@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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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

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Carcajou Ghibelline@MAWKVLTOct 13
I found him. The guy whose takeaway from Dune is AI positive.
Micah Redding ▶️
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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
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GOD SHE IS THE BEST TO EVER DO IT
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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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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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absolutely what we should be talking about. here’s some great presses off the top of my head. friends, feel free to reply with your recommendations.
Ashe Windsor@AsheWindsorSep 17
Replying to @ryanhasbadtaste
What are some of those presses? I’d love to check them out
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeAug 30
(taking a drag on my cigarette) I haven't used punctuation since 1995 my entire oeuvre is one uninterrupted sentence
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeAug 24
It's actually autoautofiction. It's about a character who resembles me writing a novel about a character who resembles him
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeAug 20
"it's a page turner" no. A good book should be almost impossible to read. It should require a heroic act of will to turn every page. You're wasting your time
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V. Joshua Adams@vjoshuaadamsAug 14
at the college open house today a couple of young guys came up to the English table and one asked about using AI for their essays. I was ready: “Would you go to the gym and watch your bro here do your workout for you?” “No way, I wouldn’t get big.” “Exactly.”
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John Attridge@John_AttridgeJul 28
A classics professor is clearly not qualified to evaluate a movie. To correctly appreciate the medium of film, you need a degree in English literature
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Jonathan Fine@jonathanbfineJul 28
I was promised digitalization would ensure accessibility in perpetuity, and yet everywhere I look digital materials are no longer accessible.
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derek guy
@dieworkwearJul 23
christopher nolan should cast unaffordable housing in his next film so some of you get mad about that for two weeks
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jon repetti@pourfairelevideJul 19
I want an Odyssey adaptation (and an Odyssey translation) that makes you feel in your bones how profoundly different the archaic Greeks were from us. Basically space aliens. Nolan is just fundamentally not interested in that kind of estrangement.
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