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Eurocentrism : modernity, religion, and democracy : a critique of Eurocentrism and culturalism - Anna’s Archive

<p>&quot;Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.&quot;</p><p>Quote in his Letter (no. 155), June 1880.</p><p>~Vincent van Gogh, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856.</p><p>Van Gogh&#x27;s letters are available online at:<br><a href="https://vangoghletters.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>vangoghletters.org/</a></p><p>Books by Van Gogh at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1885.</p><p>Mark Twain&#x27;s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published in the US for the 1st time, in New York by Charles L. Webster, illustrated by E. W. Kemble, the 1st impression having been delayed for replacement of an unauthorized obscene alteration to one of the illustrative plates. Its first-person narrative in colloquial language is initially controversial but ultimately influential in the development of realism in American literature.</p><p>At PG<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/76" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/76</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;The name of the one was Obstinate and the name of the other Pliable.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1678.</p><p>The first part of English nonconformist John Bunyan&#x27;s Christian allegory The Pilgrim&#x27;s Progress, partly written while he was imprisoned for unlicensed preaching, is published in London.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim%27s_Progress"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilg</span><span class="invisible">rim%27s_Progress</span></a></p><p>The Pilgrim&#x27;s Progress at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 **Are students reading less than we used to?**</p><p>David Wignall</p><p>_A few months ago, a professor told me that she had cut another book from her course’s assigned reading list. “When I started teaching at Williams,” she said, “I assigned a book per week. No way I could do that now.”_</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="williamsrecord.com/469974/opinions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">williamsrecord.com/469974/opin</span><span class="invisible">ions/are-students-reading-less-than-we-used-to/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/learning/" rel="tag">#Learning</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>I send thanks to the buyer from Maryland who purchased an art print of</p><p>Light Reading -- <a href="https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f</span><span class="invisible">eatured/light-reading-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print</span></a></p><p>May the image transport you to a perfect day, one in which you immerse yourself in a most wonderful story, a book that you want to read to the end, but at the same time, never shut the covers to permanently close.</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/artwork/" rel="tag">#artwork</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#mastoart</a> <a href="/tags/fediart/" rel="tag">#fediart</a> <a href="/tags/buyintoart/" rel="tag">#buyintoart</a> <a href="/tags/fedigiftshop/" rel="tag">#fedigiftshop</a> <a href="/tags/ayearforart/" rel="tag">#ayearforart</a> <a href="/tags/woman/" rel="tag">#woman</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#home</a> <a href="/tags/peaceful/" rel="tag">#peaceful</a> <a href="/tags/story/" rel="tag">#story</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/speakingoutofplace/" rel="tag">#SpeakingOutOfPlace</a> welcomes <a href="/tags/andrewross/" rel="tag">#AndrewRoss</a>, author of <a href="/tags/theweatherreport/" rel="tag">#TheWeatherReport</a></p><p>&#x27;[W]e follow up Andrew’s claim that in <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> we find a “grisly future arriving there sooner than elsewhere.” The book focusses on the idea of population and scarcity, and argues that much of the policies that are based on the presumption of scarce resources are actually predicated on what Ross calls “bogus scarcity&quot;...&#x27;</p><p><a href="https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18536376-a-conversation-with-andrew-ross-the-weather-report-a-journey-through-unsettled-climates" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/18536376-a-conversation-with-andrew-ross-the-weather-report-a-journey-through-unsettled-climates"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.</span><span class="invisible">com/2084729/episodes/18536376-a-conversation-with-andrew-ross-the-weather-report-a-journey-through-unsettled-climates</span></a><br><a href="/tags/ecocide/" rel="tag">#ecocide</a> <a href="/tags/westbank/" rel="tag">#WestBank</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatejustice/" rel="tag">#climateJustice</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</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>Wigtown Spring Book Weekend<br>2–4 May</p><p>Covenanters &amp; women crime writers will be two of the themes woven into this year’s Wigtown Spring Book Weekend. With dozens of events from author talks to guided walks, writing, photography &amp; music workshops, the programme is now available online:</p><p><a href="https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wigtownbookfestival.com/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestivals/" rel="tag">#bookfestivals</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/wigtown/" rel="tag">#Wigtown</a></p>

<p>Joseph Conrad’s Travel Stories Weren’t Black and White</p><p>Conrad’s celebration of imperial exploration is accompanied by an acknowledgment that such feats often go hand-in-hand with oppression and exploitation.</p><p>By: H.M.A. Leow </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads</span><span class="invisible">-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Philosopher of Nature: Who Was Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling?</p><p>Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling was one of the key figures of German Idealism, who placed nature at the center of his work.</p><p>by Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/friedrich-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/friedrich-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/friedrich</span><span class="invisible">-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/</span></a></p><p>Joseph von Schelling at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12888" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12888</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>📚 The Green Mile by: Stephen King</p><p>Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk &#x27;the Green Mile&#x27;, the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain&#x27;s electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-green-mile" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-green-mile"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-green-</span><span class="invisible">mile</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a></p>

