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<p>Newly discovered portrait may depict ‘fair youth’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets</p><p>Earl of Southampton may have given writer the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, which has defaced heart on its reverse</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/artanddesi</span><span class="invisible">gn/2025/sep/04/newly-discovered-portrait-of-shakespeares-patron-suggests-he-is-the-fair-youth-of-the-sonnets</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare’s sonnets at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4285" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4285"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4285</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

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

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<p>Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—Plum Bun</p><p>Remembering the Work of “The Crisis” Editor and Harlem Renaissance Writer</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessie-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessie-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/glory-edim-on-jessi</span><span class="invisible">e-redmon-fausets-remarkable-and-forgotten-plum-bun/</span></a></p><p>Harlem Renaissance at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Harlem+Renaissance</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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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<p>What it is like to read Proust - an experiment</p><p>by Henry Oliver</p><p><a href="https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/what-it-is-like-to-read-proust" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commonreader.co.uk/p/what-it-is-like-to-read-proust"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commonreader.co.uk/p/what-</span><span class="invisible">it-is-like-to-read-proust</span></a></p><p>Books by Marcel Proust at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/987"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/987</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

MARCEL PROUST IN 1890.

The doctor looks at literature
Psychological studies of life and letters

Author: Joseph Collins

An oval-cropped black-and-white photograph of Proust with dark, close-cropped hair and a thin moustache, wearing a three-piece suit with a patterned cravat and a small boutonnière.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/75230/pg75230-images.html#Page_116

The back page of *La Recherche*.

A densely covered manuscript page captioned "La dernière page du Temps retrouvé" — the final page of Marcel Proust's Time Regained, the last volume of In Search of Lost Time. The page is covered in Proust's characteristic cramped, heavily revised handwriting, with interlinear additions, crossed-out passages, and marginal insertions spilling into every available space, making it nearly illegible.

Possible transcription:

Je venais de comprendre pourquoi le duc de Guermantes, dont j’avais admiré, en le regardant assis sur une chaise, combien il avait peu vieilli bien qu’il eût tellement plus d’années que moi au-dessous de lui, dès qu’il s’était levé et avait voulu se tenir debout, avait vacillé sur des jambes flageolantes comme celles de ces vieux archevêques sur lesquels il n’y a de solide que leur croix métallique et vers lesquels s’empressent les jeunes séminaristes, et ne s’était avancé qu’en tremblant comme une feuille sur le sommet peu praticable de quatre-vingt-trois années, comme si les hommes étaient juchés sur de vivantes échasses grandissant sans cesse, parfois plus hautes que des clochers, finissant par leur rendre la marche difficile et périlleuse, et d’où tout d’un coup ils tombent...

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56794150/f508.item#

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Proust#/media/Fichier:Derniere_proust.jpg

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<p>New <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> of Stephanie Kelton's The Deficit Myth. It's my first foray into <a href="/tags/mmt/" rel="tag">#MMT</a>, and it took me a long time to critically engage with the book. </p><p>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. </p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p><a href="https://the-casual-critic.writeas.com/the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="the-casual-critic.writeas.com/the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-casual-critic.writeas.com/</span><span class="invisible">the-deficit-myth-banishing-the-ghost-of-weimar</span></a></p>

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<p>Hear Joey Ramone Sing a Piece by John Cage Adapted from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/08/hear-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/08/he</span><span class="invisible">ar-joey-ramone-sing-a-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html</span></a></p><p>“The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs"</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Sheet music for “The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs”

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<p>How Did Eleanor of Aquitaine Become One of the Most Powerful Women of the Middle Ages?</p><p>Eleanor of Aquitaine carved her way into the English court through a series of cunning and tactical maneuvers.</p><p>by Erin Wrigh</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/eleanor-of-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/eleanor-o</span><span class="invisible">f-aquitaine-most-powerful-woman-middle-ages/</span></a></p><p>Eleanor of Aquitaine at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Eleanor+of+Aquitaine</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

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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<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> thank you for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> this week 😊 </p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#selfpromo</a></p><p>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:</p><p><a href="https://wendypalmer.au/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wendypalmer.au/</a></p><p><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> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <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> <a href="/tags/queerromance/" rel="tag">#QueerRomance</a></p>

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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>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?</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><br><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>

