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Eurocentrism : modernity, religion, and democracy : a critique of Eurocentrism and culturalism - Anna’s Archive

<p>&quot;Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.&quot;</p><p>Quote in his Letter (no. 155), June 1880.</p><p>~Vincent van Gogh, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1856.</p><p>Van Gogh&#x27;s letters are available online at:<br><a href="https://vangoghletters.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>vangoghletters.org/</a></p><p>Books by Van Gogh at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&amp;submit_search=Search" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&amp;submit_search=Search"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Vincent+van+Gogh&amp;submit_search=Search</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 Twelve Months by: Jim Butcher</p><p>Harry Dresden has been through a lot, and so has his city. After Harry and his allies narrowly managed to save Chicago from being razed to the ground, everything is different—and it&#x27;s not just the current lack of electricity.</p><p>In the battle, Harry lost people he cared about. And th...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/twelve-months" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/twelve-months"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/twelve-mon</span><span class="invisible">ths</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/urbanfiction/" rel="tag">#urbanfiction</a> <a href="/tags/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/privateinvestigators/" rel="tag">#privateinvestigators</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1823 novelist Ann Radcliffe died.</p><p>She &quot;was an English novelist who pioneered the Gothic novel, and a minor poet. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794.... Her novels combine suspenseful narratives, exotic historical settings, and apparently-supernatural events.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radcliffe"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Radc</span><span class="invisible">liffe</span></a></p><p>Books by Radcliffe at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1147"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1147</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Majority Report welcomes <a href="/tags/jamieholmes/" rel="tag">#JamieHolmes</a>, author of the <a href="/tags/thefreeandthedead/" rel="tag">#TheFreeAndTheDead</a>, which tells the story of how a free Black American and an <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> warrior resisted the US attack on the <a href="/tags/seminole/" rel="tag">#Seminole</a> nation in pre-statehood <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAwww07X8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiuAww</span><span class="invisible">w07X8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/souanaffetustenukke/" rel="tag">#SouanaffeTustenukke</a> <a href="/tags/osceola/" rel="tag">#Osceola</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericanhistory/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamericans/" rel="tag">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="/tags/seminoles/" rel="tag">#Seminoles</a> <a href="/tags/blackseminoles/" rel="tag">#BlackSeminoles</a> <a href="/tags/seminolewars/" rel="tag">#SeminoleWars</a> <a href="/tags/secondseminolewar/" rel="tag">#SecondSeminoleWar</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistory/" rel="tag">#BlackHistory</a> <a href="/tags/blackhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/forcedremovals/" rel="tag">#forcedRemovals</a> <a href="/tags/colonialviolence/" rel="tag">#colonialViolence</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>

<p>If you’re looking to make your knowledge of the world more well rounded, the Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introduction series is a great place to start. The books are written by experts, usually 120-160 pages long (3-5 hours in audio) and generally at roughly a first year university subject level. They have books on an astounding range of subjects. I’m trying to read as many of them as possible, I’ve finished 25 so far </p><p><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">global.oup.com/academic/conten</span><span class="invisible">t/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Wigtown Spring Book Weekend<br>2–4 May</p><p>Covenanters &amp; women crime writers will be two of the themes woven into this year’s Wigtown Spring Book Weekend. With dozens of events from author talks to guided walks, writing, photography &amp; music workshops, the programme is now available online:</p><p><a href="https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wigtownbookfestival.com/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/wigtown-spring-book-weekend-2026</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestivals/" rel="tag">#bookfestivals</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/crimefiction/" rel="tag">#crimefiction</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a> <a href="/tags/wigtown/" rel="tag">#Wigtown</a></p>

<p>Joseph Conrad’s Travel Stories Weren’t Black and White</p><p>Conrad’s celebration of imperial exploration is accompanied by an acknowledgment that such feats often go hand-in-hand with oppression and exploitation.</p><p>By: H.M.A. Leow </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads</span><span class="invisible">-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>The Philosopher of Nature: Who Was Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling?</p><p>Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling was one of the key figures of German Idealism, who placed nature at the center of his work.</p><p>by Maysara Kamal</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/friedrich-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/friedrich-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/friedrich</span><span class="invisible">-wilhelm-schelling-philosopher-of-nature/</span></a></p><p>Joseph von Schelling at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12888" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12888</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a></p>

<p>📚 The Green Mile by: Stephen King</p><p>Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk &#x27;the Green Mile&#x27;, the lime-colored linoleum corridor leading to a final meeting with Old Sparky, Cold Mountain&#x27;s electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-green-mile" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-green-mile"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-green-</span><span class="invisible">mile</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/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfiction/" rel="tag">#historicalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a></p>

