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<p>From Jessica Luther in our magazine: Once the majority has decided a marginalized group is the demon in one part of a story, it’s easier to paint them as demons in another. To counter this, we need to look at gender-expansive athletes in a detailed and holistic way. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/trans-athletes-inclusion-sports-culture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/trans-athletes-inclusion-sports-culture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/trans-at</span><span class="invisible">hletes-inclusion-sports-culture/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#gender</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

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<p>Skies of blue</p><p>In the early 1800s, in the city of Suzhou in eastern China, two striking large-format maps were printed in vivid Prussian blue. One map depicted the terrestrial world of the Qing empire, the other, shown below, depicted the heavens. Look closely and you can see the curve of the Milky Way.</p><p>via @knowablemag.bsky.social</p><p><a href="https://www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.leventhalmap.org/digital-e</span><span class="invisible">xhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172</span></a></p><p>Books about Ancient Astronomy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15624" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15624"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/15624</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a></p>

Complete Map of Unified Star Configurations in the Heavens.

A large Chinese celestial map printed in white on deep indigo blue. A circular star chart dominates the centre, showing constellations as dot clusters with connecting lines, surrounded by concentric rings marking celestial divisions and the 28 lunar mansions. Dense columns of classical Chinese text fill all four borders, providing astronomical annotations. Large seal-script characters down the right edge read 渾天壹統星象全圖 — roughly "Complete Map of Star Patterns Unified with the Celestial Sphere."

https://www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhibitions/heaven-and-earth/catalogue/4/?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&utm_campaign=d8f9d358c7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_20_07_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-6b2b776029-546465172

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<p>Beyond Disney: A 1616 portrait of Pocahontas shows how English colonizers saw Indigenous Americans</p><p>by Peter C. Mancall</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/beyond-disney-a-1616-portrait-of-pocahontas-shows-how-english-colonizers-saw-indigenous-americans-282221" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/beyond-disney-a-1616-portrait-of-pocahontas-shows-how-english-colonizers-saw-indigenous-americans-282221"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/beyond-dis</span><span class="invisible">ney-a-1616-portrait-of-pocahontas-shows-how-english-colonizers-saw-indigenous-americans-282221</span></a></p><p>Pocahontas at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1236" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1236"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/1236</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#Colonialism</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a></p>

Engraved portrait of Matoaks or Rebecka, the Native American woman better known as Pocahontas, made in 1616 during her trip in England, where she died shortly after. It is the only known representation of her made during her lifetime. By Simon van de Passe (1595–1647)

A formal engraved oval portrait of a young woman aged 21 (noted Aetatis suae 21, 1616) dressed in English Jacobean style — a tall hat with feather, elaborate lace ruff collar, and richly embroidered coat. She holds a feathered fan. The Latin inscription around the oval reads "Matoaka als Rebecca Filia Potentiss. Princ. Powhatani Imp. Virginiae" — identifying her as daughter of the powerful Prince Powhatan of Virginia. Below, English text describes her as converted to Christianity, baptised as Rebecca, and wife to "Mr. Joh. Rolff."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pocahontas_by_Simon_van_de_Passe_(1616).png

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<p>How Henry James Became the American Giant of English Literature</p><p>The life of Henry James, who left America for a cosmopolitan life in Europe before settling in England and contributing multiple masterpieces to its literature.</p><p>by Dr. Victoria C. Roskams</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/henry-james-english-literature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/henry-james-english-literature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/henry-jam</span><span class="invisible">es-english-literature/</span></a></p><p>Books by Henry James at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/113</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Portrait of Henry James, charcoal drawing by John Singer Sargent (1912).

A charcoal portrait drawing of Henry James, a heavyset bald man with deep-set eyes and a serious, introspective expression. He wears a dark jacket and bow tie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James#/media/File:Portrait_of_Henry_James_1913.jpg

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1897. First publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Let's celebrate <a href="/tags/draculaday/" rel="tag">#DraculaDay</a>!</p><p>The novel was mostly written in the 1890s, and Stoker produced over a hundred pages of notes, drawing extensively from folklore and history. He probably found the name "Dracula" in Whitby's public library while on holiday, selecting it because he thought it meant 'devil' in Romanian.</p><p>Dracula at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/345" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/345</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

Henry Irving is widely considered to have inspired Dracula.

