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<p>The Tragedy and Comedy of Don Quixote</p><p>How the Kidnapping of Miguel de Cervantes Shaped His Famous Novel</p><p>By Ed Simon</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-tragedy-and-comedy-of-don-quixote?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K5RNTW3RTB58V4VMA2AYCJ34&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-tragedy-and-comedy-of-don-quixote?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K5RNTW3RTB58V4VMA2AYCJ34&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-tragedy-and-com</span><span class="invisible">edy-of-don-quixote?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01K5RNTW3RTB58V4VMA2AYCJ34&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Don Quixote at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=don+quixote" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=don+quixote"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=don+quixote</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>The Astrophysicist Who Loves the Things We Cannot Know</p><p>A conversation with “rational mystic,” physicist Marcelo Gleiser.</p><p>By Anne Strainchamps (from the archives)</p><p><a href="https://nautil.us/the-astrophysicist-who-loves-the-things-we-cannot-know-436828/?utm_campaign=website&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=nautilus-newsletter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="nautil.us/the-astrophysicist-who-loves-the-things-we-cannot-know-436828/?utm_campaign=website&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=nautilus-newsletter"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nautil.us/the-astrophysicist-w</span><span class="invisible">ho-loves-the-things-we-cannot-know-436828/?utm_campaign=website&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=nautilus-newsletter</span></a></p><p>Astrophysics at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/40414" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/40414"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/40414</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#astrophysics</a></p>

<p>A Review of Horsefly: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-horsefly/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-horsefly/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-ho</span><span class="invisible">rsefly/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</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>&quot;The Story of an Hour&quot; written by Kate Chopin <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1894.</p><p>It was originally published in Vogue on December 6, 1894, as &quot;The Dream of an Hour&quot;. It was later reprinted in St. Louis Life on January 5, 1895, as &quot;The Story of an Hour&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://anthologydev.lib.virginia.edu/work/Chopin/chopin-hour?view=pageImages" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="anthologydev.lib.virginia.edu/work/Chopin/chopin-hour?view=pageImages"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anthologydev.lib.virginia.edu/</span><span class="invisible">work/Chopin/chopin-hour?view=pageImages</span></a></p><p><a href="https://librivox.org/search?title=The+Story+of+an+Hour&amp;author=Chopin&amp;reader=&amp;keywords=&amp;genre_id=0&amp;status=all&amp;project_type=either&amp;recorded_language=&amp;sort_order=catalog_date&amp;search_page=1&amp;search_form=advanced" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="librivox.org/search?title=The+Story+of+an+Hour&amp;author=Chopin&amp;reader=&amp;keywords=&amp;genre_id=0&amp;status=all&amp;project_type=either&amp;recorded_language=&amp;sort_order=catalog_date&amp;search_page=1&amp;search_form=advanced"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">librivox.org/search?title=The+</span><span class="invisible">Story+of+an+Hour&amp;author=Chopin&amp;reader=&amp;keywords=&amp;genre_id=0&amp;status=all&amp;project_type=either&amp;recorded_language=&amp;sort_order=catalog_date&amp;search_page=1&amp;search_form=advanced</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

The Life and Death of the Suburban Novel

<p>A Review of The Trail of Lady Shajarah: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-trail-of-lady-shajarah/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-trail-of-lady-shajarah/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-th</span><span class="invisible">e-trail-of-lady-shajarah/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/paranormal/" rel="tag">#Paranormal</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</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>

Dark Academia Grows Up

<p>What should be on a list of almost Great Books?</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/what-should-be-on-a-list-of-almost" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/what-should-be-on-a-list-of-almost"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/what-</span><span class="invisible">should-be-on-a-list-of-almost</span></a></p><p>A selection of this month’s notable and interesting titles posted in our May newsletter:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/newsletter/</a></p><p>The great sea-serpent - A. C. Oudemans<br>The limerick up to date book - Ethel Watts Mumford Grant<br>Partners in crime - Agatha Christie<br>Essay on comets - David Milne-Home<br>....</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>My all-time best selling romance audiobook is...</p><p>Taken by the Mountain Man, by Kelsie Calloway, which I narrated as Eden Cavell.</p><p>A divorced single mom starting over in a small mountain town takes a shot at a second chance at love with her brother&#x27;s hot best friend.</p><p>It&#x27;s a big-hearted romance that is also super hot, with a female lead who&#x27;s not afraid to go after what she wants, and the kind of hunky mountain man she absolutely deserves. </p><p>Translation: I get to play Yet Another Mountain Man in this audiobook! (There are a few in my catalogue.)</p><p>If you like second chance romance, sizzling sex scenes or happily ever afters, this is the audiobook for you.</p><p>It&#x27;s available as an audiobook and also as an ebook.</p><p><a href="https://geni.us/TBTMM" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>geni.us/TBTMM</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@audiofiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>audiofiction</span></a></span> <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/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/bbw/" rel="tag">#BBW</a> <a href="/tags/bbwromance/" rel="tag">#BBWRomance</a></p>

