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[Possible spoiler] Just finished The Stand.......and I’m wrecked

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Newly discovered portrait may depict ‘fair youth’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets

Earl of Southampton may have given writer the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, which has defaced heart on its reverse

By Dalya Alberge

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets

Shakespeare’s sonnets at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4285

#art #books #history

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Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—Plum Bun

Remembering the Work of “The Crisis” Editor and Harlem Renaissance Writer

https://lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessie-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/

Harlem Renaissance at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance

#books #literature

From The New York Public Library:

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Jessie Redmon Fauset." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1923. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70706be0-c6dc-012f-dd26-58d385a7bc34

Fauset is posed in a straightforward, composed manner, facing slightly toward the camera.

She wears refined clothing typical of the early 20th century. Her dress is modest yet elegant, with soft fabric at the collar.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70706be0-c6dc-012f-dd26-58d385a7bc34?canvasIndex=0

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Kevin A. Young at the Binghamton Upstate Anarchist Book Fair

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I wrote a book and i am sharing it with everyone. Email request access required (the web is a jungle right now)
https://humble.opticmystic.io/

pdf version available through email request (the web is a jungle right now).

some inspiration was taken from
@pluralistic @emilymbender

you may like @GeofCox @bodhipaksa
@aral

#humble #world #art #books #philosophy #puns #love #typography

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Johannes Gutenberg & the Invention of the Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century was one of the most important technological developments of the early modern period.

by Anisia Iacob

https://www.thecollector.com/johannes-gutenberg-printing-press/

Johannes Gutenberg at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Johannes+Gutenberg

#books #printingdevices

An early wooden printing press, depicted in 1568. Such presses could produce up to 240 impressions per hour.

Jost Amman - Woodcut illustration in the 1568 book "Ständebuch", reproduced in "Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. (p. 64)"

At the left in the foreground, a "puller" removes a printed sheet from the press. The "beater" to his right is inking the forme. In the background, compositors are setting type.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg#/media/File:Printer_in_1568-ce.png

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New #review of Stephanie Kelton's The Deficit Myth. It's my first foray into #MMT, and it took me a long time to critically engage with the book.

I'm not unsympathetic to the argument, but I am not fully persuaded. The argument is rather thin and would have benefitted from more detail, more evidence, and pre-emptive counters to common critiques. Nonetheless, it was still very thought-provoking and a valuable intervention.

#blog #books

https://the-casual-critic.writeas.com/the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar

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King James I and the Macbeth Witches

The ever-pragmatic Shakespeare added witches to the Scottish play to please his new patron, King James I of England.

By: Emily Zarevich

https://daily.jstor.org/king-james-i-and-the-macbeth-witches/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4AA1HZHDFDF6ETVJ03399HB&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Macbeth at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1533

#art #books #culture

Scene of Three Witches from Shakespeare's Macbeth c. 1840 by
George Cattermole (1800–1868) .

The work depicts the three witches from Macbeth, characters.

The witches are grouped together in the foreground, forming a tight, triangular arrangement. Their figures are hunched and enveloped in heavy cloaks, their gestures mysterious and conspiratorial. One may be shown pointing, another in the act of casting or stirring, while the third leans forward as if whispering some secret.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Cattermole_-_Scene_of_Three_Witches_from_Shakespeare%27s_Macbeth_-_B1975.4.1056_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg

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Hear Joey Ramone Sing a Piece by John Cage Adapted from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake

https://www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html

“The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs"

#books #music #literature

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How Did Eleanor of Aquitaine Become One of the Most Powerful Women of the Middle Ages?

Eleanor of Aquitaine carved her way into the English court through a series of cunning and tactical maneuvers.

by Erin Wrigh

https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/

Eleanor of Aquitaine at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine

#books #history

Queen Eleanor by Frederick Sandys, 1858 National Museum Cardiff.

A disciple of Rossetti, Sandys specialised in half-length figures of beautiful but often destructive women. His meticulous attention to detail is typical of the Pre-Raphaelite school. Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122–1204), the wife of the English King Henry II, was reputed to have murdered his mistress, Fair Rosamund, and appears here with a poisoned cup and dagger. The red cord in her left hand is that which showed the way through the maze to Rosamund's bower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine#/media/File:Queen_Eleanor_(Frederick_Sandys,_1858).jpg

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📚 Minor Black Figures by: Brandon Taylor

A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his...

https://bookblabla.com/book/minor-black-figures

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #lgbtq #gayfiction #literaryfiction #citylife

A newcomer to New York, Wyeth is a Black painter who grew up in the South and is trying to find his place in the contemporary Manhattan art scene. It's challenging. Gallery shows displaying bad art. Pretentious artists jockeying for attention. The gossip and the backstabbing. While his part-time work for an art restorer is engaging, Wyeth suffers from artist's block with his painting and he is finding it increasingly difficult to spark his creativity.

