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<p>Finding Briseis: On Resurrecting a Forgotten Woman from Homer’s Iliad</p><p>Emily Hauser Explores Ancient Greek Visions of Gender</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/finding-briseis-on-</span><span class="invisible">resurrecting-a-forgotten-woman-from-homers-iliad/</span></a></p><p>The Iliad at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a></p>

<p>Sigrid Nunez on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby</p><p>In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-scott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/sigrid-nunez-on-f-s</span><span class="invisible">cott-fitzgeralds-the-great-gatsby/</span></a></p><p>The Great Gatsby at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64317</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Some shameless self-promo: I&#x27;ve set up a <a href="/tags/kofi/" rel="tag">#kofi</a> shop. You can buy DRM-free copies of my <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> there (your choice of epub, mobi, azw3 or pdf). You can also buy me a coffee if you&#x27;d like.</p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/books" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/books"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop/bo</span><span class="invisible">oks</span></a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/4AMN2GVDQZQB8ciD2mHgpQ" rel="nofollow">Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Tim Harford.</p><p>The importance of randomness &amp; spontaneity in creativity &amp; problem-solving. Plans, order &amp; rationality are often counter-productive! So don&#x27;t beat yourself up about meeting simplistic measures of performance. The tech discussion is a bit dated, but the principles are extremely relevant to AI. Ginormous gender blind-spot.</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/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/productivity/" rel="tag">#Productivity</a> <a href="/tags/creativity/" rel="tag">#Creativity</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>

<p>How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous</p><p>Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms</p><p>By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-four-literary-i</span><span class="invisible">cons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&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/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a></p>

<p>The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen</p><p>On November 28th, 2012, Randall Munroe published an xkcd comic that was a calendar in which the size of each date was proportional to how often each date is referenced by its ordinal name (e.g. &quot;October 14th&quot;) in the Google Ngrams database since 2000. Via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@DProofreaders" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DProofreaders</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-1</span><span class="invisible">1th-of-the-month/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>can’t sleep again, read all of Leila Mottley’s new book in one go. I had the problem where there are three POV characters and I only really cared about one of them. <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Writing Advice and Literary Wisdom from the Great E.B. White</p><p>“I think writing is mainly work.”</p><p>By Sam Weller</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/writing-advice-and-literary-wisdom-from-the-great-e-b-white/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZWMFB93CY27620V892DWTVS&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/writing-advice-and-literary-wisdom-from-the-great-e-b-white/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZWMFB93CY27620V892DWTVS&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/writing-advice-and-</span><span class="invisible">literary-wisdom-from-the-great-e-b-white/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JZWMFB93CY27620V892DWTVS&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p>Children&#x27;s literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/children_literature/" rel="tag">#Children_literature</a></p>

<p>How French ‘merveilleux-scientifique’ fiction reframed reality</p><p>By Fleur Hopkins-Loferon</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-french-merv</span><span class="invisible">eilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality</span></a></p><p>Maurice Reynard at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/50553" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/50553"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/50553</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

<p>📖 📻 **Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?**</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-07-12/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-07-12/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.boisestatepublicradio.org/</span><span class="invisible">2025-07-12/does-listening-to-an-audiobook-count-as-reading</span></a>. </p><p>_What do you think?_</p><p><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/audiobooks/" rel="tag">#Audiobooks</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/image/" rel="tag">#Image</a> attribution: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AudiobookLibrary.jpg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:AudiobookLibrary.jpg</span></a>.</p>

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<p>New body size database for marine animals is a “library of life” </p><p>Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity.</p><p>by JENNIFER OUELLETTE</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/new-body-size-database-for-marine-animals-is-a-library-of-life/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/new-body-size-database-for-marine-animals-is-a-library-of-life/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/new-body-size-database-for-marine-animals-is-a-library-of-life/</span></a></p><p>Marine animals at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20803" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/20803"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/20803</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/oceanography/" rel="tag">#oceanography</a></p>

<p>📚 Young Jane Young by: Gabrielle Zevin</p><p>This is the story of five women...</p><p>Meet Rachel Grossman.<br>She’ll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything.</p><p>Meet Jane Young.<br>She’s disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time.</p><p>Meet Ruby Young.<br>She th...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/young-jane-young" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/young-jane-young"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/young-jane</span><span class="invisible">-young</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/womenfiction/" rel="tag">#womenfiction</a> <a href="/tags/familylife/" rel="tag">#familylife</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