<p>Spanish realist author, diplomat, and politician Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1905.</p><p>Valera was a prolific author who wrote novels, essays, plays, &amp; criticism. He was deeply influenced by Spanish Golden Age literature and European Romanticism. His writing style is characterized by its elegance, psychological insight, and attention to detail. One of his most famous novels is &quot;Pepita Jiménez,&quot; published in 1874. </p><p>Books by Juan Valera at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4923" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4923"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4923</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Whet Your Appetite With Nearly 13,000 Historical Cookbooks in This Sprawling Online Archive</p><p>By Eva Baron </p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/internet-archive-cookbook-and-home-economics-collection/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/internet-archive-cookbook-and-home-economics-collection/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/internet-archi</span><span class="invisible">ve-cookbook-and-home-economics-collection/</span></a></p><p>Cookbooks and Home Economics at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://archive.org/details/cbk?tab=collection" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/cbk?tab=collection"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/cbk?tab=co</span><span class="invisible">llection</span></a></p><p>At PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/14827" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/14827"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/14827</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/cooking/" rel="tag">#cooking</a></p>

<p>What Is Aristotle’s Divine Blueprint for the Cosmos?</p><p>The divine is at the heart of Aristotle’s model of the cosmos, responsible for the intricate motions of the heavens and the Earth.</p><p>by Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/aristotle-cosmos-blueprint/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/aristotle-cosmos-blueprint/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/aristotle</span><span class="invisible">-cosmos-blueprint/</span></a></p><p>Aristotle at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2747" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2747"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2747</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1910.</p><p>Halley&#x27;s comet reappears after 76 years, and Mark Twain dies at his home, Stormfield, the day after the comet&#x27;s perihelion. In his autobiography, Twain wrote, &quot;I came in with Halley&#x27;s comet in 1835. It&#x27;s coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go out with it. The Almighty has said no doubt, &#x27;Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.&#x27;&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a></p>

<p>6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History<br>They will not be shushed.</p><p>BY APRIL WHITE<br>APRIL 5, 2024 via @atlasobscura</p><p>LIBRARIANS HAVE NEVER BEEN A quiet bunch: Information, after all, is power. To mark National Library Week—typically celebrated the second full week of April, fittingly, went into the archives to find our favorite stories of librarians who have fostered cultural movements, protected national secrets, and fought criminals.</p><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/famous-librarians-who-changed-history" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.atlasobscura.com/articles/famous-librarians-who-changed-history"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.atlasobscura.com/articles/</span><span class="invisible">famous-librarians-who-changed-history</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/nationallibraryweek/" rel="tag">#nationallibraryweek</a></p>

<p>American novelist, humorist, and critic Mark Twain died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1910.</p><p>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, often called &quot;the Great American Novel,&quot; is particularly noted for its vivid depiction of people and places along the Mississippi River. Twain&#x27;s other notable works include The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur&#x27;s Court, &amp; his autobiography, which was published posthumously.</p><p>Books by Mark Twain at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/53"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/53</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 First-Time Caller by: B.K. Borison</p><p>Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/first-time-caller" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/first-time-caller"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/first-time</span><span class="invisible">-caller</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/workplacefiction/" rel="tag">#workplacefiction</a> <a href="/tags/contemporary/" rel="tag">#contemporary</a></p>

<p>Wrapping up 2025 with gratitude to the many people who supported me this year while I was launching The Expert of Subtle Revisions. Thank you for reading the book, for buying the book, for checking it out from the library (I just learned it was a top check out from the Mechanics&#x27; Institute Library this year!) for sharing it with friends and online, for showing up at events, for your kind notes, your kind reviews, your attention. My year-in-review features moments I photographed--the book launch at Bookshop West Portal with Lilian Van Cleve, Book Passage with Allison Bainbridge, Symposium Books with Tanya Young, That was Then at Page Street, a New York City book store tour with Meredith Davis, a Boston book store tour with Daphne Kalotay, Sebastopol LitCrawl, and Kepler&#x27;s Story is the Thing--but many important moments have no image to accompany them. They will always remain with me as well. Thank you!</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</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></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/7zfOlSfED28" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/7zfOlSfED28</a></p>