When he meets Keating, a white former seminarian who left the priesthood, Wyeth begins to reconsider how to observe the world, in the process facing questions about the conflicts between Black and white art, the white gaze on the Black body, and the compromises we make - in art and in life.

As he did so adeptly in Booker finalist Real Life and the bestselling The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor brings to life in Minor Black Figures a fascinating set of characters, this time in the competitive art world, and the lives they lead with each and on their own. Minor Black Figures is an involving and tender portrait of friendship, creativity, and the connections between them.

From the Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author: a perceptive novel about a gay Black painter navigating the worlds of art, desire, and creativity

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@neve thank you for hosting #writephant this week 😊

#selfpromo

I write cosy-adjacent fantasy books with romance, often queer. I have been described as “criminally underrated” 😉 Find out more about my books, including samples and retail links, at my website:

https://wendypalmer.au/

#books @bookstodon #fantasy #IndieAuthor @writingbooks #QueerRomance

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon

On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads.

Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts.

(Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it:

“Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.”

“We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.”

“ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon

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"Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn; for it requires that the learner should first be taught to describe these accurately, before he enters upon geometry; then it shows how by these operations problems may be solved."

Preface. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (1687)

~Isaac Newton born #OTD in 1643.

Newton at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288

#books #physics #mathematics #astronomy

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#OTD in 1899.

Herbert Putnam is appointed Librarian of Congress in the United States, where he will introduce in practice the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme.

LCC is mainly used by large research and academic libraries, while most public libraries and small academic libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification

#books #library #catalogue

Herbert Putnam, 3/4-length portrait, holding an open book; Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939 Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.

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Unusual war grave in Dalry Cemetery: father & son. Same names, same age at death, one fell in WWI, the other in WWII.

This inspired my short story for WWI charity anthology To End All Wars several years ago, illustrated by Kate Charlesworth, which you can read here on my blog https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/memorial-to-the-mothers/

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #AmWriting #History #Histoire

Marble British war grave headstone with the Royal Scots emblem, dedicated to James Allan, killed 1918, aged 29, and his son, also Janes Allan, killed 1940 in France, same regiment and age as his father.

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📚 Home Is Where the Bodies Are by: Jeneva Rose

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing bat...

https://bookblabla.com/book/home-is-where-the-bodies-are

@bookstodon

#books #reading #libraries #fiction #thrillers #suspensefiction #familylife #siblingsfiction

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

While going through their parents’ belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

A New York Times and USA Today bestseller
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn’t Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet.

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Why René Descartes Believed That Machines Will Never Be Able to Genuinely “Think”

According to René Descartes, no matter how advanced or sophisticated, machine intelligence remains fundamentally inferior to the complexity and depth of human intelligence.

by Scott Mclaughlan

https://www.thecollector.com/descartes-paradox-artificial-intelligence/

Descartes at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44

#books #literature #philosophy

René Descartes at his desk.

Dscartes is shown seated in three-quarter view, turned slightly toward the viewer while positioned at an ornate writing desk or table. His right hand gestures toward or rests near an open book or manuscript on the desk.

Descartes is portrayed with long, dark hair falling past his shoulders and a prominent mustache.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes?uselang=fr#/media/File:Descartes3.jpg

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My high school English syllabus, ranked.

By Brittany Allen

https://lithub.com/my-high-school-english-syllabus-ranked/

Ethan Frome & Bleak House at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023

#books #literature

Cover of the first edition of Ethan Frome (1911).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Frome#/media/File:Ethan_Frome_first_edition_cover.jpg

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Cover of first serial of Bleak House, March 1852
Illustration from the New York Public Library Berg Collection

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House#/media/File:Cover,_Bleak_House_(1852-3).png

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The Novel F. Scott Fitzgerald Never Wrote
A Romantic Drama Against the Backdrop of History

By Anne Margaret Daniel (from the archives)

https://lithub.com/the-novel-f-scott-fitzgerald-never-wrote/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K4GXQHD1JQF3NSKDBWP4HAFN&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Fitzgerald at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/420

#books #literature

A publicity photograph of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald circa 1921 published in The World's Work (June 1921 issue).

Fitzgerald is shown in a formal seated pose, turned slightly toward the camera. His expression is calm, alert, and composed.

He wears a dark three-piece suit with a tie, crisply pressed white shirt, and neatly combed hair parted at the middle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald#/media/File:F_Scott_Fitzgerald_1921.jpg

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A personal SMBC
Full strip here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/a-family-dispute
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #books

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.

@bookstodon
#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

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Is it possible to publish descriptions of characters, creatures, organizations, and events from books/book universes here?

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for #TransDayOfVisibility consider ordering a copy of the new 3rd edition of #WhippingGirl (w/new Afterword on the current anti-trans backlash) for a 20% discount through my publisher @SealPress using this link & promo code: SERANO20
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/

btw, if you had problems with the promo code earlier, sorry, their distributor sold out. but now it's back in stock & the promo code will work until April 15th!
#TDoV #TDOV2024 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism #books