature

8 months ago
Mòzǐ replaced his corrupt government with a humanist one.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
Snow! The post Snow! appeared first on The American Scholar.
a year ago
42

Snow!

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
The post Snow! appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
The Dictionary Story: A Love Letter to Language Tucked Into a Delightful Fable about the Difficult... “Words belong to each other,” Virginia Woolf rasped in the only surviving recording of her voice — a...
10 months ago
51

The Dictionary Story: A Love Letter to Language Tucked Into a Delightful Fable about the Difficult Question of How to Be Yourself

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

10 months ago
“Words belong to each other,” Virginia Woolf rasped in the only surviving recording of her voice — a love letter to language as an instrument of thought and a medium of being. “Words are events, they do things, change things,” Ursula K. Le Guin wrote a generation after her. To...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
Cordyceps, the Carpenter Ant, and the Boundaries of the Self: The Strange Science of Zombie Fungi "It is likely that fungi have been manipulating animal minds for much of the time that there have...
a year ago
52

Cordyceps, the Carpenter Ant, and the Boundaries of the Self: The Strange Science of Zombie Fungi

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
"It is likely that fungi have been manipulating animal minds for much of the time that there have been minds to manipulate."
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
From Cells to Souls: The Poetic Science of How the Brain Became The making of our densely networked crucible of thought and tenderness.
over a year ago
54

From Cells to Souls: The Poetic Science of How the Brain Became

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
The making of our densely networked crucible of thought and tenderness.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
This Space
39 Books: 2012 Of all the books in this series, this was the one I most wanted to write about and also the one I...
a year ago
108

39 Books: 2012

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
Of all the books in this series, this was the one I most wanted to write about and also the one I knew would be impossible to write about, at least in a couple of distracted hours. Imagine this: through mathematical calculation, close reading and literary detective work, a...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
Make Yourself a Seer: The Teenage Arthur Rimbaud on How to Be a Poet and a Prophet of Possibility "The day of a single universal language will dawn!... This language will be of the soul, for the...
over a year ago
22

Make Yourself a Seer: The Teenage Arthur Rimbaud on How to Be a Poet and a Prophet of Possibility

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
"The day of a single universal language will dawn!... This language will be of the soul, for the soul, encompassing everything, scents, sounds, colors, one thought mounting another."
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid — Journal...
✏️ Eero Saarinen designed it 20230925_Weightshifting_STL_01.jpg Day 16: Sept 25, 2023 — We visit this marvel almost every time...
a year ago
15

✏️ Eero Saarinen designed it

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
20230925_Weightshifting_STL_01.jpg Day 16: Sept 25, 2023 — We visit this marvel almost every time we’re in the area. It’s always stunning. Read on nazhamid.com or Reply via email
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Escaping Flatland
6 lessons I learned working at an art gallery On agency, doing value-aligned work, and making your job fun
10 months ago
69

6 lessons I learned working at an art gallery

from Escaping Flatland [alt+shift+b] in literature

10 months ago
On agency, doing value-aligned work, and making your job fun
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Anecdotal Evidence
'Take Its Rise from Mutual Pleasure' It’s a comfort to know people who know you. Cleveland has become a semi-ghost town. My brother,...
6 days ago
6

'Take Its Rise from Mutual Pleasure'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

6 days ago
It’s a comfort to know people who know you. Cleveland has become a semi-ghost town. My brother, parents, teachers, most friends and former co-workers are dead. My niece and nephew are here and so are two of my oldest friends, the artists Gary and Laura Dumm. Gary and I met in...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
{…} by Fady Joudah Poems read aloud, beautifully The post {…} by Fady Joudah appeared first on The American Scholar.
a month ago
20

{…} by Fady Joudah

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

a month ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post {…} by Fady Joudah appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Anecdotal Evidence
'What People Said and Did and Wore and Ate' Occasionally one encounters two writers, each unknown to the other, expressing sentiments similar...
a month ago
17

'What People Said and Did and Wore and Ate'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

a month ago
Occasionally one encounters two writers, each unknown to the other, expressing sentiments similar but varied enough to define their differences. There’s no question of influence or plagiarism. The first is C.H. Sisson, the English poet/critic/translator, explaining his tastes in...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Josh Thompson
Back in the saddle (of writing) Background It’s been a hell of a year. I’ve got about 10,000 things I’ve wanted to write about, and...
over a year ago
20