John Bernard Partridge - The Lyceum "Faust." By Joseph Hatton ... with illustrations from drawings by W. Telbin, Hawes Craven, W. H. Margetson, J. Bernard Partridge, and Helen H. Hatton

Taken from "The Ilustrated London News"

A black-and-white engraving of a theatrical figure in a sweeping dark cape, one arm thrust skyward, the other outstretched. He wears a pointed cap, tight hose, and an ornate belt, with a pallid, wide-eyed expression of dark exultation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula#/media/File:Mephistophles_on_the_Brocken_(cropped).jpg

Handwritten notes about the novel's characters.

A handwritten manuscript page headed "Historiae Personae — Dracula" — Bram Stoker's early working notes listing characters for his novel, with many names cross…A handwritten manuscript page headed "Historiae Personae — Dracula" — Bram Stoker's early working notes listing characters for his novel, with many names crossed out and revised. Recognisable entries include Jonathan Harker (the lawyer's clerk), Wilhelmina Murray (called Mina), Lucy Westenra, Dr. Seward, and Count Dracula. Earlier rejected names are heavily struck through. Notes at the bottom mention a "secret room" and "dinner of 13," revealing the novel's plot still in formation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula#/media/File:Stoker_Dracula_Notes_Personal.jpg

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<p>📚 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by: Mark Haddon</p><p>Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments ha...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-curiou</span><span class="invisible">s-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, Christopher&s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour&s dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing.

Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents& marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers into the workings of Christopher&s mind.

And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon and choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world.

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<p>Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#kindle</a></p><p>A collection of 176 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you to read free on <a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#KU</a>. My book is DRM-free.</p><p><a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/kureviews-may/9ncayvxar6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kureviews-may/9ncayvxar6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kureviews</span><span class="invisible">-may/9ncayvxar6</span></a></p>

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? May 26

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<p>Today is Dracula Day.</p><p>Some monsters never die 🧛‍♀️<br>Bram Stoker gave the world more than a vampire. He created a shadow that still follows us through books, films, dreams, and nightmares.</p><p><a href="/tags/draculaday/" rel="tag">#DraculaDay</a> <a href="/tags/dracula/" rel="tag">#Dracula</a> <a href="/tags/bramstoker/" rel="tag">#BramStoker</a> <a href="/tags/stoker/" rel="tag">#Stoker</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/vampire/" rel="tag">#vampire</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a> <a href="/tags/onthisday/" rel="tag">#onthisday</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/booktok/" rel="tag">#BookTok</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#novel</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/horrorbooks/" rel="tag">#horrorbooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a></p>

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<p>Librarians at War</p><p>The origins of today’s vast intelligence apparatus can be traced, in part, to the forgotten efforts of librarians and archivists to gather information during World War II</p><p>by Kathy Peiss (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://www.americanheritage.com/librarians-war" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.americanheritage.com/librarians-war"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.americanheritage.com/libra</span><span class="invisible">rians-war</span></a></p><p>Books in World War II at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/325" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/325"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/325</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

A typical bookplate used during the ALA Library War Service during World War I.

A WWI-era bookplate in dark tones showing a helmeted soldier carrying a rifle and an impossibly tall stack of books.A WWI-era bookplate in dark tones showing a helmeted soldier carrying a rifle and an impossibly tall stack of books. The text reads "War Service Library — Books are provided by the people of the United States through the American Library Association for the use of the soldiers and sailors."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_War_Service#/media/File:War_Service_Library_bookplate.jpg

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<p>How the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived 4,500 years of Egyptian earthquakes</p><p>by Colin Caprani an Scott Menegon</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-has-survived-4-500-years-of-egyptian-earthquakes-283363" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/how-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-has-survived-4-500-years-of-egyptian-earthquakes-283363"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-the-gr</span><span class="invisible">eat-pyramid-of-giza-has-survived-4-500-years-of-egyptian-earthquakes-283363</span></a></p><p>Full article (open access):<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-49962-6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-49962-6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nature.com/articles/s41598</span><span class="invisible">-026-49962-6</span></a></p><p>Books in Egypt at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/121" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/121"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/121</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#Engineering</a> <a href="/tags/natural_hazards/" rel="tag">#Natural_Hazards</a></p>

