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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, ��𝘩𝘦 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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Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism

Chapter 5: The Emancipation of the Bourgeoisie

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: "𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒛𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 4𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒚" --

It depends on who you ask and when: the barzelletta was a 15th-16th century Italian poem created mostly as secular song, meant to entertain with rhyme, pun, and word play while perhaps offering some didactic lessons.

https://waywordsstudio.com/fiction/barzelletta-for-the-4th-of-july/

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𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

A few of the books from July to explore!

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #dondelillo #maoii #salmanrushdie #languagesoftruth #eugeneionescu #rhinoceros #solucky #nicolagriffith #raymondantrobus #theperseverance #osamutezuka #dororo #ursulakleguin #thedispossessed

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𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆," 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎 -

A cousin of the rondeau, this little French triolet form leans on repeated lines, though perhaps with something shifting underfoot. . .

https://waywordsstudio.com/fiction/his-face-in-june/

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 6 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓: 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕: 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 -

Where we've been and where we're going, and we take a pause in a museum gallery, too!

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/signpost-pretty-gardens-in-paint/

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