𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑶𝒕𝒊𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓 - 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒎 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 -

Le Guin leans on an essay by William James, but what does that have to do with all our garden talk? It's about our blind spots and our privilege. We dig into the key question in James's essay and worry a bit.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/otium-and-the-moral-philosopher-william-james/

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𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗕𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱" 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗸𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 (𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀. 𝗝𝗮𝘆 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻) -

Rubin's new translation of this classic Murakami re-discovering the story in compelling ways: a must for Murakami fans!

https://youtu.be/oaQeck8IV9A

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗳 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗸 -

Shafak's mystical novel of nature consciousness and broad romance centers around a single struggling fig cutting in a London apartment . . . or around what we understand of it.

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝗿 -

The first in this series virtually invented the graphic novel genre. More, though, over the three books and 20+ years, Eisner sets a high bar for its form and ambition, as well.

https://buff.ly/YTi2PkG

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀” 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 -

Early-career essays and talks by the horror master, less about the craft of writing than the business of it. His essay "Horror Writing" from 'Danse Macabre' remains good reading.

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 -

Levin's clean and modern anesthetized prose simultaneously distances us from the possibility of horror and creates it. A novel more successful than its filmic-visual counterpart for what it blinds itself to.

https://buff.ly/3ZkV1is

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻" 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿 -

Barker's original short story that produced the 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯 movie, a tightly-written plunge into the nature of mythos and the politics of academia and class.

https://buff.ly/4frj8kr

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗣𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆" 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 -

One of King's most grief-stricken works, its center horror nearly surpassing its close.

https://buff.ly/4hktPHv

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆" 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 -

Levin's novel ushers in a low-key minimalist style to equate the modern world and its absence of moral compass.

https://buff.ly/4fgvKLX

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗪𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲" 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 -

Dreamlike interior dialogue which supplied its own sublimated horror, but in contrast to the horror without?

https://buff.ly/4fnw7nv

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀" 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 -

Beautiful, sweeping, small town American horror centered around our fear of mortality and personal unease.

#halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #somethingwickedthiswaycomes #raybradbury #carnivals

https://buff.ly/3AhSKL3

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

A slow burn whodunnit of cosmic horror, with the secret horror always just out of reach . . . .

#halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #theedgeofrunningwater #williamsloane #cosmichorror #whodunnit #whodunnithorror

https://buff.ly/48ja2Eh

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗵" 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗔. 𝗔. 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲 -

Wait, why are you reviewing this story for your Halloween Books to Film series? Oh, no. You're not going to . . . .

https://buff.ly/3A0PqEd

Quit a book? #book #quit #invincible #audible #audio #author #writer #reading #finishthestory #failure #question #scifi #supervillain #audiobook #ask #finish #hear #readreadread #listen #method #booknerd #novel

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲" 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗛. 𝗣. 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁 -

Fun self-conscious story of a young Lovecraft responding to his critics, yet still pulling the punches on what his horrors actually look like!

https://buff.ly/4faz2jP

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄" 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

James's novel is no ordinary horror tale, terrifying readers with what is happening beneath the Governess's written words.

#halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #henryjames #theturnofthescrew #victorianliterature #britishliterature #britishhorror

https://buff.ly/4eVUEjM

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗢𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

Wilde's marvelous philosophical horror is as much a mirror for culture as it is the titular hedonist.

https://buff.ly/3UixADp

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿" 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 -

A story with more hyperbole (and therefore subtext) than I remember! Its protestations barely mask Usher's curse.

#shortstoryreview #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #thefallofthehouseofusher #edgarallanpoe #americanhorror #classichorror

https://buff.ly/48cLRqQ

𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 -

Shelley's classic novel still towers over any film versions, a potently-wound tangle of compassion, regret, and penance.

#halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #frankenstein #themodernprometheus #prometheus #maryshelley #britishhorror #classichorror #religioushorror

https://buff.ly/3Yaq12F