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"A fantastic introduction to one of the greatest authors ever. This 1997 collection of essays is one of Wallace’s best works. I can confidently say that the title essay is the single funniest thing I have ever read on paper. I can also confidently say … no one will ever write the way he did."

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Emily Mortimer recommended Lectures on Russian Literature in Books (curated)

Lectures on Russian Literature

Vladimir Nabokov | 1982 | Fiction & Poetry

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"Nabokov’s essays on Russian literature are brilliantly funny and iconoclastic. He loves Gogol and hates Dostoyevsky and accuses him of being like the worst kind of sensationalist, journalistic hack. “Dostoyevsky is not a great writer, but a rather mediocre one—with flashes of excellent humor, but, alas, with wastelands of literary platitudes in between.”"

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Taylor Jenkins Reid recommended I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution in Books (curated)

"Emily Nussbaum is my very favorite television critic, and this collection of her work is so much fun. Over the years, she’s written incredibly insightful pieces about juggernauts like The Sopranos and Sex and the City, but she also has terrific essays here about less obvious shows like Vanderpump Rules and Jane the Virgin."

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Rafael De Cardenas recommended Formless: A User's Guide in Books (curated)

"I’ve been reading and re-reading the various essays in this book for 20 years with only a fleeting understanding of the Informe. The book pays homage to George Bataille’s term, meant to suggest that the 20th century breaks down the historical and potential monumentality of the form to plasticity… or something like that."

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Turtle Island

Gary Snyder

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These Pulitzer Prize-winning poems and essays by the author of No Nature range from the lucid,...

Imaginary Advice

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The Imaginary Advice podcast is a sketchpad for new ideas and new ways of telling stories. Some...

Rachel Maria Berney (114 KP) rated Reason & Responsibility in Books

Jan 25, 2019 (Updated Jan 25, 2019)

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Beginners guide to philosophical problems

This was required reading for my first philosophy class, as a complete beginner it is a great introduction to the problems within philosophy. Most essays easy to read and understand. This isn't just for people studying philosophy, it's for anyone questioning any preconceptions or beliefs they have, this helps you break them down and think logically about them, sometimes you change your mind and something's you find valid reasons for your beliefs and they are reinforced.
Philosophy is a great place to start if you find your life is at a cross roads or you are questioning g things in your life.