(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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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1899.</p><p>Herbert Putnam is appointed Librarian of Congress in the United States, where he will introduce in practice the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) scheme.</p><p> LCC is mainly used by large research and academic libraries, while most public libraries and small academic libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification system.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_</span><span class="invisible">of_Congress_Classification</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> <a href="/tags/catalogue/" rel="tag">#catalogue</a></p>

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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<p>We’re so sorry to hear that Guppe Groups have shut down.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span>/115164286964463451</p><p>Guppe was a really big influence on us when we first joined the Fediverse and served communities across the Fediverse.</p><p>Fortunately, conversations and communities can continue! Here are 3 ways how:</p><p>1/3 Keep the conversation going by hopping over to Newsmast Channels:</p><p>Bookstodon 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> & use <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p><p>Histodons 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@history" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>history</span></a></span> & use <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p><p>Academic Chatter 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@academia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academia</span></a></span> & use <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#academia</a></p><p>Photography 👉 Follow <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> & use <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>

Faded mountain range at sunset with text overlay reading "Thank you Guppe, Community pioneers"

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<p>📚 Home Is Where the Bodies Are by: Jeneva Rose</p><p>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...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/home-is-where-the-bodies-are" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/home-is-where-the-bodies-are"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/home-is-wh</span><span class="invisible">ere-the-bodies-are</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/siblingsfiction/" rel="tag">#siblingsfiction</a></p>

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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<p>My high school English syllabus, ranked.</p><p>By Brittany Allen</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/my-high-school-english-syllabus-ranked/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/my-high-school-english-syllabus-ranked/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/my-high-school-engl</span><span class="invisible">ish-syllabus-ranked/</span></a></p><p>Ethan Frome & Bleak House at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4517</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1023</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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

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

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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<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> thank you for hosting <a href="/tags/writephant/" rel="tag">#writephant</a> 🙏 glad to have a chance to join in this week</p><p><a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a> </p><p>I write stand-alone cosy-adjacent fantasy with romance, often queer, and ALWAYS happy, hopeful endings. I’ve been described as “criminally underrated” by some rando* on Reddit.</p><p>*rando means “random person” in Australian, by which I actually mean a lovely, LOVELY fan who I am incredibly grateful to 😊 </p><p>Check my books out at my website:</p><p><a href="https://wendypalmer.au/books/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wendypalmer.au/books/</a></p><p>They’re on <a href="/tags/hoopla/" rel="tag">#Hoopla</a> and <a href="/tags/koboplus/" rel="tag">#KoboPlus</a> too</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/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasyreads/" rel="tag">#fantasyReads</a> <a href="/tags/gayromance/" rel="tag">#GayRomance</a></p>

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<p>Who Were the Knights of the Round Table? (Arthurian Legends)</p><p>"In the Arthurian legends, King Arthur has an alliance of mighty men known as the Knights of the Round Table. Who were Arthur’s knights?"</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/who-were-knights-round-table/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/who-were-knights-round-table/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/who-were-</span><span class="invisible">knights-round-table/</span></a></p><p>Books about King Arthur and his knights at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=king+arthur" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=king+arthur"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=king+arthur</span></a></p><p>The Parting of Lancelot and Guinevere<br>by Julia Margaret Cameron</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

"In 1874 Tennyson asked Cameron to make photographic illustrations for a new edition of his Idylls of the Kings, a recasting of the Arthurian legends. Responding that both knew that “it is immortality to me to be bound up with you,” Cameron willingly accepted the assignment. Costuming family and friends, she made some 245 exposures to arrive at the handful she wanted for the book. Ultimately—and predictably—she was unhappy with the way her photographs looked reduced in scale and translated into wood engravings, and she chose to issue a deluxe edition, at her own risk, that included a dozen full size photographic prints in each of two volumes." - Internet Archive