PYRAMIDS, EGYPT

The Mentor: Egypt, the Land of Mystery, Serial No. 42

By Dwight L. Elmendorf

A black-and-white photograph of the Giza pyramid complex seen from a distance across a flat, dark plain. Three pyramids rise against a pale, overexposed sky, with the Great Pyramid of Khufu dominant on the right. A small low structure sits in the foreground, giving a sense of the vast scale.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/50384/pg50384-images.html

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<p>I'm delighted to announce that all my books are now available at Bookshop dot org in ebook as well as print format. So you can support local, independent bookstores even if you prefer ebooks.</p><p><a href="https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/books" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.lauraperryauthor.com/books</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/pagan/" rel="tag">#pagan</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="/tags/gayromance/" rel="tag">#GayRomance</a> <a href="/tags/minoan/" rel="tag">#Minoan</a></p>

A stack of Laura's books lying horizontally on a crackled-finish cream surface with bright red fabric drapery in the background. The book titles are visible on the spines. From bottom to top they are: Tales from the Labyrinth: Modern Minoan Myths; Ariadne's Thread; The Wiccan Wellness Book; The Last Priestess of Malia; Labrys & Horns; Ancient Spellcraft; Leap! A Love Story; and Pantheon: The Minoans.

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<p>Want to read screenplays I wrote? I realized I have a whole ton of scripts lying idle in my folders and decided to make books out of them. Here is the first, the stories range from drama, dark comedy, thriller, teen lesbian romance (is that a genre?) It's available for free via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bookstodon.com/@ododopress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ododopress</span></a></span> (Only pdf, the epub comes out a huge file at 40mbs and I can't figure out how to reduce it). Enjoy the read!<br><a href="https://www.ododopress.com/screenplays/home-is-a-fine-place-to-die/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/screenplays/home-is-a-fine-place-to-die/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ododopress.com/screenplays</span><span class="invisible">/home-is-a-fine-place-to-die/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/screenplay/" rel="tag">#screenplay</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>

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<p>📚 Flashlight by: Susan Choi</p><p>One summer night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the breakwater. Her father is carrying a flashlight. He cannot swim. Later, Louisa is found on the beach, soaked to the skin, barely alive. Her father is gone. She is ten years old.</p><p>Louisa is an only child of parents who have severed themselves from the past. ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/flashlight" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/flashlight</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

One summer night, Louisa and her father take a walk on the breakwater. Her father is carrying a flashlight. He cannot swim. Later, Louisa is found on the beach, soaked to the skin, barely alive. Her father is gone. She is ten years old.

Louisa is an only child of parents who have severed themselves from the past. Her father, Serk, is Korean, but was born and raised in Japan; he lost touch with his family when they bought into the promises of postwar Pyongyang and relocated to North Korea. Her American mother, Anne, is estranged from her family. But now it is just Anne and Louisa, adrift and facing the challenges of ordinary life in the wake of catastrophe. United, separated, and also repelled by their mutual grief, they attempt to move on. But they cannot escape the echoes of that night. What really happened to Louisa’s father?

A monumental new novel from the National Book Award winner Susan Choi, Flashlight spans decades and continents in a spellbinding, heart-gripping investigation of family, loss, memory, and the ways in which we are shaped by what we cannot see.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker • Time • New York • The Washington Post • NPR • Los Angeles Times • The Boston Globe • The Guardian • Vanity Fair • Elle • Town & Country • Oprah Daily • The New York Post • 48 Hills • Financial Times • The Economist • Esquire (UK) • Kirkus Reviews • Electric Literature • PEN America • The Chicago Public Library • Los Ange