<p>W.H. Auden’s 1941 Syllabus Asked Students to Read 32 Great Literary Works, Totaling 6,000 Pages</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-</span><span class="invisible">h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction literary universe combines the best of science fiction, horror, and thrillers of all sorts.</p><p>Visit the official website: <a href="http://michaelshotter.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">http://</span>michaelshotter.com</a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/fyi/" rel="tag">#FYI</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a> <a href="/tags/whattoread/" rel="tag">#whattoread</a> <a href="/tags/bestbooks/" rel="tag">#bestbooks</a></p>

<p>Do you think Charlotte made the right move in marrying Mr. Collins?</p><p><a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#AmReading</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/regency/" rel="tag">#Regency</a> <a href="/tags/georgian/" rel="tag">#Georgian</a> <a href="/tags/janeausten/" rel="tag">#JaneAusten</a> @romancelandia</p>

<p>My newest book is a fantasy short story collection. Contents include whimsy, gargoyles, heroic aunties, brave doggos, &amp; evil bureaucrats who always lose. <br><a href="https://books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/RelicsFromATrav</span><span class="invisible">elingShow</span></a><br>Reviewers like it. You might, too!</p><p>In ebook &amp; print, also on Hoopla, Libby, and Biblioboard, therefore available on request from your local public library in print OR ebook. (In the US, anyhow) </p><p> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#Scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <br><a href="/tags/timetoredomypinnedpost/" rel="tag">#TimeToRedoMyPinnedPost</a></p>

<p>Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz vs. Voltaire</p><p>What does it mean for this world to be the “best possible world,” even with the obvious existence of evil? Leibniz and Voltaire weigh in.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/is-this-best-all-possible-worlds-leibniz-voltaire/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/is-this-best-all-possible-worlds-leibniz-voltaire/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/is-this-b</span><span class="invisible">est-all-possible-worlds-leibniz-voltaire/</span></a></p><p>Voltaire and Leibniz at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/913</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7168" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7168"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7168</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/callforpapers/" rel="tag">#CallForPapers</a> for <a href="/tags/onlineconference/" rel="tag">#OnlineConference</a>: Thinking of the Children: <a href="/tags/bookbans/" rel="tag">#BookBans</a>, <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#Censorship</a>, and <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> for Young People</p><p>For this online conference, organizers invite contributions from <a href="/tags/scholars/" rel="tag">#scholars</a> at all career stages, from <a href="/tags/librarians/" rel="tag">#librarians</a> and <a href="/tags/archivists/" rel="tag">#archivists</a>, and from <a href="/tags/teachers/" rel="tag">#teachers</a> at all levels, to consider <a href="/tags/bookbanning/" rel="tag">#BookBanning</a> and censorship of literature for young people, past and present. <br><a href="/tags/yalit/" rel="tag">#YALit</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#YA</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/cfp/" rel="tag">#CFP</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p><p><a href="https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/</span><span class="invisible">cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people</span></a></p>

<p>Why Jane Austen is definitely not just for girls</p><p>Razor-sharp satires of social and gendered inequalities, Austen’s novels are full of witty observations and universally relatable experiences.</p><p>By Shelley Galpin</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-jane-austen-is-definitely-not-just-for-girls-259193?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167+CID_7cf9bd9e8dcfb0ac08e017fc488ea1d8&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Why%20Jane%20Austen%20is%20definitely%20not%20just%20for%20girls" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/why-jane-austen-is-definitely-not-just-for-girls-259193?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167+CID_7cf9bd9e8dcfb0ac08e017fc488ea1d8&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Why%20Jane%20Austen%20is%20definitely%20not%20just%20for%20girls"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-jane-a</span><span class="invisible">usten-is-definitely-not-just-for-girls-259193?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167+CID_7cf9bd9e8dcfb0ac08e017fc488ea1d8&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Why%20Jane%20Austen%20is%20definitely%20not%20just%20for%20girls</span></a></p><p>Jane Austen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>