Back in the saddle (of writing)

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
Background It’s been a hell of a year. I’ve got about 10,000 things I’ve wanted to write about, and have not gotten around to any of them. Here’s my various top-level reasons for not writing: what I want to write about feels too complicated to express easily/coherently I feel...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
The Great American Travel Book The book that helped revive a genre, leading to an all-too-brief heyday The post The Great American...
2 weeks ago
13

The Great American Travel Book

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

2 weeks ago
The book that helped revive a genre, leading to an all-too-brief heyday The post The Great American Travel Book appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Ben Borgers
Gamelan Music
over a year ago
20

Gamelan Music

from Ben Borgers [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Elysian
You’d still work if you didn’t have to But it would feel more like play.
a year ago
89

You’d still work if you didn’t have to

from The Elysian [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
But it would feel more like play.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Escaping Flatland
Pseudonyms lets you practice agency I don’t think I would have become a writer if it wasn’t for the internet forums of the early 2000s.
a year ago
85

Pseudonyms lets you practice agency

from Escaping Flatland [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
I don’t think I would have become a writer if it wasn’t for the internet forums of the early 2000s.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
“Stick the Landing” by David Gewanter Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Stick the Landing” by David Gewanter appeared first on The...
a year ago
43

“Stick the Landing” by David Gewanter

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
Poems read aloud, beautifully The post “Stick the Landing” by David Gewanter appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Following Pages Are Frankly Bookish' If you're familiar with Andrew Lang (1844-1912) at all, it’s likely as a collector of folk and fairy...
4 months ago
29

'The Following Pages Are Frankly Bookish'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

4 months ago
If you're familiar with Andrew Lang (1844-1912) at all, it’s likely as a collector of folk and fairy tales. I remember as a kid reading some of his twelve “Coloured” Fairy Books. He was also a prolific poet and critic, though that work is largely forgotten. He remains best known...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
The Ant, the Grasshopper, and the Antidote to the Cult of More: A Lovely Vintage Illustrated Poem... “Enough is so vast a sweetness, I suppose it never occurs, only pathetic counterfeits,” Emily...
over a year ago
26

The Ant, the Grasshopper, and the Antidote to the Cult of More: A Lovely Vintage Illustrated Poem About the Meaning and Measure of Enough

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
“Enough is so vast a sweetness, I suppose it never occurs, only pathetic counterfeits,” Emily Dickinson lamented in a love letter. In his splendid short poem about the secret of happiness, Kurt Vonnegut exposed the taproot of our modern suffering as the gnawing sense that what we...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 Apple Maps on the web launches in beta Today, Apple Maps on the web is available in public beta, allowing users around the world to access...
a year ago
31

🔗 Apple Maps on the web launches in beta

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
Today, Apple Maps on the web is available in public beta, allowing users around the world to access Maps directly from their browser. Visit original link → or View on nazhamid.com →
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
The Go-Between One of America’s most celebrated women war cor-respondents walked a fine line between journalism and...
a week ago
7

The Go-Between

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

a week ago
One of America’s most celebrated women war cor-respondents walked a fine line between journalism and espionage The post The Go-Between appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Astral Codex Ten
Hidden Open Thread 366.666 ...
7 months ago
36

Hidden Open Thread 366.666

from Astral Codex Ten [alt+shift+b] in literature

7 months ago
...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid — Journal...
✏️ The Dark is Dubious We find ourselves sitting by a heated pool in autumn temperatures at 7,200 feet. Santa Fe has been...
over a year ago
16

✏️ The Dark is Dubious

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
We find ourselves sitting by a heated pool in autumn temperatures at 7,200 feet. Santa Fe has been home for two nights, where we luxuriated in a king-size bed with our own pillows (we don’t leave home without them). How We Got Here Since the last missive, we parted ways with...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 The anatomy of Andy Spade's style You don’t have to spend a lot to look good; good taste isn’t bound by price. Spade is a testiment to...
8 months ago
46

