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‘Difficult love’: Spanish publisher reprints groundbreaking book of Lorca’s homoerotic sonnets

Federico García Lorca’s poems were printed anonymously in 1983 after being hidden away by family for 50 years

By Sam Jones

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jun/13/spanish-publisher-reprints-sonnets-of-dark-love-federico-garcia-lorca

#books #literature

Photo of Federico García Lorca, dedicated to Xavier Bóveda.

Lorca's face is captured in sharp relief: high forehead, strong jawline, deeply expressive eyes.

His hair is dark, neatly combed back—shorter on the sides.

He wears a crisp, light-colored shirt under a dark tailored jacket.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca#/media/File:Federico_Garc%C3%ADa_Lorca,_dedicada_a_Xavier_B%C3%B3veda,_1933.jpg

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More book events fun: my chum Rachel Plummer is the special guest for @TheEdinburghBookshop 's Under Fives Storytime with the charming The Big Day, for #PrideMonth
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/the-big-day-a-storytime-special-with-rachel-plummer

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #RachelPlummer #TheBigDay #PictureBooks #bookstodon #UnderFivesStorytime #bookshops #librairies #Pride

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 08

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Poem of the week: To Wordsworth by Percy Bysshe Shelley

The radical young poet’s backhanded tribute to the older writer is a stern judgment on his lapsed political idealism

by Carol Rumens

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/09/poem-of-the-week-to-wordsworth-by-percy-bysshe-shelley

To Wordsworth & Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4800

#books #literature #poetry

Portrait of William Wordsworth by Sir William Boxall, 1831.

The oil painting depicts the great Romantic poet in his early sixties, with white hair, wearing a dark coat and cravat, rendered in warm brown tones with loose, atmospheric brushwork against a dark background.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth#/media/File:William-Wordsworth.jpg

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Tagore and Yeats: How a Nobel-winning friendship fell apart

On his 160th birth anniversary, revisiting Irish Nobel laureate WB Yeats' complex relationship with Rabindranath Tagore, who he first hailed as a mystic sage and championed for the Nobel, only to later dismiss him for “wrecking his reputation”.

by Aishwarya Khosla

https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/tagore-yeats-nobel-prize-friendship-10065210/

Tagore at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/942

Yeats at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1719

#books #literature

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Photographic portrait of William Butler Yeats by Alice Broughton. Platinum print. "John Quinn arranged for Yeats to be photographed by Alice Boughton, probably on 22 December 1903.

On 7 January 1904, Quinn wrote to her thanking her for two solio prints and two platinum prints, telling her that 'Yeats received the three photographs which you sent him and was charmed by them.' Quinn particularly liked one of Yeats reading a book, which was published in Florence Brooks's article in the New York Herald on 17 January 1904. Another, presumably the present image, was published in the Gaelic American on 5 March 1904."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats#/media/File:Yeats_Boughton.jpg

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This week I've been mainly reading, no. 244.

Richard Verdi's new Thames & Hudson World of Art volume on Velázquez (2023), is great on the art, presenting a chronological discussion of most of the painter's works, but much much weaker on the life & organisation of his studio. So, if you want to assess Velázquez oeuvre then this is the book for you, but if you like artists' biographies then give Verdi's well written but tightly focussed volume a miss.

#art #books @bookstodon #painting

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Philosophy must be useful

For Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, much of philosophy was mere nonsense. Then came Frank Ramsey’s pragmatic alternative

By Cheryl Misak

https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-truth-on-ramsey-wittgenstein-and-the-vienna-circle?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4f77c2313c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Philosophy at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/57

#books #philosophy

Frank Plumpton Ramsey
Cambridge Wittgenstein archive

Ramsey typically appears in a tweed suit or jacket, discreet tie, with slightly tousled hair. The formal yet relaxed style reflects the academic dress of the time.

His face conveys a serene self-confidence, with lucid eyes and a slight smile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(mathematician)#/media/File:Frank_Plumpton_Ramsey.JPG

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I just heard someone refer to Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir, as "hope punk". I really like that.

#books #bookstodon @bookstodon #ProjectHailMary

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New Discovery of 3,000-Year-Old Babylonian Text Sheds Light on Women’s Roles in Ancient Society

By Emma Taggart

https://mymodernmet.com/babylon-text-cuneiform-tablets/?

Full paper available here:
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

#Books #Archeology

The Entry of Alexander into Babylon by Sébastien Leclerc.

Alexander is shown entering the city on horseback or in a triumphal chariot, richly adorned, wearing a plumed helmet or a laurel crown.

He’s accompanied by soldiers, standard-bearers, and often by a figure holding a parasol or canopy over him—a symbol of royal status.

The streets are filled with people welcoming the conqueror—some playing musical instruments, others throwing flowers, and many reaching out in admiration.

Women and children are often shown kneeling or extending gifts, emphasizing the submission and joy of the populace.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Entry_of_Alexander_into_Babylon_MET_DP837120.jpg

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What is Hwæt? The Debate Behind Beowulf’s Opening Line

By Hana Videen

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/07/hwaet-beowulf-opening-line/

Beowulf at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/12660

#Books #Literature #Translation

The first folio of the heroic epic poem Beowulf, written primarily in the West Saxon dialect of Old English. Part of the Cotton MS Vitellius A XV manuscript currently located within the British Library. This is a digital photographic copy of the folio.

