Zwieblein

Zwieblein , 4 days ago to poetry group

Allen Grossman's provided the inspiration for this week's #blog post, which is chock full of thoughts on #poetry and #AI, with additional help from #Adorno, #PaulCelan, and other stellar representatives of #Humanity :

https://zwieblein.bearblog.dev/actions-of-judgment-against-self-erasure/

#writing #essay #books #reading @poetry

Zwieblein , 11 days ago to bookstodon group

New on the #blog : the absolute necessity of #reading, with insight from Roberto Calasso on #literature and the absolute:

https://zwieblein.bearblog.dev/a-reading-realization/

#books #review @bookstodon

Zwieblein , 1 month ago to bookstodon group

And now Chris Kraus's Where #Art Belongs has me in that spot of yearning for creative collectives that emerge out of the absolutely right coincidental conditions and bust out all the best stuff because they function outside of institutional bounds, qualifications, and ambitions. I'm going to find such a community one day, damn it...

#reading #books @bookstodon

Zwieblein , 1 month ago to bookstodon group

Think I just found a new favorite; a morning spent #reading Ben Lerner's The Hatred of #Poetry didn't leave me with a better understanding of what makes for great (or sometimes even bad) poetry—but as I said on the book-cataloguing sites, it sure does result in feeling less alone about/in my conflicted relationship to it all.

@bookstodon #bookstodon #books

Zwieblein , 3 months ago to bookstodon group

Jamaica Kincaid has encapsulated one of the many reasons I have a hard time finding a way of earning my keep that doesn't drive me mad and/or to despair: "I cannot imagine having an occupation that does not go along with #reading..."

My Garden (Book), 77–78
@bookstodon #books #quote #bookstodon

Zwieblein , 5 months ago to bookstodon group

This location's too crowded for my comfort, @bookgaga —but I'm glad to see #Chicago getting into the silent book club spirit!
http://tinyurl.com/yn3v84nb

@bookstodon #reading #books