🔗 The anatomy of Andy Spade's style

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

8 months ago
You don’t have to spend a lot to look good; good taste isn’t bound by price. Spade is a testiment to this, while he’s a successful businessman. He sticks to his affordable, all-American classics. I'm somewhat entering my uniform years. I've come around to clothes that feel...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
sbensu
When coordination pays off Stories about Stripe Link where we have to do a lot of upfront coordination but it was worth it.
11 months ago
36

When coordination pays off

from sbensu [alt+shift+b] in literature

11 months ago
Stories about Stripe Link where we have to do a lot of upfront coordination but it was worth it.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Josh Thompson
On Hitting Small(er) People this has been hard for me to write, has been sitting in one draft form or another for months....
7 months ago
45

On Hitting Small(er) People

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

7 months ago
this has been hard for me to write, has been sitting in one draft form or another for months. Finally getting it off the ‘drafts’ list, but only reluctantly. This is far too long for even me to try to read in a single sitting, especially on my phone, so it might be too long for...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Anecdotal Evidence
'The Death of Discourse' As a boy I was often told I spoke too loudly. It makes sense, as I came from a family of yellers....
2 weeks ago
13

'The Death of Discourse'

from Anecdotal Evidence [alt+shift+b] in literature

2 weeks ago
As a boy I was often told I spoke too loudly. It makes sense, as I came from a family of yellers. It’s an annoying habit, usually inappropriate, one I associate with self-centeredness. I made a conscious effort to lower the volume, a rare instance of successfully stifling an...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
A Heron’s Antidote to Fear of Death They didn’t imagine it, the dying dinosaurs, that they would grow wings and become birds, become the...
9 months ago
56

A Heron’s Antidote to Fear of Death

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

9 months ago
They didn’t imagine it, the dying dinosaurs, that they would grow wings and become birds, become the laboratory in which evolution invented dreams and the cathedral in which it invented faith. “There is grandeur in this view of life,” Darwin consoled himself as his beloved...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 Alpha Optimization Polartec Alpha was designed to be a batting insulation, encapsulated between two shells. Alpha...
10 months ago
18

🔗 Alpha Optimization

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

10 months ago
Polartec Alpha was designed to be a batting insulation, encapsulated between two shells. Alpha Direct was designed as an inner lining, to be sewn to an outer shell. The cottage industry was smart to build these as stand alone garments because that allowed it to be used as a...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Ben Borgers
War Room: Expansion features
over a year ago
20

War Room: Expansion features

from Ben Borgers [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid — Journal...
🔗 Type of Feeling Type Foundry Type of Feeling is a type foundry specializing in creating bespoke typefaces for brands. We offer a...
a year ago
35

🔗 Type of Feeling Type Foundry

from Naz Hamid — Journal + Links [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
Type of Feeling is a type foundry specializing in creating bespoke typefaces for brands. We offer a select retail collection and custom typography services that are inspired by a range of feelings. Visit original link → or View on nazhamid.com →
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Josh Thompson
My Favorite (and all) body modifications In the range of the human experience, there’s a lot of possible body modifications one can purchase...
7 months ago
47

My Favorite (and all) body modifications

from Josh Thompson [alt+shift+b] in literature

7 months ago
In the range of the human experience, there’s a lot of possible body modifications one can purchase for oneself. Over the years, I’ve purchased three. LASIK vision correction in ~2016 When I was pretty young, mid-20s, my then-employer placed like a few thousand dollars a year...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
This Space
A mighty contagious absence, part two On submission and resistance to AI-generated literature   To great writers, finished works weigh...
3 months ago
38

A mighty contagious absence, part two

from This Space [alt+shift+b] in literature

3 months ago
On submission and resistance to AI-generated literature   To great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they work throughout their lives. For only the more feeble and distracted take an inimitable pleasure in conclusions, feeling themselves...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
The Pleasure of Being Left Alone "An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking...
a year ago
93

The Pleasure of Being Left Alone

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
"An exquisite peace obtains: a drowsy, golden peace, flowing honey-sweet over my dwelling, soaking it, dripping like music from the walls... A peace for gods; a divine emptiness."
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
Consolidated Ruin The post Consolidated Ruin appeared first on The American Scholar.
6 months ago
34

