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𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗟. 𝗠. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 -

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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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: "𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬" 𝐛𝐲 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐥 𝐀𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐝 -

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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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒍 𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏: 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 -

What do a children’s 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, medium–and 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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"𝗥𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 -

Seventy-five years later, and Ionesco’s representations are still as absurd and accurate as ever, as funny as we dare allow them to be.

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𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟲: 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲-𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺

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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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐞𝐞 -

Finding meaning isn’t 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: “The Good House” 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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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑵𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 & 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒈-𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 -

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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"𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗞. 𝗟𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗻 -

Essays and book reviews on publishing, writing, meaning, and genre from the fantasy master of craft late in her life.

“Capitalist 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.”

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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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𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑬𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉" -

Another sketch in the life of Esmond Ring and his hyper-sensitive ears.

“It is as if the body, the flesh of pubescence around him, the skin of slow-decay in adults, asserts itself.”

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3 Word Review: “Nervous Conditions” 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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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 -

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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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜: "An Unnecessary Woman" 𝙗𝙮 Rabih Alameddine -

A passage from this extraordinary work.

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈: "𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏" 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑫𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚'𝒔 '𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗' -

Still another famous writer has posed the Le Guin question, and he did it in one of Russia's most famous novels, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘷. This chapter precedes the more famous and discussed 'The Grand Inquisitor.'  Here it is.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/reading-rebellion-from-dostoevskys-the-brothers-karamazov/

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𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘: "𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒍𝒂𝒏" 𝒃𝒚 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒆𝒏 𝒀𝒂𝒏𝒈 -

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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