#culturecriticism — Public Fediverse posts

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑵𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑹𝒉𝒚𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 5-𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓-𝑶𝒍𝒅𝒔" -

"London Bridge" and "Ring Around the Rosie" had their day, too.

https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/nursery-rhyme-for-5-year-olds/

#poetry #nurseryrhyme #originalpoetry #archaeology #culturecriticism

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 2: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 -

Is this Omelas story really about that suffering child? Or is it more about how we wall its suffering out, then invite it back in? The second of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-2-architectures-of-happiness/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #ursulakleguin #theoneswhowalkawayfromomelas #dilemma #psychology #rationalization #culturecriticism #socialcomplicity

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰'𝒎 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈: "𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉" 𝒃𝒚 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒅𝒊𝒆 -

Rushdie is always critically thoughtful, ironically perceptive, even as he pokes at our secret wounds. I've had this on my list since it came out!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #salmanrushdie #languagesoftruth #essays #nonfiction #culturecriticism

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗴𝘂𝘁 -

Vonnegut's sardonic charm and open-handed critical wit are turned all the way up in this brief collection of short essays and observations, personal curiosities and writing advice. Worth the stay!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #kurtvonnegut #amanwithoutacountry #essays #observations #culturecriticism #memoir #writingadvice #potpourri

https://buff.ly/3TSmmFo

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗴𝘂𝘁 -

Vonnegut's sardonic charm and open-handed critical wit are turned all the way up in this brief collection of short essays and observations, personal curiosities and writing advice. Worth the stay!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #kurtvonnegut #amanwithoutacountry #essays #observations #culturecriticism #memoir #writingadvice #potpourri

https://buff.ly/3TSmmFo

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗴𝘂𝘁 -

Vonnegut's sardonic charm and open-handed critical wit are turned all the way up in this brief collection of short essays and observations, personal curiosities and writing advice. Worth the stay!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #kurtvonnegut #amanwithoutacountry #essays #observations #culturecriticism #memoir #writingadvice #potpourri

https://buff.ly/3TSmmFo

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗴𝘂𝘁 -

Vonnegut's sardonic charm and open-handed critical wit are turned all the way up in this brief collection of short essays and observations, personal curiosities and writing advice. Worth the stay!

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #kurtvonnegut #amanwithoutacountry #essays #observations #culturecriticism #memoir #writingadvice #potpourri

https://buff.ly/3TSmmFo

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗳 -

Essays sometimes carry the blind spots of an academic white male, though the questions he raises, especially around experience, obsessions, and war are worthy of cultural spotlight. See his magazine n+1 for more timely thinking.

https://buff.ly/45eRUtK

#books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #3words #markgreif #againsteverything #essays #culturecriticism #criticism

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