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Alexander Pyles

@PylesofBooks

Father of 6 - Writer - Editor - Critic - Gardener - NBCC member https://teapaw.org/t.co/s8CYaIqCsX https://teapaw.org/t.co/G3O9JkzTJh

 Illinois, USA
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Joined June 2017
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We buried our son today. We enter a new phase of grief now. Thank you, everyone - for everything. Here is Frankie's eulogy as promised. Also, a google doc link too, in case the screenshots are annoying: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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BOURDAIN: Once you’ve had acorn salad and damson cordial at Redwall Abbey you’ll never stop wanting to crush Cluny the Scourge with a bell.
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Love the site! Could honestly be my new digital "home."
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The response to Colophont has been so warm & generous. I hope you all find it helps your work connect with a wider, more engaged audience. Tons of great writing on the site already. X didn't show me this @BurialMagazine, but Colophont knew I'd love it. colophont.com/post/cmvsitbyk…
Here Is the Thing I Must Say to You

Here Is the Thing I Must Say to You

Stick to something but go slow, and telephone you after dark, after practice, after I crack my neck in 1000 places.

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I love great writing and hate how it's treated on the internet. So I built something to try to fix that. If you wish there were a better place to share your writing, to discover new work, to talk culture and books, then I invite you to read—and to join me.
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jon repetti@pourfairelevideOct 28
counterpoint: no
Jennifer A. Frey (@jennfrey) profile pictureJennifer A. Frey@jennfreyOct 27
Why don't they just leave NYC? I'm not trying to be callous, but there's a whole wonderful world out there that's more affordable. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/nyreg…
Can’t Afford a Home. Can’t Afford a Baby. Can’t Afford Life. This is 30.

Can’t Afford a Home. Can’t Afford a Baby. Can’t Afford Life. This is 30.

They’re trying to build middle-class lives in New York. But many 30-year-olds in the city feel worse off than their parents. Is it average adult angst? Or something more enduring?

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Need someone to invent a metal straw that doesn't feel like I'm drinking from a pipe.
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Is Proust a feminist? Is Thomas Mann a queer ally? Is this modernist novel my friend?
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jon repetti@pourfairelevideOct 21
hard to look at the Catapult situation and think it amounts to anything other than unionbusting by a rich kid who decided to take her ball and go home, even worse when you remember that Counterpoint has a legendary backlist they’ve been selling for pennies on the dollar for years
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Benjamin Kunkel@kunktationOct 21
I wrote about Cormac McCarthy (including the new biography) for @Harpers harpers.org/archive/2026/11/…
The Style Is Father of the Man, by Benjamin Kunkel

The Style Is Father of the Man, by Benjamin Kunkel

On a new life of Cormac McCarthy

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This never got the traction it deserved.
Alexander Pyles (@PylesofBooks) profile pictureAlexander Pyles@PylesofBooksOct 6
THE JUNGLE (1905)
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Started reading Emma Cline's "Daddy" - nah I don't have dad issues.
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I found him. The guy whose takeaway from Dune is AI positive.
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LAIKA's ‘WILDWOOD’ has debuted with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Highest rated animated film of the decade. Read our review: bit.ly/WildwoodDF
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Protean Magazine@proteanmagOct 9
We’re pleased to reveal the cover and theme of our newest lovingly crafted print edition: Protean Issue VI: Detritivores. Featuring essays and poetry by Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad), Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell), Bayan Haddad, Fargo Tbakhi (@YouKnowFargo), and many more.
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gianmarco
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There’s a lot of misconceptions about Catholicism for example I’m just now learning the pope is only infallible if you agree with him
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GOD SHE IS THE BEST TO EVER DO IT
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anne carson
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Exhibit A:
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The secret of the translated European literature craze is that they're still letting Dudes Rock over there
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Prayer request for some stuff going on atm as well as this being one of the worst mental health weeks of the year for me.
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9 Games - You can kind of tell where I stopped playing games for a while, but these were the ones that have stayed with me for a long time.
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9 Books BB
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Nine books
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