Consolidated Ruin

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

6 months ago
The post Consolidated Ruin appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Wuthering...
Menander's Dyskolos - each man would hold a moderate share and be content This week it’s Menander’s Dyskolos, or The Grouch, or The Misanthrope (316 BCE), which may or may...
over a year ago
63

Menander's Dyskolos - each man would hold a moderate share and be content

from Wuthering Expectations [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
This week it’s Menander’s Dyskolos, or The Grouch, or The Misanthrope (316 BCE), which may or may not have inspired the title of Molière’s great play, and nothing more than the title since the play was, like all of Menander’s plays, long lost.  A fairly complete Dyskolos was the...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
Sticking With It A sobering chronicle of our toxic times The post Sticking With It appeared first on The American...
3 months ago
13

Sticking With It

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

3 months ago
A sobering chronicle of our toxic times The post Sticking With It appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Wuthering...
The Story of the Stone, volume 4 - It was an eerie, desolate night. At the two-thirds mark, after 80 chapters of the 120, three big changes hit The Story of the Stone...
8 months ago
78

The Story of the Stone, volume 4 - It was an eerie, desolate night.

from Wuthering Expectations [alt+shift+b] in literature

8 months ago
At the two-thirds mark, after 80 chapters of the 120, three big changes hit The Story of the Stone (c. 1760 / 1791).  First, David Hawkes, the original translator of the Penguin edition, dies; John Minford finishes the job.  Second, the author of the novel, Cao Xueqin, dies,...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Marginalian
Henry James on Losing a Mother "These are hours of exquisite pain; thank Heaven this particular pang comes to us but once."
over a year ago
62

Henry James on Losing a Mother

from The Marginalian [alt+shift+b] in literature

over a year ago
"These are hours of exquisite pain; thank Heaven this particular pang comes to us but once."
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The Elysian
Three classic utopian novels—now collectibles More than 100 years ago, three thinkers imagined what a utopian future might look like in the year...
a year ago
69

Three classic utopian novels—now collectibles

from The Elysian [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
More than 100 years ago, three thinkers imagined what a utopian future might look like in the year 2000. Now, their novels are available as a collectible set.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Naz Hamid
Quality, Maintenance & Craft We are shokunin. Last week I was in Ojai, California, for True’s Founder Camp.[1] James Freeman,...
6 months ago
49

Quality, Maintenance & Craft

from Naz Hamid [alt+shift+b] in literature

6 months ago
We are shokunin. Last week I was in Ojai, California, for True’s Founder Camp.[1] James Freeman, founder of Blue Bottle Coffee was in conversation with Jeff Veen, and one of the attendees asked him: “How do you maintain such high quality?” Freeman answers, “‘Maintaining’ is a...
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
The American Scholar
The Redoubtable Bull Shark Reflecting on one of nature’s most dangerous predators The post The Redoubtable Bull Shark appeared...
a year ago
68

The Redoubtable Bull Shark

from The American Scholar [alt+shift+b] in literature

a year ago
Reflecting on one of nature’s most dangerous predators The post The Redoubtable Bull Shark appeared first on The American Scholar.
Direct Link [→] Remove from reading list Add to reading list [alt+a]
upvote [alt+ctrl+↑] downvote [alt+ctrl+↓]
Next Page →

The best way to read the internet.
Made for nerds, by a nerd.

The best way to read the internet

© 2023 Bored Reading. All rights reserved.

Top Blogs Terms Privacy Design by Kumail

bored reading

v. 229.328 compliant with
earth/mars-x8292 communication
protocol 29xjw899992

When Google killed Google Reader, the bloggosphere took a severe hit and the content quality went down because there weren't enough readers to justify the effort it takes to maintain a high quality blog.

What's left is a decaying wasteland of blogs, most abandoned, a lot are now SEO spam, and 99% are not worth reading. BoredReading is a way to read the remaining great blogs that survived the ice age.

To add your favorite blog, please suggest it here! I get emails every day which helps me maintain a high quality selection of blogs!

Avatar

Made by,
Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht on Twitter.
My website and email.

Close [esc]