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๐ฏ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: "๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐โ ๐ฏ๐ ๐. ๐ . ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ -
Montgomery's book series, staid and wholesome and nostalgic and idyllic as it is, remains a charming and amusing read for young people. It's not as cool as anything produced for teens today, but pre-teens and pre-tens, it can be a fun family read.
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๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐โ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ : "๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ" ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ -
El Akkad's book is about Israel's atrocities in Gaza, yes, but more it is a flaying of the mythological moral facades of Western liberalism, the stories we tell ourselves and the ones we refuse to let go. Here is an excerpt.
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๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐
๐: ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ -
What do a childrenโs story and horror film have in common? Maybe our Suffering Child question, with very different approaches to it. In the meantime, we break down some of the keys to understanding form, genre, trope, mediumโand throw some shade of formula, cliches, and stereotypes.
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Review: "Seize the Day" by Saul Bellow -
Bellow's tight narrative of modernist despair leaves us asking, when we have sacrificed family and love to the capitalist machine, what is left? And then, does it offer an answer?
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"๐ฅ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐" ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ -
Seventy-five years later, and Ionescoโs representations are still as absurd and accurate as ever, as funny as we dare allow them to be.
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๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐บ
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ: ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐บ
Hannah Arendt: Full video, reading guide, and more on the website. Join me in the reading, if you wish! I'll be posting Reading Guides on Waywords, one chapter and reflection video about every two weeks.
Find the reading guide and more at https://waywordsstudio.com/project/arendts-the-origins-of-totalitarianism/
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๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ -
Finding meaning isnโt about a right answer, but about how willing we are to suppose many.
https://waywordsstudio.com/learning/unearthing-significance-in-what-you-see/
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3 Word Review: โThe Good Houseโ by Tananarive Due -
A terrific concept/conceit for a terrifying modern world clash with older, darker magics; unfortunately, somewhat defanged by its sprawling narrative and a few too tidy and predictable horror tropes.
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๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐
๐: ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐: ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ญ๐๐๐-๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ -
This is getting challenging. What are we to do with the Suffering Child question? And on which form of suffering do I plant my flag of resistance? Dostoevsky and Langston Hughes both offer clues.
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"๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ" ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ฟ๐๐๐น๐ฎ ๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป -
Essays and book reviews on publishing, writing, meaning, and genre from the fantasy master of craft late in her life.
โCapitalist greed in the publishing industry . . . is a theme which wends its way across several of her essays at the beginning of the 21st century; if nothing else, Le Guin is always transparent in her politics.โ
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Review: "Eye Level" by Jenny Xie -
Xie's exploration of the otherness in/of/by place is a potent meditation on alienation and self, on our perception of culture.
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Another sketch in the life of Esmond Ring and his hyper-sensitive ears.
โIt is as if the body, the flesh of pubescence around him, the skin of slow-decay in adults, asserts itself.โ
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3 Word Review: โNervous Conditionsโ by Tsitsi Dangarembga -
Dangarembga's semi-autobiographical story of a young woman maturing through Rhodesian politics, school, and family prejudices is a fresh and significant local lens where all share responsibility.
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๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ -
Finding more from our reading isn't as hard as you think. It begins with what we already know how to do.
https://waywordsstudio.com/learning/the-simple-act-of-noticing/
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๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐โ๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐: "An Unnecessary Woman" ๐๐ฎ Rabih Alameddine -
A passage from this extraordinary work.
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๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐น๐๐๐
๐๐๐: "๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐" ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ '๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐' -
Still another famous writer has posed the Le Guin question, and he did it in one of Russia's most famous novels, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ฐ๐ท. This chapter precedes the more famous and discussed 'The Grand Inquisitor.'ย Here it is.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/reading-rebellion-from-dostoevskys-the-brothers-karamazov/
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๐น๐๐๐๐๐: "๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐" ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ -
Yang's update on the classic Superman radio play in a new medium is worthy and worthwhile, a solid take on identity and community with new insights into the Man of Steel.
https://waywordsstudio.com/.../superman-smashes-the-klan.../
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