<p>The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>And then when you do start writing them down, you end up with more ideas than you know what to do with... 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</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> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>A Journey Through Dante’s Inferno: A Brief Guide</p><p>Dante’s Inferno is hailed as a medieval masterpiece and a precursor to the Renaissance, with T.S. Eliot having ranked it alongside Shakespeare.</p><p> by Thom Delapa</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/journey-through-dante-inferno/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/journey-through-dante-inferno/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/journey-t</span><span class="invisible">hrough-dante-inferno/</span></a></p><p>The Divine Comedy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=divine+comedy&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=divine+comedy&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=divine+comedy&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>I wish I would&#x27;ve realised sooner that I don&#x27;t have to solve every fictional problem I came up with the same second I came up with them 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>Didn&#x27;t know Chesterton (Father Brown) had a novel set in the future (more alternative reality?), but <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> has it here😍</p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/20058" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/20058</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/gkchesterton/" rel="tag">#GKChesterton</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gutenberg_org</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/114278804779051650" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/114278804779051650"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org</span><span class="invisible">/114278804779051650</span></a></p>

<p>📚 Boost student engagement &amp; get hesitant readers excited about reading with film-book pairings for National Library Month! Check out our suggestions for films to pair with Elie Wiesel&#x27;s memoir Night, John Steinbeck&#x27;s novel Of Mice and Men, Charlotte Perkins Gilman&#x27;s short story The Yellow Wallpaper and more!</p><p><a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/boost-student-engagement-with-film-book-pairings/?utm_source=LinkedIn&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_id=National+Library+Week&amp;utm_content=link" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="journeysinfilm.org/boost-student-engagement-with-film-book-pairings/?utm_source=LinkedIn&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_id=National+Library+Week&amp;utm_content=link"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/boost-stude</span><span class="invisible">nt-engagement-with-film-book-pairings/?utm_source=LinkedIn&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_id=National+Library+Week&amp;utm_content=link</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/nationallibrarymonth/" rel="tag">#NationalLibraryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/nationallibraryweek/" rel="tag">#NationalLibraryWeek</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <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/librarians/" rel="tag">#Librarians</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/homeschooling/" rel="tag">#Homeschooling</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/families/" rel="tag">#Families</a></p>

<p>Bringing this from writer Joseph Malik over from Bluesky. I think it&#x27;s spot on. </p><p>&quot;Subtext separates a novel from a novel-length story. Subtext is the part that AI can&#x27;t--and never will--generate. It can&#x27;t read for subtext. It can read Cliff&#x27;s Notes to determine an existing novel&#x27;s subtext, but there is no mathematical or logical process to create it. Subtext is uniquely human.&quot;</p><p>It&#x27;s the conclusion to a 3-post thread. You can find that via my mentions if you&#x27;re so inclined. </p><p><a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>A special shoutout to The New York Review of Books which has just started using the Fediverse:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@nybooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nybooks</span></a></span> </p><p>The NYRB is a celebrated magazine on literature, politics, arts, ideas &amp; current events.</p><p>They&#x27;ve just started posting, so their profile may look blank to your server. Follow them and their posts will start showing up on your server too 🙂 </p><p>(By the way, NYRB has no connection to the New York Times Book Review, they just have similar names.)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/magazines/" rel="tag">#Magazines</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a> <a href="/tags/arts/" rel="tag">#Arts</a></p>

<p>Recreating the smells of history</p><p>Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields</p><p>By Kaja Šeruga</p><p><a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&amp;utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&amp;utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowablemagazine.org/content/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&amp;utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172</span></a></p><p>Smells of history at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=smells+of+history" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=smells+of+history"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=smells+of+history</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/olfactory_system/" rel="tag">#olfactory_system</a></p>

<p>How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating</p><p>Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-</span><span class="invisible">and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</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>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</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> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Today in the US is Independent Bookstore Day!</p><p>Wherever you are, show some love for your favorite indie bookstore.</p><p><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.indiebound.org/independent</span><span class="invisible">-bookstore-day</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstore/" rel="tag">#bookstore</a></p><p>The picture below is a bookstore in Canada. Show love for all indie bookstores in every country.</p>

<p>Book Titles Featuring Ordinal Numbers: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-featuring-ordinal-numbers/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-book-titles-featuring-ordinal-numbers/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesda</span><span class="invisible">y-book-titles-featuring-ordinal-numbers/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/toptentuesday/" rel="tag">#TopTenTuesday</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>