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<p>The wisdom of surrender</p><p>Samuel Beckett turned an obscure 17th-century Christian heresy into an artistic vision and an unusual personal philosophy</p><p>by Andy Wimbush</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-samuel-beckett-sought-salvation-in-the-midst-of-suffering?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=8829cb6bbe-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_11&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-samuel-beckett-sought-salvation-in-the-midst-of-suffering?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=8829cb6bbe-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_11&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-samuel-beck</span><span class="invisible">ett-sought-salvation-in-the-midst-of-suffering?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=8829cb6bbe-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_11&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></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>What I really don&#x27;t like is that it often feels that way even when it&#x27;s not 😂 </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> @writers <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @fantasy <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> @keepwriting </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>Dive Into Over 10,000 Historical Children’s Books Thanks to This Fascinating Database</p><p>Children’s books are some of the first things that form us. The University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature traces that transformation, encompassing some of the world’s finest examples of what is now affectionately referred to as “kid lit.”</p><p>By Eva Baron </p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/baldwin-library-of-historical-childrens-literature-database/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/baldwin-library-of-historical-childrens-literature-database/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/baldwin-librar</span><span class="invisible">y-of-historical-childrens-literature-database/</span></a>?</p><p>Children literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=children+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=children+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=children+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

<p>Life in Jane Austen’s Goshen</p><p>“This is Goshen,” my mother and father would frequently say. The idea was simple, perhaps, but it said as much about my parents’ perceptions of the outside world as it did about their vision for our home. </p><p>By Caleb Gayle</p><p>Mansfield Park at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/141" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/141</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>10 famous quotes from George Orwell’s 1984 that still resonate​</p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/10-famous-quotes-from-george-orwells-1984-that-still-resonate/photostory/122249713.cms" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/10-famous-quotes-from-george-orwells-1984-that-still-resonate/photostory/122249713.cms"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li</span><span class="invisible">fe-style/books/web-stories/10-famous-quotes-from-george-orwells-1984-that-still-resonate/photostory/122249713.cms</span></a></p><p>More about &quot;1984&quot;;<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen</span><span class="invisible">_Eighty-Four</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

<p>British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked</p><p>Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency</p><p>By Dalya Alberge</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/british-library-reinstate-oscar-wilde-reader-card" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/british-library-reinstate-oscar-wilde-reader-card"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/culture/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jun/13/british-library-reinstate-oscar-wilde-reader-card</span></a></p><p>Oscar Wilde at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/111"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/111</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/7mbW7V29ASmjoSX1WQh1J6" rel="nofollow">The Odyssey</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Homer (trans. Emily Wilson).</p><p>Travel back in time for a little insight into the worldview &amp; values of the ancient Greeks. Fickle meddlesome gods, male honour, rampant war and liberal violence, slavery &amp; female subjugation. Easy flowing translation, though I sometimes lost the rhythm.</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> </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> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>I Can Read You Like a Book: On Northanger Abbey</p><p>By B. D. McClay</p><p>“How are people, at any rate, to be understood?”</p><p><a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/09/i-can-read-you-like-a-book-on-northanger-abbey/?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=183685b4b4-TPRMailchimp_20250613_WEEKLY&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-183685b4b4-55433165&amp;mc_cid=183685b4b4&amp;mc_eid=1ab9ba5038" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/06/09/i-can-read-you-like-a-book-on-northanger-abbey/?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=183685b4b4-TPRMailchimp_20250613_WEEKLY&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-183685b4b4-55433165&amp;mc_cid=183685b4b4&amp;mc_eid=1ab9ba5038"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theparisreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/09/i-can-read-you-like-a-book-on-northanger-abbey/?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=183685b4b4-TPRMailchimp_20250613_WEEKLY&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-183685b4b4-55433165&amp;mc_cid=183685b4b4&amp;mc_eid=1ab9ba5038</span></a></p><p>Northanger Abbey at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/121" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/121</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>How Did Van Gogh Influence Matisse?</p><p>The Van Gogh Museum has just acquired its first work by Matisse that reveals the Post-Impressionist&#x27;s huge influence on Modern art.</p><p>by Jo Lawson-Tancred</p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-did-van-gogh-influence-matisse-2654811" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="news.artnet.com/art-world/how-did-van-gogh-influence-matisse-2654811"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/how-</span><span class="invisible">did-van-gogh-influence-matisse-2654811</span></a></p><p>Van Gogh and Matisse at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40393" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40393</a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=matisse" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=matisse"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=matisse</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>

<p>The French liar</p><p>René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?</p><p>By Sandrine Parageau</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/was-rene-descartes-a-self-centred-guru-and-a-lying-fraud?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=dbc992bbc2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_08&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/was-rene-descartes-a-self-centred-guru-and-a-lying-fraud?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=dbc992bbc2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_08&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/was-rene-descar</span><span class="invisible">tes-a-self-centred-guru-and-a-lying-fraud?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=dbc992bbc2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_08&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Descartes at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/44"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/44</span></a></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>All 41 Plates From Evelyn Waugh’s Victorian Blood Book, Durenstein!</p><p>This large rectangular decoupage scrapbook of 41 plates bound and wrapped in marble endpapers is remarkable, strange and unsettling, with echoes of illuminated medieval manuscripts and Rosicrucianism.</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/evelyn-waugh-victorian-blood-book-durenstein-476211/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/evelyn-waugh-victorian-blood-book-durenstein-476211/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/evelyn-waugh-vict</span><span class="invisible">orian-blood-book-durenstein-476211/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided</p><p>Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aesthetics</p><p>By Michael Billington</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jul/07/oscar-wilde-russian-revolutionary-drama-vera-or-the-nihilists" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/jul/07/oscar-wilde-russian-revolutionary-drama-vera-or-the-nihilists"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/stage/2025</span><span class="invisible">/jul/07/oscar-wilde-russian-revolutionary-drama-vera-or-the-nihilists</span></a></p><p>Vera; or, The Nihilists at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26494" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26494</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#Theatre</a></p>

