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more seriously, find buddy reads most useful for books i need a bit of a nudge getting started with. lately i've been bouncing off so many books tho so idek. would be curious if you have anything on your list you think i'd vibe with.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 3d

anybody want to buddy read anything w/ me?

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you. It has rocked me, but also, the gratitude I feel that I knew her at all is profound. (Loss always reminds us of the importance of the thereness that preceded it, so in my grief at our political moment, I can take some heart in a reminder of the sanctity of life)

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 3d

...Les Miserables (will start, won't finish, Hugo), The Aeneid (Homer, Wilson). I want to read a lot more but I think this is all I will manage. If there's any contemporary fiction you'd recommend - on the scale of utterly life changing and brainwarping, and just so exquisitely written - lmk pls 🙏

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 3d

Reading list for the remainder of the year: Mimesis (Auerbach) Billy Budd (Melville), Benito Cereno (reread, Melville), The Republic (Plato), Meditations (Descartes), Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche), Psychopolitics (Byung-Chul Han), No Name in the Street (Baldwin), Killing Stella (Haushofer)...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 3d

nowadays, the whale-fishery furnishes an asylum for many romantic, melancholy, and absent-minded young men

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 4d

(I do wonder why such a foundational text wouldn't have such a critical edition w/ the translations tho!)

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 4d

I will say, it did not actually occur to me to Google translations so I will at least do that now 😭 so thank you.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 4d

Good idea, thank you. For a text this thick, however, and w/ such long paragraphs, the physicality of hardcopy helps my comprehension and the experience of reading. Am also taking lots of notes which is tedious electronically. I like his flex of just assuming everyone who reads him knows Latin 😭

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 4d

Do I just...have to learn Latin? I am loving the book - it's not a *huge* component of the text, but it's definitely not a small component, either.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 4d

Perhaps too niche a question, but - is there an edition of Mimesis by Erich Auerbach that translates the shorter Latin passages he quotes/refers to? The large passages are translated, but when he quotes them again for more close reading, they aren't translated & so I can't engage w/ his arguments.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 4d

This is simply another thank you for our support getting me back to the US with such expediency to see my cousin . The day I arrived, I was able to spend several hours with her, holding her hand, and so on, and got to be with her along w/ family when she left this world later that eve 🙏

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7d

My sensations were strange.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 7d

I haven't heard of that other book! Sounds not great!

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 7d

Nods. I just thought it was boring and not very interesting 😭 But one of those moments where I felt out of touch since I've only ever heard people speak about how amazing it is.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 12d

You all have helped me to raise the funds. I am endlessly thankful. The goal has been met.

rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 13d

I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 12d

I am at the airport now and will shortly board my flight. Have made it about half way to the cost of the ticket (which ended up being £1300). I am so thankful for what I’ve received so far. Please continue to circulate and help me to make up the difference 🙏🏾

rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 13d

I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam

Pay Rivers Solomon using PayPal.Me

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 13d

I have a big request. My baby cousin, 15, is in hospital, non-responsive. I'd like to see her one last time & am trying to fly across the ocean *tomorrow* to make this happen. It would cost about £2500 or £3300 dollars. If you're able to contribute, this is my paypal: paypal.me/riversandfam

Pay Rivers Solomon using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/riversandfam and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 13d

You all have donated just over £500 and I've bought the ticket with the faith the rest will be made somehow some way. Many, many thanks.

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