<p>📚 The Nightingale: A Novel by: Kristin Hannah</p><p>With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women&#x27;s war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking o...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-nightingale-a-novel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-nightingale-a-novel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-nighti</span><span class="invisible">ngale-a-novel</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></p>

<p>An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God</p><p>2,500 years ago, Anaxagoras correctly determined that the rocky moon reflects light from the sun, allowing him to explain lunar phases and eclipses</p><p>By David Warmflash via @SmithsonianMag</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-greek-philosopher-was-exiled-claiming-moon-was-rock-not-god-180972447/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-greek-philosopher-was-exiled-claiming-moon-was-rock-not-god-180972447/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/science</span><span class="invisible">-nature/ancient-greek-philosopher-was-exiled-claiming-moon-was-rock-not-god-180972447/</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> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>German philosopher Immanuel Kant was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> 300 years ago!</p><p>Kant’s most famous work, the &quot;Critique of Pure Reason&quot;, is often considered one of the most significant works in the history of philosophy. In this book, he introduced the concept of a priori synthetic judgments, arguing that our ability to perceive &amp; understand the world is shaped by the ways our mind structures experiences.</p><p>Books by Immanuel Kant at PG:<br>The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>Open Book Fountain</p><p>This sculpture was created by Kelecsenyi Gergely &amp; engineer Jozsef Szita.<br>The fountain uses water to create the illusion of turning pages, and serves as a reminder of the importance of physical books. </p><p>Location: Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. On Egyetem Square, in front of the university.</p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/arte/" rel="tag">#Arte</a> <a href="/tags/streetart/" rel="tag">#StreetArt</a> <a href="/tags/kunst/" rel="tag">#Kunst</a> <a href="/tags/straatkunst/" rel="tag">#Straatkunst</a> <a href="/tags/scupture/" rel="tag">#Scupture</a> <a href="/tags/escultura/" rel="tag">#Escultura</a> <a href="/tags/scultura/" rel="tag">#Scultura</a> <a href="/tags/creative/" rel="tag">#Creative</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoots/" rel="tag">#Creativetoots</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/boeken/" rel="tag">#Boeken</a> <a href="/tags/boek/" rel="tag">#Boek</a> <a href="/tags/livre/" rel="tag">#Livre</a> <a href="/tags/lezen/" rel="tag">#Lezen</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#Design</a> <a href="/tags/creativetoot/" rel="tag">#Creativetoot</a> <a href="/tags/lire/" rel="tag">#Lire</a></p>

<p>📚 Yellowface by: Rebecca F. Kuang</p><p>Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena&#x27;s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.</p><p>So when June witnesses Athena&#x27;s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/yellowface" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/yellowface</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/psychologicalfiction/" rel="tag">#psychologicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a></p>

<p>Great piece by Ilana Masad on making art and marketing it:</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</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></p><p><a href="https://electricliterature.com/artists-shouldnt-need-to-become-content-creators-to-get-fair-pay/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="electricliterature.com/artists-shouldnt-need-to-become-content-creators-to-get-fair-pay/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electricliterature.com/artists</span><span class="invisible">-shouldnt-need-to-become-content-creators-to-get-fair-pay/</span></a></p>

<p>American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist George Herbert Mead died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1931.</p><p>He is considered one of the founders of social psychology and the school of thought known as symbolic interactionism. Mead’s most influential ideas revolve around the concept of the self, which he saw as arising from social interaction. Mead’s ideas were mostly published posthumously, with his students assembling his lectures and notes into books. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/sociology/" rel="tag">#sociology</a></p>

<p>I just read the two-part graphic novel &quot;My Brother&#x27;s Husband&quot; by Gengoroh Tagame. It&#x27;s set in Japan, where a single dad gets to know his deceased identical twin&#x27;s Canadian husband. It&#x27;s a mix of a young girl&#x27;s enthusiasm over a surprise uncle and an adult&#x27;s struggle with his culture&#x27;s (and his own) view of gayness. Lots of layers, as he&#x27;s also divorced and raising his daughter mostly on his own. They all develop a broader sense of family.</p><p><a href="/tags/graphicnovel/" rel="tag">#GraphicNovel</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/japan/" rel="tag">#japan</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <br><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>