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<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p>This past weekend, I thought I'd dip a toe into Fantasy, a genre I usually only get close to with SFF titles. Naomi Novik had a little novella out: The Summer War, and it turned out to be a quite satisfying read. (I had read one of her novels before: Uprooted.)</p><p>So, I thought "Why not give a full-length fantasy tome a try?" To that end, I picked up the highly rated This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, by Illona Andrews. Are any of you familiar with it? It came out this year. The author seems to have put forth significant effort into world-building and story development. We shall see! </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a></p>

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<p>Book Promotion: First <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> in a series on <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#Kindle</a> Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 107 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you. My book is DRM-free.</p><p><a href="/tags/ku/" rel="tag">#ku</a> <a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <a href="/tags/bookstagram/" rel="tag">#bookstagram</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-may/wcwas7u14r"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/kureads-m</span><span class="invisible">ay/wcwas7u14r</span></a></p>

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I’ve listed mutual aid requests from this week’s checkpoint that need urgent support: rent, food, medicine, utilities, and everything else that enables people to live with dignity. Please read through, support directly, share requests that still need movement, or boost this post far and wide so they can move beyond one feed and reach people who can help.

<h4 class="article-title"> <a href="https://wrzky.com/mutual-aid-roundup-urgent-requests-to-support/">Mutual Aid Checkpoint Roundup 27/05/2026</a> </h4> <div class="article-body"> <p>Eid Mubarak, everyone!</p><p>Today’s Eid al-Adha. In Islam, its significance, in practice, carries the language of sacrifice, provision, obligation, and redistribution. The sacrifice here does not mean abandoning ourselves. One way to interpret it is to materially align ourselves with what Islam teaches us: that God is Al-Wahhab, The Supreme Bestower; Ar-Razzaq, The Provider; and Al-Fattah, The Opener of provision doors. Our dignity is not earned through productivity, respectability, or survival performance. It is inherent because Allah created us with worth before capitalism ever demanded utility from us<a href="https://quran.com/38/71-73" rel="nofollow">(1</a><a href="https://quran.com/38/71-73" rel="nofollow">)</a>.</p><p>When life itself is provision, then everything we hold in this dunya (world) must be understood with humility. Wealth is not proof of superior worth, harder work, or greater deservingness. It exists because Allah allows it to exist under divine decree. To hoard that provision while others are forced to compete for food, shelter, medicine, and safety is not success. It is moral corruption and spiritual bankruptcy.</p><p>This means nobody should be in a constant battle between solidarity and survival, or in a competition for basic necessities to earn a proper and dignified living. Nobody should go to sleep hungry, without a roof, or in pain from lack of medication, because nobody should hoard God’s provision.</p><p>With that being said, below are the requests from people asking for help with survival needs, rent, food, medicine, utilities, and everything else that enables us to live with dignity, all the things capitalism makes us compete with each other for while slowly eroding our humanity in the process.</p><p>Please read through the requests, support directly where possible, and share the requests that still need movement. The rest of the requests can be found under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky/116618586143459558" rel="nofollow">last week’s mutual aid checkpoint.</a></p><p>✨Mutual Aid Roundup✨</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@broodcoffee/116454754564011275" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@broodcoffee/116454754564011275"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@broodcoffee/1</span><span class="invisible">16454754564011275</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/116625917265753298" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/116625917265753298"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/</span><span class="invisible">116625917265753298</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blahaj.zone/notes/amn1yu4gg5mh0599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blahaj.zone/notes/amn1yu4gg5mh0599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blahaj.zone/notes/amn1yu4gg5mh</span><span class="invisible">0599</span></a></p><p><a href="https://blackqueer.life/@moo/116624589497182017" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blackqueer.life/@moo/116624589497182017"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blackqueer.life/@moo/116624589</span><span class="invisible">497182017</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116625506092353743" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116625506092353743"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/11</span><span class="invisible">6625506092353743</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116625456332856822" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/116625456332856822"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@ellespeaks/11</span><span class="invisible">6625456332856822</span></a></p><p><a href="https://me.dm/@kshernandez/116618871069837116" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="me.dm/@kshernandez/116618871069837116"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">me.dm/@kshernandez/11661887106</span><span class="invisible">9837116</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@MaskedRyder/116619913296676282" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cyberpunk.lol/@MaskedRyder/116619913296676282"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberpunk.lol/@MaskedRyder/116</span><span class="invisible">619913296676282</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/@Bislick/116641442538377453" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mas.to/@Bislick/116641442538377453"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mas.to/@Bislick/11664144253837</span><span class="invisible">7453</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dobrochna/116643130124280241" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@dobrochna/116643130124280241"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@dobrochna/116</span><span