Text shown according to https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43521/beowulf-old-english-version:

HWæT. WE GARDE na in geardagum, þeodcyninga, [129] þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah, oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra ofer hronrade hyran scolde, gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning. ðæm eafera wæs æfter cenned, geong in geardum, þone god sende folce to frofre; fyrenðearfe on geat þe hie ær drugon aldorlease lange hwile. Him þæs liffrea, wuldres wealdend, woroldare forgeaf; Beowulf wæs breme blæd wide sprang, Scyldes eafera Scede landum in. Swa sceal geong guma gode gewyrcean, fromum feohgiftum on fæder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf#/media/File:Beowulf_Cotton_MS_Vitellius_A_XV_f._132r.jpg

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Does anybody else get excited when they find typos?

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Apareceu uma espécie de selo https://notbyai.fyi para livros: https://authorsguild.org/human-authored/

#AI #books

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Which type of horror is best (had to limit it to four, go ahead and add your "Others" below:

#horror #poll #movies #TV #gaming #horrormovies #books #comics

Options: (choose one)

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Amazon ha decidido que a partir de hoy los libros que compran sus clientes sean un poquito menos suyos (no es que antes lo fuesen mucho, tampoco), y yo he decidido que no voy a vender ni un libro más allí 🤷‍♂️

Además, como intento ser consecuente conmigo mismo, he retirado los tres libros que he escrito de su catálogo, y siguiendo el espíritu colaborativo del Fediverso, los comparto ahora con vosotros de forma gratuita. A continuación os dejo un enlace a disroot para su descarga directa en epub (no hace falta que tengáis cuenta para bajarlos). Cada libro está en una carpeta que contiene el epub, la portada y un pdf con la sinopsis:

https://cloud.disroot.org/s/YdbStYSNMHAjkWd

Si alguno de los libros os gusta estaré encantado de leer vuestras impresiones. Y si queréis invitarme a un café podéis hacerlo en mi página de Ko-fi ☕:

https://ko-fi.com/karurosu

Dadme una manita para compartir mi trabajo, porfa, pero sobre todo disfrutad de la lectura 🤓

#AmazonOff #Amazon #booktodon #bookstodon #libros #books #literatura #literaverso

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📚 **Oliver Sacks: Why the Oxford English Dictionary is the most ‘coveted and desirable book in the world’**

🔗 https://flashbak.com/oliver-sacks-books-476320/.

#Reading #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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The Three Body Problem is not good

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Is your bookshelf or Zoom background embarrassing?

These antique binder book designs in the Global Museum Store will make a difference!

Reviews:
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https://www.zazzle.com/collections/binders_planners-119129983103120542 #zoom #books #binders #folders #stationery

Is your bookshelf or Zoom background embarrassing?
These antique book designs in the Global Museum Store will make a difference!

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Read “The Psychology of Money”

On having enough.

#books

JoHN BooL, THe Vanguard founder who passed away in 2019, once told a story about money that highlights something we don't think about enough: At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responds, "Yes, but I have something he will never have ... enough." Enough. I was stunned by the simple eloquence of that word stunned for two reasons: first, because I have been given so much in my own life and, second, because Joseph Heller couldn't have been more accurate. For a critical element of our society, including many of the wealthiest and most powerful among us, there seems to be no limit today on what enough entails. It's so smart, and so powerful. Let me offer two examples of the dangers of not having enough, and what they can teach us.

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

Levi Jacobs always of being like his father, the greatest wizard in the world, but had no understanding what it would be like. Follow Levi's journey from bumbling teen to a great hero, while the young wizard learns to master magical powers that are initially completely beyond him and barely under control.

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

The ad flyer for the series The Wizard's Scion.

(Background) View of a planet from space.

(Top Center) A black flying saucer surrounded by this text:
Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

(Top Left) The cover of Troll Song displays a woman in battered, muddy armor with her two swords crossed against the neck of a dwarf.

(Lower Left) The cover of Forgotten Legends displays a child reading in bed as a black, smoky monster with red eyes peeks out from under the bed.

(Lower Center Left) The cover of The Third Wish displays a wizard on top of a mountain, looking to the sunset, over a city of sky scrapers that have plants growing on them. In his shadow is the red eyed creature from Forgotten Legends.

(Lower Center Right) The cover of Dark Moon displays a witch and wizard fighting back to back, holding pistols, while objects fall around them, with the moon behind their heads.

(Lower Right) The cover of The Inverted Glass displays a line art hourglass with a white figure in black sand at the bottom, with a black figure in white sand upside-down in the top. Balanced on a scale are a heart and a feather.

(Upper Right) The cover of The Wizard's Scion: The Complete Series displays several figures in silhouette representing the main characters, as they traverse a wormhole. Behind them is a red-eyed octopus.

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An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland by Bernard Sleigh, 1920

If you believe in fairies, this ancient map and guide will help you know them and find them

By Paul Sorene

https://flashbak.com/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917-476957/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland-bernard-sleigh-1917

Fairyland at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37291

#Maps #Books #Literature

An Ancient Mappe of Fairyland, Newly Discovered and Set Forth (1917).

Presents Fairyland as a rectangular island in birds-eye perspective, complete with compass rose (“North of Nowhere,” “East of the Sun,” “South of Sirius,” “West of the Moon”), scale in “thoughts,” and legend indicating magical features like well‑springs, temples, inns, and dwarf’s treasures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Sleigh#/media/File:An_anciente_mappe_of_Fairyland_-_newly_discovered_and_set_forth_(15868801335).jpg

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Good news: I’m writing another book!

Data centers have been a big part of the discourse over the past few years. I’ll be digging into why there are so many being built right now and the broader impacts they’re having. But also: do we really need this much compute?

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/im-writing-a-new-book

#tech #books #datacenters #ai