<p>More book events fun: my chum Rachel Plummer is the special guest for <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bookish.community/@TheEdinburghBookshop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheEdinburghBookshop</span></a></span> &#x27;s Under Fives Storytime with the charming The Big Day, for <a href="/tags/pridemonth/" rel="tag">#PrideMonth</a> <br><a href="https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/the-big-day-a-storytime-special-with-rachel-plummer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/the-big-day-a-storytime-special-with-rachel-plummer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.edinburghbookshop.com/even</span><span class="invisible">ts-1/the-big-day-a-storytime-special-with-rachel-plummer</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/childrensbooks/" rel="tag">#ChildrensBooks</a> <a href="/tags/livresjeunesse/" rel="tag">#LivresJeunesse</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/rachelplummer/" rel="tag">#RachelPlummer</a> <a href="/tags/thebigday/" rel="tag">#TheBigDay</a> <a href="/tags/picturebooks/" rel="tag">#PictureBooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/underfivesstorytime/" rel="tag">#UnderFivesStorytime</a> <a href="/tags/bookshops/" rel="tag">#bookshops</a> <a href="/tags/librairies/" rel="tag">#librairies</a> <a href="/tags/pride/" rel="tag">#Pride</a></p>

<p>Poem of the week: To Wordsworth by Percy Bysshe Shelley</p><p>The radical young poet’s backhanded tribute to the older writer is a stern judgment on his lapsed political idealism</p><p>by Carol Rumens</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2026</span><span class="invisible">/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley</span></a></p><p>To Wordsworth &amp; Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4800" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4800</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>Re: Joyce - Ulysses returns to the RTÉ airwaves for Bloomsday</p><p>Drama On One&#x27;s Kevin Reynolds introduces the legendary RTÉ production of James Joyce&#x27;s Ulysses, performed by the Radio Éireann Players, which returns to the airwaves for Bloomsday.</p><p>Happy 103rd birthday to James Joyce&#x27;s novel Ulysses.</p><p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0612/1518072-re-joyce-ulysses-returns-to-the-rte-airwaves-for-bloomsday/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0612/1518072-re-joyce-ulysses-returns-to-the-rte-airwaves-for-bloomsday/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0612/1</span><span class="invisible">518072-re-joyce-ulysses-returns-to-the-rte-airwaves-for-bloomsday/</span></a></p><p>Ulysses at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4300</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bloomsday/" rel="tag">#bloomsday</a></p>

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<p>New Discovery of 3,000-Year-Old Babylonian Text Sheds Light on Women’s Roles in Ancient Society</p><p>By Emma Taggart</p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/babylon-text-cuneiform-tablets/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mymodernmet.com/babylon-text-cuneiform-tablets/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/babylon-text-c</span><span class="invisible">uneiform-tablets/</span></a>?</p><p>Full paper available here:<br><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/literary-texts-from-the-sippar-library-v-a-hymn-in-praise-of-babylon-and-the-babylonians/B477D54E6554CA35718880339B3736CD" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cambridge.org/core/journals/iraq/article/literary-texts-from-the-sippar-library-v-a-hymn-in-praise-of-babylon-and-the-babylonians/B477D54E6554CA35718880339B3736CD"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cambridge.org/core/journal</span><span class="invisible">s/iraq/article/literary-texts-from-the-sippar-library-v-a-hymn-in-praise-of-babylon-and-the-babylonians/B477D54E6554CA35718880339B3736CD</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#Archeology</a></p>

<p>What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line</p><p>By Hana Videen</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwaet-beowulf-opening-line/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwaet-beowulf-opening-line/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2025/07/h</span><span class="invisible">waet-beowulf-opening-line/</span></a></p><p>Beowulf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/12660" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/12660"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/12660</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#Translation</a></p>

<p>Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France</p><p>Sent by Louis XIV, the filles du roi were sent to North America to birth new generations of colonists and help conquer the land.</p><p>On September 22, 1663, thirty-six young women arrived in a French colony on the shores of the St. Lawrence River in a region that we now call eastern Canada. </p><p>By: Ann Foster </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/filles-du-roi-the-founding-mothers-of-new-france/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/filles-du-roi-the-founding-mothers-of-new-france/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/filles-du-roi-</span><span class="invisible">the-founding-mothers-of-new-france/</span></a></p><p>Books about New France at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1225" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1225"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/1225</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

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<p>Which type of horror is best (had to limit it to four, go ahead and add your &quot;Others&quot; below:</p><p><a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/poll/" rel="tag">#poll</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> <a href="/tags/horrormovies/" rel="tag">#horrormovies</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a></p> <div class="poll"> <h3 style="display: none;">Options: <small>(choose one)</small></h3> <ul> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="4 votes">40%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Psychological horror</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="4 votes">40%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Supernatural horror</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="1 votes">10%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Body horror</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="1 votes">10%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Slasher</span> </label> </li> </ul> <div class="poll-footer"> <span class="vote-total">10 votes</span> &mdash; <span class="vote-end">Ended 1y ago</span> <span class="todo">Polls are currently display only</span> </div> </div>