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Cakes and Ale by William Somerset Maugham

By Leli July 11, 2020

come for the 1930s description of polyamory, stay for the narrator’s dry wit and heady philosophy.

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Uncut Gems (2019)

By Charna July 27, 2020

2 hours of steadily mounting anxiety as we follow the misadventures of Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) NYC diamond district dealer addicted to failing (or is it winning); this film opened the portal to hell.

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Black Reconstruction in America (1935) by W.E.B. Du Bois

By Leli August 23, 2020

Though it took me months and was at times a more difficult read, in terms of density, thoroughness, archaic language, and sadness of subject matter than anything I've read before, Du Bois' masterpiece is more relevant today than it has any right to be, than anyone would want it to be, probing the deepest of philosophical nerves while remaining rooted, all the while, in impeccably researched history.