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We Need More Leftist Crime Fiction

books-hammett-chandler-larsson-crime-noir

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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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<p>for <a href="/tags/transdayofvisibility/" rel="tag">#TransDayOfVisibility</a> consider ordering a copy of the new 3rd edition of <a href="/tags/whippinggirl/" rel="tag">#WhippingGirl</a> (w/new Afterword on the current anti-trans backlash) for a 20% discount through my publisher @SealPress using this link & promo code: SERANO20<br><a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.hachettebookgroup.com/titl</span><span class="invisible">es/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/</span></a> </p><p>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!<br><a href="/tags/tdov/" rel="tag">#TDoV</a> <a href="/tags/tdov2024/" rel="tag">#TDOV2024</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#feminism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

photo of a stack of Whipping Girl 3rd Edition books

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<p>First you have to force feed them some propaganda like "the strong should prey on the weak." <br>And then you can have instant replay of <a href="/tags/lordoftheflies/" rel="tag">#LordOfTheFlies</a> 🤔😒 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</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> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <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/readingmemes/" rel="tag">#ReadingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/readallthebooks/" rel="tag">#ReadAllTheBooks</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#ReadersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#Novels</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#Bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/bookworm/" rel="tag">#Bookworm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booklove/" rel="tag">#BookLove</a> <a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a></p>

Four panel comic of a classroom with ENGLISH LIT written on a blackboard.

1st: "Morning, class! Today we're going to start our Lord of the Flies unit!"
2nd: Teacher walks out.
3d: *Lock* sound from the door.
4th: Incorrect expectation of mayhem.

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<p>Misunderstood Malthus</p><p>The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today.</p><p>By: Roy Scranton <br><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/misunderstood-malthus/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/misunderstood-malthus/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/misunderstood-</span><span class="invisible">malthus/</span></a></p><p>Malthus at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1411" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1411"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1411</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a></p>

Thomas Robert Malthus by John Linnell.

Malthus is shown seated, facing slightly toward the viewer. His hair is short and lightly curled, his face lined with age. He wears clerical robes. In his right hand he holds a closed book while his left rests gently on his lap.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Robert_Malthus_Wellcome_L0069037.jpg

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<p>‘Deeply concerning’: reading for fun in the US has fallen by 40%, new study says</p><p>"Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who read daily for pleasure has seen a considerable decline"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/aug/20/reading-for-pleasure-study</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

Boy reading in a sparsely decorated bedroom.

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/5E9UNRuhkuq7bcU4hPlCum" rel="nofollow">The Mars House</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>by Natasha Pulley.</p><p>A sci-fi romance set on Mars, where recent refugees from climate-riven Earth are so strong in the low gravity that they are a mortal accidental risk to Martians. Excellent premise, and the contradictory reactions of the protagonist feel real & difficult. But some of the underlying science is dubious (MW ≠ MWh!!!), the romance had potential but felt a bit weak and the ending used up its momentum too soon. Mammoths!</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wildwoila@wyrms.de</span></a></span><br></p>

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<p>" ‘Silence must reign’, ordered the head of the colonial administration in <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> in 1958. The demand was all the more pressing because <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> was simultaneously fighting the war in Algeria, provoking outcry at home and international censure of the self-styled ‘homeland of human rights’." </p><p>NLR speaks w/ <a href="/tags/thomasdeltombe/" rel="tag">#ThomasDeltombe</a>, author of <a href="/tags/thecameroonwar/" rel="tag">#TheCameroonWar</a>: A History of French <a href="/tags/neocolonialism/" rel="tag">#Neocolonialism</a> in <a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> </p><p><a href="https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-secret-war" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-secret-war"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newleftreview.org/sidecar/post</span><span class="invisible">s/the-secret-war</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/cameroun/" rel="tag">#Cameroun</a> <a href="/tags/françafrique/" rel="tag">#Françafrique</a> <a href="/tags/violencescoloniales/" rel="tag">#violencesColoniales</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</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>

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<p>📚 Billion-Dollar Ransom by: James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski</p><p>Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.</p><p>Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the stre...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/billion-dollar-ransom" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/billion-dollar-ransom"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/billion-do</span><span class="invisible">llar-ransom</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/psychological/" rel="tag">#psychological</a></p>

Five members of a billionaire’s family. In different locations. All kidnapped at the same moment.

Two children taken from a private-school bus. A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort. A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.

A patriarch wants his family back. The cash, gold, jewels, and crypto are all ready.
There’s only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent. Special Agent Nicky Gordon doesn’t want to pay the kidnappers.
Not a dime.

Instant New York Times Bestseller!

From bestselling author James Patterson, six kidnappers pursue a whopping ten-figure payout in this thrilling novel featuring “breakneck pacing and loop-the-loop plotting” (Publishers Weekly).

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