<p>The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>American Literature’s White Whale: Why the “Great American Novel” is Still Worth Pursuing</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/american-literatures-white-whale-why-the-great-american-novel-is-still-worth-pursuing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/american-literatures-white-whale-why-the-great-american-novel-is-still-worth-pursuing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/american-literature</span><span class="invisible">s-white-whale-why-the-great-american-novel-is-still-worth-pursuing/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_De_Forest" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_De_Forest"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wil</span><span class="invisible">liam_De_Forest</span></a></p><p>Miss Ravenel&#x27;s conversion from secession to loyalty at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41355" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41355</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>And then when you do start writing them down, you end up with more ideas than you know what to do with... 😁 </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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@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> <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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> <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/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>I wish I would&#x27;ve realised sooner that I don&#x27;t have to solve every fictional problem I came up with the same second I came up with them 😁 </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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</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> <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> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> </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>George Orwell Knew What Made Shakespeare Great</p><p>By Michael Lucchese</p><p><a href="https://providencemag.com/2025/04/george-orwell-knew-what-made-shakespeare-great/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="providencemag.com/2025/04/george-orwell-knew-what-made-shakespeare-great/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">providencemag.com/2025/04/geor</span><span class="invisible">ge-orwell-knew-what-made-shakespeare-great/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Nancy Reddy on Researching Beyond the Archives</p><p>Reading sideways requires a willingness to re-read, to wander through a set of sources, to widen your gaze. Sometimes, though, the answers continue to elude us and the record remains incomplete.</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/nancy-reddy-on-researching-beyond-the-archives/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/nancy-reddy-on-researching-beyond-the-archives/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/nancy-reddy-on-rese</span><span class="invisible">arching-beyond-the-archives/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 Boost student engagement &amp; get hesitant readers excited about reading with film-book pairings for National Library Month! Check out our suggestions for films to pair with Elie Wiesel&#x27;s memoir Night, John Steinbeck&#x27;s novel Of Mice and Men, Charlotte Perkins Gilman&#x27;s short story The Yellow Wallpaper and more!</p><p><a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/boost-student-engagement-with-film-book-pairings/?utm_source=LinkedIn&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_id=National+Library+Week&amp;utm_content=link" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="journeysinfilm.org/boost-student-engagement-with-film-book-pairings/?utm_source=LinkedIn&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_id=National+Library+Week&amp;utm_content=link"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/boost-stude</span><span class="invisible">nt-engagement-with-film-book-pairings/?utm_source=LinkedIn&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_id=National+Library+Week&amp;utm_content=link</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/nationallibrarymonth/" rel="tag">#NationalLibraryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/nationallibraryweek/" rel="tag">#NationalLibraryWeek</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <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/librarians/" rel="tag">#Librarians</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/homeschooling/" rel="tag">#Homeschooling</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/families/" rel="tag">#Families</a></p>

<p>Bringing this from writer Joseph Malik over from Bluesky. I think it&#x27;s spot on. </p><p>&quot;Subtext separates a novel from a novel-length story. Subtext is the part that AI can&#x27;t--and never will--generate. It can&#x27;t read for subtext. It can read Cliff&#x27;s Notes to determine an existing novel&#x27;s subtext, but there is no mathematical or logical process to create it. Subtext is uniquely human.&quot;</p><p>It&#x27;s the conclusion to a 3-post thread. You can find that via my mentions if you&#x27;re so inclined. </p><p><a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>A special shoutout to The New York Review of Books which has just started using the Fediverse:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@nybooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nybooks</span></a></span> </p><p>The NYRB is a celebrated magazine on literature, politics, arts, ideas &amp; current events.</p><p>They&#x27;ve just started posting, so their profile may look blank to your server. Follow them and their posts will start showing up on your server too 🙂 </p><p>(By the way, NYRB has no connection to the New York Times Book Review, they just have similar names.)</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/magazines/" rel="tag">#Magazines</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a> <a href="/tags/arts/" rel="tag">#Arts</a></p>

<p>Recreating the smells of history</p><p>Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields</p><p>By Kaja Šeruga</p><p><a href="https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&amp;utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="knowablemagazine.org/content/article/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&amp;utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowablemagazine.org/content/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle/society/2026/recreating-the-smells-of-the-past?utm_source=Knowable+Magazine&amp;utm_campaign=c402de6df9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_27_08_48&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_150f6a5cbe-c402de6df9-546465172</span></a></p><p>Smells of history at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=smells+of+history" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=smells+of+history"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=smells+of+history</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/olfactory_system/" rel="tag">#olfactory_system</a></p>

<p>How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating</p><p>Katherine Hollander on Intellectual, Political and Artistic Collaboration Among the Exiled Mitarbeiter</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-bertolt-brecht-</span><span class="invisible">and-walter-benjamin-pioneered-a-new-way-of-creating/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01KGXQ3HHJ926DWA8QFPY71TN5&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/literarycriticism/" rel="tag">#literarycriticism</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</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/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>

<p>Today in the US is Independent Bookstore Day!</p><p>Wherever you are, show some love for your favorite indie bookstore.</p><p><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.indiebound.org/independent</span><span class="invisible">-bookstore-day</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstore/" rel="tag">#bookstore</a></p><p>The picture below is a bookstore in Canada. Show love for all indie bookstores in every country.</p>