@PylesofBooks

Father of 6 - Writer - Editor - Critic - Gardener - NBCC member https://xitter.cf/t.co/s8CYaIqCsX https://xitter.cf/t.co/G3O9JkzTJh

 Illinois, USA
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Joined June 2017
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We buried our son today. We enter a new phase of grief now. Thank you, everyone - for everything. Here is Frankie's eulogy as promised. Also, a google doc link too, in case the screenshots are annoying: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeOct 22
Is Proust a feminist? Is Thomas Mann a queer ally? Is this modernist novel my friend?
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jon repetti@pourfairelevideOct 21
hard to look at the Catapult situation and think it amounts to anything other than unionbusting by a rich kid who decided to take her ball and go home, even worse when you remember that Counterpoint has a legendary backlist they’ve been selling for pennies on the dollar for years
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Benjamin Kunkel@kunktationOct 21
I wrote about Cormac McCarthy (including the new biography) for @Harpers harpers.org/archive/2026/11/…

The Style Is Father of the Man, by Benjamin Kunkel

On a new life of Cormac McCarthy

harpers.org
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This never got the traction it deserved.
Alexander Pyles@PylesofBooksOct 6
THE JUNGLE (1905)
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Started reading Emma Cline's "Daddy" - nah I don't have dad issues.
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Carcajou Ghibelline@MAWKVLTOct 13
I found him. The guy whose takeaway from Dune is AI positive.
Micah Redding ▶️
@micahtreddingOct 13
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DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilmOct 11
LAIKA's ‘WILDWOOD’ has debuted with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Highest rated animated film of the decade. Read our review: bit.ly/WildwoodDF
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Protean Magazine@proteanmagOct 9
We’re pleased to reveal the cover and theme of our newest lovingly crafted print edition: Protean Issue VI: Detritivores. Featuring essays and poetry by Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad), Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell), Bayan Haddad, Fargo Tbakhi (@YouKnowFargo), and many more.
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gianmarco
@GianmarcoSoresiOct 10
There’s a lot of misconceptions about Catholicism for example I’m just now learning the pope is only infallible if you agree with him
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kate wehwalt
@mcmansionhellOct 8
GOD SHE IS THE BEST TO EVER DO IT
𓇢𓆸@solaranvsOct 8
anne carson
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jawn didion
@tinndfishmongerOct 8
Exhibit A:
Bill@20gaShotgunOct 7
The secret of the translated European literature craze is that they're still letting Dudes Rock over there
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Prayer request for some stuff going on atm as well as this being one of the worst mental health weeks of the year for me.
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9 Games - You can kind of tell where I stopped playing games for a while, but these were the ones that have stayed with me for a long time.
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9 Books BB
🅱️askerville@WB_BaskervilleOct 6
Nine books
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THE JUNGLE (1905)
Daniel Leach
@danielkleachOct 6
Nobody talks about the psychological damage of watching something you spent 15 years learning become a button.
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Seven Stories Press@7StoriesPressOct 6
Please don’t buy our books on Amazon. If you can’t afford to buy them from a real bookstore or from us directly, pirate them from Anna’s Archive like God intended.
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeOct 4
The Nobel prize for literature always goes to some obscure writer with a niche following. Meanwhile numerous Nobel-prize-winning authors are overlooked every year
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Going with most for active movies when I was a young adult
Haydn, 🇵🇸@bilbosfootcombOct 2
Movies
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*formative - damn autocorrect you did me dirty
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