class="invisible">643130124280241</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@broodcoffee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>broodcoffee</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Toadlyturtle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://blahaj.zone/@technocrow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>technocrow</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://blackqueer.life/@moo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>moo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ellespeaks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ellespeaks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/@MaskedRyder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MaskedRyder</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://me.dm/@kshernandez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kshernandez</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@Bislick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bislick</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dobrochna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dobrochna</span></a></span></p><p>✨Palestinian Campaign Spotlight✨</p><p>From Rubble to Hope: A Family’s Daring Survival</p><p>Layan’s mother needs post-operative care after a miscarriage and D&C, with no other income. Donate via Chuffed and boost her request. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Layan2002/116642064325363886" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Layan2002" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Layan2002</span></a></span></p><a href="https://chuffed.org/project/177144-from-rubble-to-hope-a-familys-daring-survival" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><p>I need your support to help my family get food and to continue my university studies</p><p>Help move Haya’s stalled campaign after a month without support; her family needs food and she needs to continue her studies. Donate via Chuffed. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@haya200/116635562051611292" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@haya200" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>haya200</span></a></span></p><a href="https://www.chuffed.org/project/178434-i-need-your-support-to-help-my-family-get-food-and-to-continue-my-university-studies" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><p>Gaza Verified Campaigns</p><p>The Gaza Verified team tracked 184 Palestinian campaigns that raised less than $200 in the past seven days. Please look through the thread and contribute within your capacity..<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gaza_verified_campaigns/116644997361560700" rel="nofollow">[View original post]</a></p><a href="https://gaza.onl" rel="nofollow">Gaza Verified Archive</a><p>Want the weekly roundup, plus occasional updates from yours truly, in your inbox? Subscribe to <a href="https://wrzky.com/newsletter" rel="nofollow">WRZKY Weekly Dispatch.</a></p><p>A Note Before You Go</p><p>Every week, I collect mutual aid requests that show up under my Friday mutual aid checkpoint on the fediverse. This is a small attempt on my part, and a continuation of my weekly checkpoint on my previous main platform, which should not be named. This is just another node in the vast digital mutual aid community, to make solidarity as borderless as possible and mutual aid requests easier to follow, share, and return to.</p><p>I know I don’t have to do this, but please allow me to apologise for being late to publish this week’s checkpoint roundup article and newsletter. We’re in the second week of the mutual aid amplification project on the fediverse, yet I’m already late publishing the weekly article. I don’t have any excuse other than I really forgot to set this up before focusing on my ibadah, on top of stabilising the ActivityPub relay for the past week, while also catching up with my <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky/116644537967202130" rel="nofollow">anime rewatch</a>. Unforgivable.</p><p>If last week’s roundup seemed rushed, that’s because it was. It genuinely was. Please bear with me while I’m slowly getting used to the rhythm of work and quality that I set up for myself within my own project framework. Yes, I can hear my AuDHD brain battling against emotional regulation and integrity while typing that.</p><p>Eventually, I will form a team to sustain this project together with me, and this whole project will finally be where it belongs: <a href="https://mutualaidspace.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mutualaidspace.org</a> (formerly <a href="https://mutualaid.wrzky.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mutualaid.wrzky.com</a>). My personal website here will return to functioning as my digital identity, portfolio, and virtual homebase on Bisan’s internet.</p><p>Thank you for reading this far. Feel free to drop me<a href="https://wrzky.com/contact" rel="nofollow">an emai</a>l with your thoughts or advice, if any. And <a href="https://threads.net/intent/post?text=https%3A%2F%2Fwrzky.com%2Fmutual-aid-checkpoint-roundup-27-05-2026%2F" rel="nofollow">don’t forget to share this article where my presence is unwanted and where mutual aid requests get labeled as e-begging</a>.</p><p>See you around. </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@autistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>autistics</span></a></span> <span 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href="/tags/antiimperialism/" rel="tag">#antiimperialism</a> <a href="/tags/communism/" rel="tag">#communism</a> <a href="/tags/islam/" rel="tag">#Islam</a> <a href="/tags/eidmubarak/" rel="tag">#EidMubarak</a></p><p>Follow this site on a Mastodon app or the Fediverse to get updates in your feed!</p> </div> <div class="article-tags"> <span class="tag">#activism</span> <span class="tag">#actuallyautistic</span> <span class="tag">#ADHD</span> <span class="tag">#advocacy</span> <span class="tag">#anarchism</span> <span class="tag">#anticapitalism</span> <span class="tag">#antiimperialism</span> <span class="tag">#artist</span> <span class="tag">#AuDHD</span> <span class="tag">#autism</span> <span class="tag">#books</span> <span class="tag">#communism</span> <span class="tag">#disability</span> <span class="tag">#disabilityjustice</span> <span class="tag">#disabilitymutualaid</span> <span class="tag">#disabledwriter</span> <span class="tag">#EidMubarak</span> <span class="tag">#fedi</span> 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<p>Life is short. Read more.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

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<p>Bay Area peeps! What are you doing this weekend? Why not join me and a bunch of other amazing authors at the Bay Area Book Festival?? It's all happening in downtown Berkeley! I'll be there Saturday and Sunday! www.baybookfest.org</p><p>PLUS!! If you love science fiction, fantasy, and horror, there is a special <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Locusmag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Locusmag</span></a></span> festival for the Locus Awards on Friday and Saturday during BABF, so be sure to check that out too! <a href="https://locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards-weekend/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards-weekend/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">locusmag.com/2026-locus-awards</span><span class="invisible">-weekend/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sfba/" rel="tag">#sfba</a></p>

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<p>Something understood. How to read poetry.</p><p>"I want to be the sort of person who reads poetry, but I don’t always understand it."</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/something-understood-how-to-read" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/something-understood-how-to-read"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/somet</span><span class="invisible">hing-understood-how-to-read</span></a></p><p>Books in Poetry at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/60"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books</span><span class="invisible">helf/60</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#Poetry</a></p>

The Blue Poetry Book

Editor: Andrew Lang

Illustrator: H. J. Ford & Lancelot Speed

The central illustration is a dark, swirling Romantic vignette of a reclining female figure surrounded by turbulent, dreamlike forms.

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Book cover for Afterglow - Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors by Grist. Image on cover is a drawing of an alien with a small, curled snout who is holding a shovel and standing on a pink, blue, and yellow surface that seems to have vegetation of those colours, too.

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Portrait of Higuchi Ichiyou, a Japanese writer. (1872 – 1896)

A black-and-white photograph of a young Japanese woman with her dark hair swept up in a traditional Meiji-era style. She wears a kimono and gazes directly at the camera with a composed, serious expression.

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The Esperantist, Complete

Editor: H. Bolingbroke Mudie

The cover of The Esperantist, Vol. I (Nov. 1903 – Dec. 1904), published at Norfolk Street, Strand, London. The ornate black-and-white design features a central star — the symbol of the Esperanto movement — surrounded by circular medallions depicting the continents of the world. A small portrait, likely of L.L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, appears at the centre bottom.

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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
by Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle

An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page.An open 17th-century book showing a engraved frontispiece opposite a title page. The title page reads "The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, the Duchesse of Newcastle. London, Printed by A. Maxwell, in the Year M.DC.LX.VIII" (1668). The engraving depicts a crowned central female figure flanked by armoured attendants beneath an ornate arch — likely representing the Empress of the Blazing World.

Transcription:
Here on this Figure Cast a Glance.
But so as if it were by Chance,
Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay,
Since this like Shadowes to the Day
It only represent's; for Still,
Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill
Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace
These lovely Lines within her face.
View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt,
Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt,
By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone
Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne.

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